. . . we’re not quite there as of this writing. However, the comments below show significant progress. Software development is a time-consuming, tedious, labor-intensive process. We’ve been developing software for more than 5 years now, so it’s nothing new to us. But if you’re not accustomed to it, the process can be very frustrating. Here’s my most recent conversation with “Ab” (as we call our programmer in India) from last night and this morning:
Richard: Do you think we'll be able to start testing the dialer tomorrow?
Please leave a message; i'll return about 7:00 am my time Monday
Sent at 10:12 PM on Sunday
abhishek.singh: Yes, I am putting both things to a GUI
Sent at 10:39 PM on Sunday
Richard: Very good. How is your progress coming along?
Sent at 8:05 AM on Monday
abhishek.singh: not bad, i am done with calling via scripts
Richard: ah. good :)
abhishek.singh: but they read from a csv file
and the web-page integration still remains
Richard: OK... I'll be here all day...
So as you can see, last night he answered “Yes” to my question whether we’ll be able to start testing today; but then this morning, he says “…the web-page integration still remains.” That means “yes” it’s working, “no” you can’t actually USE it until I make it available through a web page. We’re well aware of these things, but I want to bring those of you who are following this progress closely up to date as much as I can. Actually, I interpret the comments above in a very positive light. We have come so far over a very long time frame, that when viewed in the context of our over-all development history this project is progressing at lightning-fast speed.
I’m sure I’ll be in contact with Ab and Jeff throughout the day today as well as tonight. And, for those of you who don’t already know, when he says “…I am putting both things to a GUI…”, the acronym stands for “Graphical User Interface. It’s a fancy way of saying “web page”. When he refers to “both things” at the beginning of the script above, he’s talking about (1) the interface that allows us to set up and run a calling campaign, and (2) the real-time reporting module that allows us to watch the call progress “live” as calls are being made on each channel (phone line).
The good news is that there is little doubt that we’ll be “dialing for dollars” by the end of this week. Creating GUI’s is a very difficult process, much more complex for projects such as this than the average person realizes. However, Ab is an expert and well-experienced in this field so I expect he’ll have something useable tonight or tomorrow. I plan to be showing the results of his work in our newly minted presentation… which is the subject of the next article.
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