Well I had a productive weekend, albeit a little unexciting. I have added a comment system to this website (in case people feel like commenting), released yet an other alpha version of TeeVee, and started work on some new features in TeeVee. The series information dialog box is well under way, and I have added alternating background colours in the episode list for the seasons. All in all, quite productive.
I have recently completed a scraper to collect all the show names from TheTVDB.com because TeeVee uses a cached show list and TheTVDB doesn’t provide a show list through their wonderful API. This updated show list will ship with the next alpha release. I have also added a tooltip to the banner image that shows the series status. This tooltip may be removed when I find a better way of showing additional information about a series.
My next plan is to create a form to view and edit series data as well as permanently delete series and all related information from the database. This edit form will also have a way to “remap” the series on your hard-drive to a different show on TheTVDB in-case of accidental or incorrect mapping. I also have it in the back of my brain that I should tie the Joomla login and/or database to the planned TeeVee registration process. Since Joomla already handles things like authentication and OpenID, some of the work could be offloaded. On that same note, not too long ago I have decided that TeeVee would be for sale under the “Pay What You Want” model (with a minimum of 5ยข). I think this model could produce the highest profits while not limiting the user base; and it will also reduce the need for hack protection.
A buddy of mine has been developing an application that will rename TV files on your hard-drive for easier access on an XBox or PS3. I have suggested that he merges his work into TeeVee because I already have the base framework that he would need for recognizing TV shows and tying them to the episode information on TheTVDB. I’ll let you know what he plans to do.
I should have done this a long time ago, but I suppose I didn’t realize how easy it was to configure a content management system. I hope to keep my current projects reasonably up to date and not let things slide for months (or years) at a time. I need somewhere to showcase what I am working on, if not for myself, for future employers. On that note, I must also add that I’m not a huge fan of blogs. Maybe that’s because I’ve never found anyone interesting enough to follow, or because I have nothing interesting to share about myself. Maybe I should make a calendar event and try to write something every week.
This website will not only look at what I’ve done right, or what I am currently working on, it will also display old projects that failed for various reasons. I think it’s important to learn from these past experiences so that the next project won’t fail the same way.
Some of my work is available freely on SourceForge, while other projects are kept to myself in hopes that they might be worth something in the future.