... but I've got BlogX look a bit nicer... and it's all done with CSS, no tables! :)

Don't know how it looks in anything but IE...

11:58:47 PM    comment []

I'm still using the unpopular day-per-file data model, however I've added web support for categories, permalinks, and history browsing.

Here is the latest.

Next steps...

1. Category view in winforms
2. Comments in webforms
3. Web UI that doesn't look like crap :)

9:42:13 PM    comment []

I find it humorous that Dare thinks that our APIs are too "RAD". We continually get feedback that our APIs aren't easy enough. I think that having large "cliffs" between APIs (i.e. having a distinct expert vs. RAD API) is the wrong design. 

The problem here is that developers are never just a RAD or expert developer. Personally I like to use RAD tools and APIs at the start of a project, then dig into the expert APIs as I need them. The problem is that when you have two completely different APIs (like VB for RAD, and MFC for expert) you can't easily move between the two. If you start with the wrong technology there is a huge cost to try and switch - and more often than not it can mean completely scrapping a project.

Good API design means serving many different masters.

7:53:56 PM    comment []