Simple Invoices only exists because the developers found it fun to do, were interested in invoicing and want to create a great free software invoicing solution
When developing Simple Invoices have fun with it. Make it do stuff you want it to do.
If invoicing is your thing, jump into the code and take it for a ride.
There are no bosses, time constraints, budgets, or sales people here. Just have fun.
The luxury when working in free software is time, we have no managers/bosses/CIOs/etc. to hammer us to get stuff done. In closed source development alot of stuff gets done badly as it get done quickly. When thinking about new features/bugs for Simple Invoices, take your time, relax,.. if it takes you 1 day/week/month/year it doesnt matter, just take as long as you want to develop what you want, just really think about your design, mediatate on it/sleep on it/chill on it - whatever gets you through and once youve got the idea really worked out in your head svn update and rip into the code for a few hours - the result is much better code
Dont worry about trying to get something out the door asap, nothing good gets done fast.
again, we have no bosses here, Simple Invoices dev is to be fun and the best way is to work on what you want to work on
dont worry about implementing features/bugs your not interested in, when these bug/features do get fixed they'll get done by someone who really wants to do that code and the result will be a better implementation. If you code something because you have to the result will always be less than coding because you want to.
we don't have sales targets or budgets to stick to, so do whatever you want.
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Discussion
Hello…
I'm looking for simple software…this seems to be it! However..I have a few questions..
After installation..I can't see where the software was installed…I don's see a folder for it…how do I access it after it's installed.
Also.is the information I input…secure? Or..is this something that can be accessed by all…?
Hi Linda
assuming you followed the install process in the documentation page - http://simpleinvoices.org/documentation you'll most likely be able to access Simple Invoices by opening your browser and going to http://localhost/simpleinvoices
note: if you named the folder somethign other than simpleinvoices please put that folder name after http://localhost
post on the forum if you still have installation queries
Cheers
Justin