Re: [Rails] Project Fedena

[ashutosh verma]

Fedena is good and written on ROR , you can use it without any trouble for a long time.

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Rick Bychowski <wrin...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I'm new to RoR. I am interested in Project Fedena (http://projectfedena.org/), an open source school information system. Actually the bare open source code base is not much help to me by itself, but Foradian sells a "Pro" version (http://www.fedena.com/solutions). The project has been in the open source for three years, but I can't find a single 3rd party open source contribution. That worries me. They claim that fedena is in use in over 40,000 schools, but NOT ONE 3rd PARTY MODULE?

The price for the "Pro" version is very very competitive. I am thinking "too good to be true". If I saw an active developer community I'd feel better. Even the forums are fairly vacant, except for installation issues. I need to make a recommendation soon to our school director. The other system is PHP based and will likely be much more expensive.

Can anyone here vouch for the quality of the code? Is it inherently extensible because it is a rails application? I have a need to add LDAP support, and if the code is well-structured, I'd hope that wouldn't require a lot of work.

Any insight that you have would be appreciated.

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[Hassan Schroeder]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Rick Bychowski <wrin...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm new to RoR. I am interested in Project Fedena
> (http://projectfedena.org/), an open source school information system.

> Can anyone here vouch for the quality of the code?

I know zero about this app, but there are tools to help you evaluate
the code: https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/categories/code_metrics

And if I were interested in using it, the first thing I would do would be
to read (and run) the tests; poor (or no) test coverage is an indicator
of potential headaches trying to extend and enhance the code...

HTH,
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[Gorav Bhootra]

Hi Rick,

Did you finally land up evaluating Fedena or are you still looking for a solution?

We used Fedena but were finally frustrated by the number of bugs, poor support team and difficulty UI and the way logic flows. We are in the process of developing an app on our own.

Regards,
Gorav