Developer Trip
For some weeks now I'm on a crazy development trip. It's really serious. Terrifying. Ever since this Covid crisis I'm basically doing nothing but code my way through numerous ideas and issues. Day by day. From the moment I wake up, I start making to do lists from everything I've been thinking of during the night. I remember I went to the exact same thing when I developed QS, back in 2007-2008. I haven't changed a bit apparently.
And yes, it's all about ASP/VBScript. I am developing a new framework: https://github.com/PieterCooreman/ASP-VBScript-Framework. How stupid is that??? It's incredibly stupid. But I like it so much.
This thing needs a name... Can't think of anything.
My development trip sure has been given an amazing boost by GitHub. GitHub has made me feel comfortable as a developer again. It takes care of versioning, keeps track of the history of scripts, releases, etc. GitHub Desktop helps a lot to synchronize my local development environment with the online repository. I discovered "Markdown" as an easy way to write release notes and documentation. Anyway, GitHub adds a lot of professionalism. And I need that.
GitHub also serves as a basic free CMS: https://pietercooreman.github.io/ASP-VBScript-Framework/.This "projectpage" lists all Markdown (.md) files in a given branch. You can select a template (basic). That page gets automatically updated when I write documentation in my Markdown files. In theory, a GitHub repository can be *just* a bunch of Markdown files - thus a simple website. And it has SSL. See https://pages.github.com/
ALL FOR FREE...
I'm waiting for a contributor to jump-in on any of my repositories. I have 8 of them. So far, nobody has presented him/herself as a contributor. But I understand. I'm on such an intense trip that I would not be able to cooperate with anyone anyhow.
Programming is a very very very lonely business after all. I really think it is. Pretty much like writing songs is. It's me, myself and I. But that does not mean getting input and feedback from others is not important. It usually drives the developer towards even better results.
Happy programming!
- nick6352683@yahoo.com says: (02/04/2020 20:34:18)Now get a Slack account, and get another tool professional coders use... I have self discussions on it on a daily basis, in my Wordspace, but also use it to have direct live discussions with the actual team that develops WP...
But mainly, because I use 3 different computers, I use it as a central place to hold files, notes, tasks to do etc... without worrying about computer synchronization. It's awesome until your stupid expensive router goes out, which it did yesterday, so I ended up going out there and buying a new one (what, you thought Covid19 would stop me from having wifi)?
P.S. If you don't hear from me again, it means that the virus got me,... see you on the other side..., probably downstairs, not upstairs ! - Pieter says: (03/04/2020 14:54:14)Even if the virus hit you, you'll make it through this Nick. Stay home safe though. The closest it got to me so far is my brother. He's working in a hospital and he appeared to be wearing rubbish masks. He is not sick at all, barely shows symptoms, but he has to stay home obviously.
I named the thing aspLite. Check out https://asplite.com
I host asplite.com (Mobirise) on Github Pages. It includes an SSL on my own domain. For free. The files are stored in my repository and if you download the GitHub aspLite repository, it also includes the entire asplite.com website. That opens up opportunities especially when documentation would get more extended in the coming months.
To me this appears to be some sort of "Holy Grail". I can host ad-free html/css/js (only) websites on GitHub for free (1 website per repository). Limited to 1GB/site. This is a perfect match with tools like Mobirise. I will further explore this in the coming days/weeks. - Pieter says: (03/04/2020 15:56:56)Updates:
1. not only you can host an SSL certified 1GB website on your own domain for FREE, you can also make use of the built-in historization and versioning of GitHub. So you can not only easily revert your websites back to any given moment in the past, you can also label them as "Releases".
2. When using tools like Mobirise, where you need the project.mobirise files in the root, it's now easy to cooperate with your customers. Versioning conflicts will be sorted out automagically by GitHub.
3. Anyone (including your customers) can use the Issue tracker to report issues with a given website, or do Pull requests when he/she faces bugs. Via "Insights" you have website visitor statistics.
Oh man... I TOLD you I was on a trip. Microsoft owns GitHub. So I hope one day this aspLite project will come to their attention.
