openpm.org: open source project management

Posted on April 6th, 2008 by raoul and tagged , , , , , .

I've just committed the first few snippets of code to subversion for yet another open source project. This time it's a project management app that I'm modeling after Basecamp from 37signals and activeCollab from a51 development.

True to my word, I'm writing openpm.org in Python, not PHP, and I've decided to use the Pylons framework. Pylons is a little more RoR- and CakePHP-like than TurboGears, and I recently heard that TurboGears 2 will be based on Pylons (interesting concept, one framework based on another).

I have created a project (website) on SourceForge.net, and I've committed the code to the SourceForge.net subversion repository for my project.

It's exciting for me to see what I've got so far. There's a default theme for the system, some pseudo-dynamic menus, and the ability to add and view projects (just the project itself, not it's various tasks and things). I haven't got a 100% clear picture of how I should style my navigation, or how to make a plugin system (something I definately want to do), but as I get to know Pylons and as the project moves forward, I'm sure things will become clearer to me.