Hey all,
Still alive, still kicking, still reading up on stuff. I finally got my book on XML, and working on streamlining the back end so it's worth, well, stuff. It's given me several new options that will be alot, LOT easier to work with versus the way I was planning on making it. Literally a quarter of the typing needs to be done with XML parsing over the previous way.
In the pursuit of this info, though, I came across a job offer looking for a JavaScript guy, which at some point I studied. While brushing up on my 'Script, I realized if there might be another option, hinting back at the web-based solution for Mobile Grapevine. Still the same great service, and making the rules set something to be downloaded instead of hard coded, but I can program it once for all systems (iOS, Android, WebOS, even the dreaded MS8!) and get the same functionality. The problem then becomes you need to always be connected. I might be able to even work around that given enough time. A second problem is that JavaScript is not related to Java (JavaScript came out a little after Java and tried to suck in programmers with a confusing name), so everything I worked on so far would have to be completely redone.
Still looking into it while I work on XML parsing for Java. I'll hopefully get some screen shots by the end of next month and work toward multiple windows in one applet by September. The pole shows people want tabs over a single window, so I WILL have that functionality, but it comes after I get the back end working correctly.
ZBott out!
PS: Again, whoever clicked the ad: Thank you! Each click gives me on average $1.50 lately, and for each $10 in my AdSense account, I can transfer over to my bank, and then buy me the foods. I'd click on them, myself, but it's against my contract.
Still alive, still kicking, still reading up on stuff. I finally got my book on XML, and working on streamlining the back end so it's worth, well, stuff. It's given me several new options that will be alot, LOT easier to work with versus the way I was planning on making it. Literally a quarter of the typing needs to be done with XML parsing over the previous way.
In the pursuit of this info, though, I came across a job offer looking for a JavaScript guy, which at some point I studied. While brushing up on my 'Script, I realized if there might be another option, hinting back at the web-based solution for Mobile Grapevine. Still the same great service, and making the rules set something to be downloaded instead of hard coded, but I can program it once for all systems (iOS, Android, WebOS, even the dreaded MS8!) and get the same functionality. The problem then becomes you need to always be connected. I might be able to even work around that given enough time. A second problem is that JavaScript is not related to Java (JavaScript came out a little after Java and tried to suck in programmers with a confusing name), so everything I worked on so far would have to be completely redone.
Still looking into it while I work on XML parsing for Java. I'll hopefully get some screen shots by the end of next month and work toward multiple windows in one applet by September. The pole shows people want tabs over a single window, so I WILL have that functionality, but it comes after I get the back end working correctly.
ZBott out!
PS: Again, whoever clicked the ad: Thank you! Each click gives me on average $1.50 lately, and for each $10 in my AdSense account, I can transfer over to my bank, and then buy me the foods. I'd click on them, myself, but it's against my contract.
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