asalimpo:
I think your story is made up.
Writing the equivalent of peachtree in a month (200-300hrs) is a fairy tale.

chim14:
Have you ever wondered what its like to work on a software project for a company?

Well, mine was a sweet and bitter experience. I was summoned upon by a company through one of friends to build an accounting software like Peachtree. The MD of the company said that he did not like Peachtree so he needed his customized software solution built from ground up.

To cut a long story short, I signed for the contract and given an advance payment to deliver the software with a period of 1month as deadline.

It was an exciting project and I was the best programmer suited for the project, I have knowledge in Accounting and Economics. Programming this software was tedious, I had to spend 8 hours or more everyday writing code, dealing with UI design and a bunch of other stuff - it was great.

I finished the software a week before the deadline. The MD of the company and the staffs that were to use it, were pleased with what they saw - I put my spirit, soul & body to build that stuff, believe me. It had a Project management feature, Banking, Human resources, sales etc.

Now the bitter side of the story was that, the company refused to complete my payment for the software and were already using it to keep track of their ongoing projects. As a programmer, I had to do something!

I went back to my source code and programmed the software to run on a trial period of 5 days! I went back to the company, met with the MD, but he still refused to complete my payment. So, upgraded the software on their system with the trial version unknown to them.

Five days later, I got a phone call from the company requesting that I should come to fix the software and collect my payment.

That's all folks. I wonder why some Nigerians underestimate the value of REAL NAIJA PROGRAMMERS.

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asalimpo:
Given 1 month dead line. You finished a week earlier. You worked 8hrs+/day.
You worked 3weeks. 21 days.
Assuming u worked 10hrs/day = 210hrs. Assumg 15hrs= 315hrs.

Coding+debugging ,which even with modern ides is a very time consuming task.
And you replicated peachtree in between 200hrs - 300hrs!

Applications like peachtree take many man years. And code lines number in d millions.
You cant code 100k loc in 6 months without serios risk of jeopardizing ur health. Take it easy bro. Your story is suspect and very illogical.
Look at time frames for some apps you may know of.
Emacs - original draft (5 month: sept-march)
youtube - 3 months (workg prototype. More than 1 coder)
paint.net (version1 almost 4 months/36000 loc)

mayb u created a very stripped down basic accountg software (with pre existg code base and frameworks)
but peachtree equiv! Give yourself a year+. If not years.

chim14:
aslan Most people love complicated programs but are not willing to pay for it becos they feel its easy to build.

Sibrah:
If the company had requested for the features they need that are present in peachtree then it is possible. With the help of a existing project, it is possible.
@chim14 and codehouse, where can i get good materials that will help me understand financial/accounting related business logic? Do i need APIs, Frameworks, Models[uml & co.],open source project, or books to implement a good financial/accounting/banking app?

Sibrah:
If the company had requested for the features they need that are present in peachtree then it is possible. With the help of a existing project, it is possible.
@chim14 and codehouse, where can i get good materials that will help me understand financial/accounting related business logic? Do i need APIs, Frameworks, Models[uml & co.],open source project, or books to implement a good financial/accounting/banking app?

CodeHouse:

www.accountingcoach.com

Sibrah:
I 've checked out the site. From the look of things it has valuable information but requires payment 90% of the resource requires payment to access.

Sibrah:
If the company had requested for the features they need that are present in peachtree then it is possible. With the help of a existing project, it is possible.
@chim14 and codehouse, where can i get good materials that will help me understand financial/accounting related business logic? Do i need APIs, Frameworks, Models[uml & co.],open source project, or books to implement a good financial/accounting/banking app?

asalimpo:
@codehouse
my point was that there's a somewhat objective time estimate to a project. Which is unaffected by differences in programmer skills or talent.
A program that has a time cost of 2000 hrs, will take the best of programmers at least over 4months to write. Another may write it in 10 months - 2 years.
Time cost remains unchanged.

With this in view,implementg a 10 000 hr program in a year or two is a joke for a single programmer.

The problem however is about objectively determng d time cost of a program.

@op
your second post clarified the point.

asalimpo:


Get a good book on accountg and read it. Accountg doesnt require anythg above basic mathematics.

asalimpo:
I think your story is made up.
Writing the equivalent of peachtree in a month (200-300hrs) is a fairy tale.

CodeHouse:
Yes there is this fixed minimum in all projects but I tell you that with a sample and my clear understanding of microsoft office ( that's just one example out of thousands of other complex applications ) I can personally develop that editor within 3 weeks as we speak and I'm sure the team designed, developed and tested the application for more than a year, catch my drift?

iamDemigod:
Lmaooooo! Are you trying to say you can personally develop Microsoft office in 3 weeks?