Mathieu Tozer's Dev Blog

So now I have a working copy locally on my MatBook, and a repository
ready to manage the source on the server.

Now that the databases assignment is done with, I am going to begin
work on the working version which I can actually roll out at some stage.

Like Pete said, I'll use a rails backend. Currently I'm reading a bit
more about how rails works. Because of my work done in Cocoa, I am
understanding it better than when I looked at it before.

People wouldn't want to log in to use a dictionary. They might log in
to play word games, but the basic dictionary lookup has to be user
free. And if I expect people to submit their own word lists, then
this has to be user free as well.

Construct it as a basic rails app, then open the database up with a
rails api (the type Pete said you could do pretty much for free with
the latest bleeding edge Rails).

So this means I have to
1. Write the database migration, which will generate the database
schema.
2. Modify the model objects to maintain their data integrity, and
increment their counts as required by Words
3. Put up scaffolding, including custom scaffolding, that will enable
simple manipulation of the database.
4. Set up an API for the database.
5. Put the application on a rails server somewhere.

The issue with the rails front end is the inability of unicode. I
know a fix for this is in the works, and there are patch gems available.

Well Uni is finishing this week. Sure I have exams.
I'm actually feeling all depressed about the whole thing really.
Like, almost I don't give a damn. Kind of like I want to just escape
by leaving the country entirely and moving to... India or something.

Kind of like I just want to take off once it's all done.

Maybe I'll stay down in Torquay for a week or something, give me some
time to gather my thoughts. One Week! That would be the longest stay
in 5 years.