Funktastic Programming Adventures in Web Development

Recently, I was looking for a project management solution. I was searching for something easy-to-use, cheap and robust (isn’t that always the case?) To my surprise, there are not a lot of good options available. While there are a lot of open-source project management applications, I was having a lot of trouble finding a free web application that would allow me to create and manage a project.

When I say manage, I mean a complete project management solution which has many of the features of a community portal. I wanted something that had the ability to create and manage blogs, discussion forums, a calendar of events, wiki, surveys and polls. It seems that there just isn’t anything like that available. This of course seems to me like the perfect opportunity.

So a while back, I started building a new web application using PHP and MySQL. I developed a simple framework that made creating web forms and managing content a breeze. I have nearly finished a beta version of a wiki, survey, forums and a calendar of events. With the additions of blogs and polls and a little cleanup here and there, I will be ready to launch. The new site will be hosted at www.teamtask.com when it is done. For now, I have just posted a blog to track the progress of development from here on out.