If you’re a programmer, how much time it takes you to finish a project (of entire program) by yourself?

[willyppah]

Only programmers answer this question. If you’re not a programmer don’t give any answers. Thank you.
I just want to know how much time it takes for one person to work on a program by him/het self.

[DryGermanGuy]

The question as an absolute time frame makes no sense. Is the project worked on 1000, 10.000 or 100.000 lines of code strong?

[willyppah]

I am just asking in general because I don’t know about programming. i mean to ask about a program similar to photoshop for example, how much time it takes to build it?

[DryGermanGuy]

A huge program like Photoshop would take *years* for a single programmer, it's not very realistic to tackle such a size alone.

[willyppah]

Wow! Sounds a lot of work on this programs. Tell me examples of a program that one person can built by himself only with no help.

[DryGermanGuy]

You can build a Photoshop clone, given enough knowledge, dedication and time. I know a programmer who did that for the AmigaOS4 platform. Then again, it took him years to get where he is now.
The simplest projects you could start with are scripting jobs, where you don't have to compile (. html, . php, . asp...). Smaller jobs/pages could be finished within a few days.

[willyppah]

Thank you for this details. I was thinking to ask you if there’s any app/program/software/platform that helps people build their own programs/apps using only image surface without having to have any coding system? Like they do now for building websites!

[DryGermanGuy]

What you mean is basically called an "authoring system". For example Hollywood + Hollywood Designer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoring_system

[willyppah]

Sounds really what I want to know about. And do you have name of such authoring systems I can check to see how they are functioning?
I mean I can search on google but it will take me time to read about each one and search if it’s not a scam.
I hope you have some few names I can have a look at them.
And again thank you so much for your time answering my questions and providing me of such great information. 😊

[DryGermanGuy]

I am a bit too far away for having used authoring systems myself, I only had a glance at Adobe Director and Hollywood over the years.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Authoring_systems

[willyppah]

Thank you so much for all the information I truly appreciate it

[Anonymous]

Depends on how many times a day you have to pray.