What is the projected user-base for this application? Is it worth developing something only 5 people are going to use, maybe 10 other scattered users?
Our community and its users.
What is the purpose of the application? The app must serve some legitimate purpose in providing a benefit to the users.
Providing extra/mobile/to-go information to users who would otherwise have to login to the game/forums to view this.
What is the possibility of such an application, and what would the server developers need to modify or create to enable this? /whenmade is not a native function we can remotely call in most servers. Thus, an API would need to be developed which could enable the app to interact with the server. This can pose a security risk if not developed correctly.
The panel itself does the above, some modification is needed but that's about it.
What is the risk of developing this application? There are more than possible security exploits, there is legal risks if the app causes damage and a proper, legal TOS isn't drafted.
There is always some risk involved. Security exploits yeah, but the same counts for apache, samp server, mysql and such. Might as well close down the servers and the forums because of possible security holes. Does the samp server and forums require a great big TOS? Don't think so.
What is the timeframe, development assessment, and planning phases going to look like? Apps like this aren't developed overnight, and take careful assessment prior to development, during development (alpha testing), and pre-release (commonly beta). Even before this you have a complex planning phase which lays out the plan for development, release, and code structure.
1. Get a motivated and skilled project team of about 3 people. 2. Write a plan. 3. Develop.
Bottom line: See possibilities, not obstacles.
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