Qooxdoo Changes

Well, I was just over at the Qooxdoo site. They are now at version 2.0.1! With the 2.0 release they've branched it into Website, Mobile, Desktop, and Server Editions.

I thought this would be a good starting point for the new version of my mapping application. During the rewrite, I created some design documents as well as a project journal. I think what I should do is do yet another rewrite for Qooxdoo 2.0 (I can't find my user-authentication back-end anyway, plus I had some issues with the way it worked). I can reuse most of my code, it's a matter of putting the pieces together. So, with the new version - I think a rewrite is going to be my best option.

I should probably try to get my old-code working anyway to make sure the server is configured correctly, but that will be a task for another day (I'm dreading it). I'll be able to test the mapping data using QGIS, so all that's really needed to be tested is Mapscript and the rpc-backend for Qooxdoo. Maybe I'll just test it with new code, that way I don't have to tinker with the old stuff - it's kinda a pain in the ass.

When I did the rewrite I made a Yii web-app that served as a launching-ground to my mapping application. It was kinda of a website that flushed out the details of the actual application. However, I could never get the user-authentication to work smoothly. It appeared to work smooth, but I knew what was going on behind the scenes and didn't like how it was written. Now that Qooxdoo has a special library for Websites, maybe I can use it instead of Yii. I toyed around with jQuery not too long ago as well, and from the sounds of it - it seems that Qooxdoo's Website module has features that work similar to jQuery.

I put Aptana on this computer for a different project, but I think it's time to stick with one thing - mapping. My uncle asked me about my mapping project this summer. I told him I stopped working on it. Maybe that was also a sign to keep at it. Uncle + Elysian Shadows Dev Team Inspiration = Continue onward with my mapping project.

My friend that originally got me into mapping has moved far away. He was the one who knew about GIS and could answer all my questions. He kinda gave me a crash-course in mapping. I've been given enough knowledge to at least get some results in this project. And... There is a GIS user group an hours drive from here once I really get into it. I'm sure if I show them what I have (once I have it) they'll be more than happy to answer questions I might have.

I've kinda gotten off-topic here, but isn't that what a blog is about? Ranting about whatever comes to mind.