Riva, Things like this can just as easily be handled by a closed intranet web application... I've written similar. As far as language, it's completely up to you. Classic ASP should be avoided, IMO. PHP is a bit more modern and very approachable, but still doesn't do a great job of enforcing good programing practices and patterns (such as the "Dont Repeat Yourself" practice or the "Model View Controller" pattern). If I were to take on that job, I'd do it in Ruby on Rails, given the option, with a second choice of Java using Spring (die, struts! die!) and Hibernate or PHP with a good framework like Cake or BlueShoes.
If you've got a fair ammount of experience with a given dynamic web language / database combination, you'll be able to do this. If not and you've got *lots* of time to burn and want to use this as a learning project, it sounds like an excellent first project. AFA pricing goes, talking specifics is against list policy and could be construed as price fixing, which is pretty illegal, pretty much anywhere in the world. In broad terms, the common wisdom for a consultants and freelancers seems to be: "How much do you want to make in a year? Divide that by 2080 (the number of work hours in a year) and you've arrived at an hourly rate. Apply that hourly rate to an estimate of time it will take to complete a project or simply charge a flat hourly rate per clock hour worked, and voila!". That's how I started off, at least. Time and experience have caused me to arrive where I'm at now. HTH, Stephen On 7/28/05, Portman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My mother just started work at a new place and they are looking for a > computer program. They sell insurance but can only get programs that > you can use for short term, life or medical insurance but nothing for > all 3 together. They want to know if I can write them something. LOL. > I want to know if I can too!! My questions are: what language would be > best to write something like this? Java? VB? How much can I reasonably > expect to charge (I know questions like this are not great ones but I > would like to get a ballpark)? Should I do it? > > TIA, > Riva > > > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or > use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com > To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to $subst('List.Name') as: $subst('Recip.EmailAddr') To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.UnSub') To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
