How to build Excellent Software
Requirements It does not matter what language, database, framework or methodology you employ making excellent software requires a strong focus on 2 major aspects and then an iterative end user focus on their use. The most important aspects to focus on are responsiveness and accuracy. Responsiveness Any request must be actioned in a timely fashion, and if possible always faster than the end user can keep up with. Yes there are plenty of processes which are so computationally intensive which require second, minutes or even hours to perform, however, it is vital that the application is responsive. If someone presses the "compress video" button then you should be immediately aware that you have successfully pressed the button, hopefully there should be an ETA on the process and/or % completion time. It can also be a good idea for an application to remain responsive while other actions are being performed. So you are compressing a massive file, is the user likely to want ...