Comment by Rajkumar on "How would you code this?"

Am I approaching this with too wide or narrow of a scope?
1. Yes, partly. Building a site is not as simple as that. Especially a B2C product.
Do you have any suggestions of how you would approach this project?
1. I layout the flow in use-case diagrams of various modules. And see if there is any link between modules. Before I code, I make sure I get all right(atleast80%) as this would save lot of time by not creating mess.
2. Please have a prototype ready, which is nothing but barebone app with no design, nothing. Just HTML/forms which emulate the exact functionality you expect out of it. This might sound boring and time consuming, but trust me, it will get you out of so much trouble.
Can you tell me based on the functions of this app, what skills/languages I need to learn as I go?
1. I'd suggest you to use PHP/PostgreSQL (or) MySQL for this. With bluehost already supporting PHP, you don't have anything to worry about in terms of hosting.
Which parts of this project are worth reinventing the wheel vs. finding a plugin to integrate?
1. Whole thing. You can find nice open source real estate CMS (estatezilla.com) and tweak the shit out of that. But since it is mainly for learning, there is no harm in developing a new one.
Is it even possible to create a separate section of our website that is not using wordpress and it all be under the same domain? We are using Bluehost for hosting, just FYI
1. Yes, but forgot how its done.

Thanks for the reply Rajkumar!

I layout the flow in use-case diagrams of various modules. And see if there is any link between modules. Before I code, I make sure I get all right(atleast80%) as this would save lot of time by not creating mess.

Please have a prototype ready, which is nothing but barebone app with no design, nothing. Just HTML/forms which emulate the exact functionality you expect out of it. This might sound boring and time consuming, but trust me, it will get you out of so much trouble.

That's really helpful advice. I think the use-case diagram with an html prototype will be the best place to start. I like the idea of starting from bare bones and adding to it!

Thanks again!

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