Hi Peter, On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 8:16 PM, peter green wrote: > I'm dissapointed at the lack of response (no replies either on-list or > privately and only a handful of hits on the hg repo) :(. Did I make my > post look too much like an advert or something? I had been looking out for movement on the ISIS project, have hg'd a clone, and thrown at a httpd, but my development system must be out of whack, as I was getting a page served that mentioned a class error on line 328 of index.php since then have not been able to put any further time to looking for cause. > > =A0From the replies phil got when he first spoke about this idea back in > 2007 (how time flys) I thought there would be more interest. While I > described it as alpha that is mostly because some ancilary functions > such as datasheet storage, categorisation of parts and search (currently > I use the web browser to search which works but is far from ideal, > search is probablly next on my list of things to implement) haven't been > implemented yet and because we don't have any formal tests in place yet. > Don't worry about losing your data if the design changes. I'm using it > myself heavily so if parts of it get redesigned I will ensure there is a > data migration path. > > Feedback would be hugely appreciated. In particular i'm really not sure > how practical it is to hanlde categorisation of parts in a way that is > both useful and doesn't get in the way (one key feature of ISIS is it > needs to be easy and quick to enter new parts while entering a block of > stock coming in). I'm also not sure whether it is better to store > datasheets as BLOBs in the database or as seperate files. The former > keeps everything in one place and means there is no possibility of the > DB and the filesystem getting out of sync but it may also make database > dumps rather large. > Is it possible to have both? in my case I have a large number of categorized pdf documents in a hierarch= ical directory structure, collated over a dozen years... If I could point ISIS to a link in my resource folder and store a link to either a single file or a directory of files relating to a single part, that would reduce duplication and allow more flexibility in usage of data resources. > peter green wrote: >> ISIS is a stock database designed for managing a stock of electronic >> components in an office, laboratory or warehouse. It is optimised around >> adding new component types at the same time as adding stock since this >> tends to be a common activity in such situations. It is written in PHP >> 5.x using the nanoMVC framework >> which was purpose-built for ISIS. The project was started by Phillip >> Pemberton but was mostly developed by myself. I have been using it >> myself for some time now. >> >> We have just gone public with it (releasing it under GPLv2+) and are >> looking for testers and preferablly developers. The software is >> currently in a usable state but some features are not yet implemented >> and there are no unit tests. Lack of unit tests is a particular problem >> for a php app because in php many errors that would show up at compile >> time in a more conventional language do not show up into runtime and >> someone who could contribute a set would be MUCH appreciated. >> >> http://isis.philpem.me.uk/ >> >> If you want to discuss aspects of ISIS with me in a more immediate form >> than email I can be reached by instant messenger. Please mention the >> piclist in any buddylist requests so I know you aren't a spammer (this >> especially applies on ICQ). My IDs are >> >> yahoo: peter_m_green_zyworld_com (note: I have nothing to do with >> zyworld.com beyond having an email address there a long time ago) >> ICQ: 107767391 >> xmpp: plugwash@jabber.p10link.net >> msn: peter_m_green@hotmail.com >> aim: plugwash >> >> >> > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > regards --=20 ....AB --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .