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Since I don't post in the Watercooler, I'll post here.
I have done hundreds of projects. And they have taken me anywhere from a day to almost a year to program. It is pointless to count in number of projects because they vary so much. This is the type of "generalization" building that is only going to hurt someone at some point. If I had only worked on the one project (the one that took nearly a year to complete) and someone else has only worked on one project (one that took them two weeks to do), there is NO comparison at all available to compare between the two. We both did one project. However the length of time and complexity was EXTREMELY different.
I know you say you are looking for something but all of your questions are trying to boil this all down to one easily managed algorhythm, is not possible. You can't compare things like this in any way, shape or form. There are just TOO MANY variables to consider. Trying to put a spin on this is worse than trying to calculate the Passer Rating for an American Football Quarterback.
I have done hundreds of projects. And they have taken me anywhere from a day to almost a year to program. It is pointless to count in number of projects because they vary so much. This is the type of "generalization" building that is only going to hurt someone at some point. If I had only worked on the one project (the one that took nearly a year to complete) and someone else has only worked on one project (one that took them two weeks to do), there is NO comparison at all available to compare between the two. We both did one project. However the length of time and complexity was EXTREMELY different.
I know you say you are looking for something but all of your questions are trying to boil this all down to one easily managed algorhythm, is not possible. You can't compare things like this in any way, shape or form. There are just TOO MANY variables to consider. Trying to put a spin on this is worse than trying to calculate the Passer Rating for an American Football Quarterback.
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Your point is well taken Bob.
In total I have probably done over 100 databases. As I specialize in doing stats databases for sports leagues, about half of them are variations on the same theme. For example, dart leagues A, B, C and D use my darts database. Each use the same basic database but as each league is run a little differently, there have to be changes made to each.
If you don't count the variations, I'm at around 50 unique databases.
In total I have probably done over 100 databases. As I specialize in doing stats databases for sports leagues, about half of them are variations on the same theme. For example, dart leagues A, B, C and D use my darts database. Each use the same basic database but as each league is run a little differently, there have to be changes made to each.
If you don't count the variations, I'm at around 50 unique databases.
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Sometimes Access provides a quick and elegant solution to a particular need and for an experienced person like Bob it can be done in a day.
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You are not right. Access databases are as are people; varied. I've built them in a few hours because someone needed a simple method for tracking very simple information. And I've worked on one (figuring out how much of stock to order for a special buying process) which took almost a year because it had so much complexity and exceptions involved.
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I joke that "I have written on one database and have just cut and pasted all the others form there".
I have assembled a large code library and built lots of modules as template databases that can be plugged in. So I never start building from nothing. When I start I am already months if not years ahead of someone who had to start building with nothing.
This is try of other development platforms, not just Access. I have found that with Access out of the box, I have more tools already available that with most other development platforms out of the box. For example, with VB6, I purchased lots of third-party controls.
I find MS Access to be one of the nest RAD tools right out of the box. With all the libraries and templates I have created over many years, I can deliver complete, robust applications in a week or two. Sometime even a few days. Almost everything I do has is application that are Full Accounting, inventory control, and CRM/Sales management.
After 30+ years experience developing applications on lots of platforms (not just PC's), I can now build solutions rapidly.
As a friend that is a musician says,
I have assembled a large code library and built lots of modules as template databases that can be plugged in. So I never start building from nothing. When I start I am already months if not years ahead of someone who had to start building with nothing.
This is try of other development platforms, not just Access. I have found that with Access out of the box, I have more tools already available that with most other development platforms out of the box. For example, with VB6, I purchased lots of third-party controls.
I find MS Access to be one of the nest RAD tools right out of the box. With all the libraries and templates I have created over many years, I can deliver complete, robust applications in a week or two. Sometime even a few days. Almost everything I do has is application that are Full Accounting, inventory control, and CRM/Sales management.
After 30+ years experience developing applications on lots of platforms (not just PC's), I can now build solutions rapidly.
As a friend that is a musician says,
