If you have a perfect data schema the app will practically write itself. Put it on disk and dump the Schema classes with DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader, tweak with some object inflation magic and the rest is just sessions and shipping tables. :)

Well, not really, but if you have an ideal data model, everything else gets drastically easier.

To convince him to bring in CPAN stuff, trying pointing to the communities. You can ask a question on the CGI::Application or Catalyst or DBIC or Rose::DB lists and get answers right away that would cost $500 from a contractor who had to look at custom code. All the popular projects have good churn on docs and bug fixes too. Plus, a post for "Convoluted Custom Perl Code Guru Wanted" is not going to be able to compete with "Catalyst Expert Wanted" in a year when he wants to extend it; both in responses and the ease of vetting candidates.

In reply to Re: "I want a shopping-cart but I want to do it from scratch" by Your Mother
in thread "I want a shopping-cart but I want to do it from scratch" by locked_user sundialsvc4

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