- Basecamp (software)
Infobox Software
name = Basecamp
caption = A message view, seen within Basecamp
developer =37signals
operating_system =Cross-platform
genre =Project management
website = [http://basecamphq.com www.basecamphq.com]Basecamp is a web-based project-management tool developed by
37signals . TheRuby on Rails framework was extracted from the Basecamp project. [cite web
first = Lenz
last = Grimmer
date = 2006-02
title = Interview with David Heinemeier Hansson from Ruby on Rails
url = http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/interviews/david-heinemeier-hansson-rails.html
publisher =MySQL AB
accessdate = 2007-07-13]Features
Basecamp offers to-do lists, wiki-style web-based text documents, milestone management, file sharing, time tracking, and a messaging system. It also offers integration with its own Campfire product.
Basecamp API
A Basecamp API, created by 37signals, allows developers to integrate Basecamp into their applications. It allows applications to access and modify Basecamp data, and is implemented as Vanilla
XML overHTTP . It also accepts requests in theYAML format but responses are given in XML.Praise and criticism
Since Basecamp was created according to 37signals' "Getting Real" philosophy, it has been criticized for being too simple. 37signals' CEO, Jason Fried, has also been criticized by some for keeping the product simple and refusing to immediately implement all requests.Fact|date=May 2008
Basecamp attracted an attack site, [http://www.whybasecampsux.org www.whybasecampsux.org] , written by a frustrated user and mounted
July 16 2006 [ [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.whybasecampsux.org www.whybasecampsux.org at Internet Archive, the Wayback Machine] ] out ofBellevue, Washington . [ [http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=whybasecampsux.org Network Solutions. WHOIS Search Resulsts. "whybasecampsux.org"] ] The attack site criticizes Jason Fried for continually refusing feature requests. It criticizes the Basecamp development team for a number of reasons including not working to add visual representations of chartable information, not incorporating project roadmaps and not lifting the 10MB file attachment limit for uploaded files hosted on an external FTP server, an option that Basecamp no longer offers for new accounts.Basecamp has also claimed much praise, including positive reviews in the
New York Times .Notes and references
ee also
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Project management software
*List of project management software
*Project management
*Web 2.0 External links
* [http://www.basecamphq.com Official site]
* [http://www.37signals.com/ 37signals]
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