swalsh46711 wrote:I'm a Windows developer in the main and I was going to write something like this but if I can buy it for $50 then why write it. So I just downloaded the trial with a view to buying copies for our ecommerce customers but I have to say I am really unimpressed with the product.
It flashes from screen to screen, has no intuitive interface and you have to close down the app once you open the config screen. It looks like a college project (year 2 at the most) and I have no faith that you have ever worked as a professional developer prior to writing this. I also find the 'delete all' feature a bit scary. If I gave this to an employee and they got the grumps with me they could (seemingly) remove all my products. As a high level admin feature maybe but as a general one?
You have a huge amount of work to do to make this a pro project. I would highly recommend that you go back to the drawing board and open the code and invite other developers to help you. As it stands I do still need to write my own. I know a load of you like this product, but I found it to be amaturish and of poor quality.
Regards
Phil
Hi Phil,
Thanks for your comments, most of them were helpful. I do agree with you to some extent - there are better ways to implement a more effective UI, and I've received a lot of constructive suggestions to make a better UI. As I'm sure you know, many times what you start out with is not always the best solution by the time you get done with an application. With the old adage "hindsight is 20/20", I've been sketching out some designs of a different UI.
The $50 product that you refer to , NopAdmin Import, is to be used for the initial load of a store by an admin and is not intended for long-term maintenance by an employee or anyone else. Hence, the delete all functionality is there to allow one to quickly re-initialize their store and not have to manually type sql commands.
Your comments regarding my experience level offer no benefit other than to degrade me personally and I feel are unprofessional and unnecessary in this forum.
Your suggestion to make NopAdmin open source is actually one I've been considering, as there is a lot of talent in the members of this community. Since NopAdmin was originally intended to help folks quickly load and manage their nopCommerce stores - and if going open source would help accomplish this objective - the suggestion makes sense. So what's the best approach to doing this? I may pose this question in another topic if and when the time arises.
Thank you for your feedback.
Regards,
Shawn
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