From: Zach Dennis <zdennis@...>
Date: 2004-01-31T02:06:22+09:00
Subject: Learning Curve Development Time Question

I am curious what others have found with a learning and development curve
with areas of code that are quite similar.

In the design of a small scale project there will be 2 main systems. Inside
of these systems will be a few more smaller subsystems. The systems will
communicate to eachother via network socket interfaces. This is so we can
have the systems to different machines. I was thinking for expandability
purposes that perhaps we made the subsystems work the same way. So that if
for any reason we found one area getting used a ton that we could move it to
it's own machine with little effort. Since the 2 main systems would need
socket interfaces to communicate with eachother I am curious if coding the
subsystems would provide unneccessary development time. Or if since the same
logic could be applied that was already coded and tested in the 2 main
systems that the development time may not be unneccessary.

In any of your experiences is this the case? Would the development time for
the subsystems go way down since the main 2 systems have been tested and is
good to go? Or since they are different "systems" would the
learning/development curve still be just as steep?

Thanks for any replies!

Zach