I just couldn't resist playing with all of the sexy AJAX tags and CFWindow. I couldn't. I can't play with new syntaxes and not the new tags. So I put aside working on side-dish proximity checking and instead worked on this beautiful screen:
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There is plenty of functionality in there that doesn't work, or works incorrectly. But the skeleton is there, and you can get an idea of where I'm headed with it. The code has been committed to the repository, but the demo has not been updated. So if you're eager to see it up close and personal, check it out! (Literally!)
I promise I will work on side dish proximity next, so that I can go ahead and call it an alpha release.
Promise.
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Scorpio
June 07 2007
At this point I'm not going out of my way to make the code particularly available. We're not even to the point where I'm happy enough to call it an alpha release. However, after checking with Ben Wednesday, I was assured that I could commit my code to the repository without violating the NDA. I'm writing it in CF8 using the new efficiency improving syntax changes, and intend to branch it for MX7 some time during beta.
So if you're itching for a peek under the hood, check out the repository, over at the RIAForge project page.
I was able to implement exceptions (when no meal is needed), and have the ground work laid for preventing repeat side-dishes, but still have some kinks to work out of that code. I've also added some classes, divs, and id's that should make it easily skinnable with CSS, provided a default.css file, and added a variable for you to specify the CSS file name.
I've also updated the demo to use the latest code.
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June 01 2007
I decided to take advantage of the free CF8 beta hosting via hostmysite.com, and keep a live demo of the latest code up for you all to see.
http://h127218.cf8beta.com/ - Unfortunately they don't allow custom domains yet. I tried using a free Dynamic DNS name, but that's not supported.
Just refresh the page to get a new random calendar. Enjoy checking out my eating habits.
Current quirks:
- When no meal is found for a day that satisfies all of the constraints (due to lack of variety or larger values of max-frequency) the day is simply listed as, "Skipped." Refresh the page to start over, or feel free to download it as-is and tweak it by hand.
- The fruit/veggie picker is 100% random, meaning you could end up with broccoli 10 days in a row, however unlikely. I'm planning on implementing a frequency checker on this selection as well.
As always, please leave questions, comments, concerns, ideas, and suggestions in the comments!
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May 30 2007
Now that the holiday weekend is behind us, I'm planning on settling back in this week. Sorry for the unannounced hiatus, but hopefully you understand. Those hot dogs don't eat themselves.
The Calendar view is more or less complete. I'm planning on adding a few classes and maybe a couple of DIV tags to make everything easily skinnable via CSS, but it's functionally sound.
The next things on my to-do list for the first alpha release is to add an array to specify special nights where no meal is required (Vacation, Dinner with friends, etc), and an array to specify maximum difficulty for specific dates (Something easy for poker night, etc).
I will be especially motivated to work on it this week, because June is already knocking at the door and my wife will be asking if we can use it yet. :)
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May 30 2007
