January 14th, 2010
A few months ago I released Bing API PHP to the public out of boredom, it was a hobby, still is. Now re-visiting my code I discovered a few things that needed to be introduced. Starting with an Abstract class, mostly all of Bing’s XML responses are almost equal to each other. Except for some cases, yet, in the midst of working on a solution on how to “write less” and “be more efficient gathering data”. I totally forgot about abstract classes, not just totally forgot, the next version of the wrapper itself got stalled due to attempting to “write less”.
Why did I start re-factoring now? Good question! It had something to do with OpenType Threads, working on my prototype has taught me a lot of things about classes, design patterns and a better problem solving skill. So when I looked at my wrapper class, I said to myself “hmmm… maybe we should do this one more time”. Yet, while this is still a hobby, one of my goal of why to re-factor the code was to allow me a better manipulation with JavaScript. I know I can use XML in JavaScript but well, we’ll see how it goes :)
So it’s time to pay a visit to Bing’s API documentation and delete old code without thinking twice.
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January 14th, 2010
Sometimes I envy graphic artists and web designers, they create some nice grunge themes, glassy themes, solid ones with different visions on how content will look, or behave. For me, I do my attempts even when I know I’m going to fail creating a decent web design. I can’t vision like they do, but solve the problems they can’t solve, like how to implement the design (although a lot of designers are getting good at this) in HTML, a Content Management System or create animations with JavaScript to make their design more attracting.
I’ve tried to follow tutorials, but they consume more time than programming problems which is very weird. Maybe because “web designing” is something undeveloped in me that is out of range. It’s something that have become an obsession to obtain, but it comes with a price. I have to decide which one to focus on: Programming? Designing? Both take a good time to craft.
Right now I’m fairly decent, I believe. I also want take on Java and make Android applications where “designing” doesn’t come to play (in graphics terms). And then move to C#, Python and Ruby. There is no decency in my web designing though, it’s from the “scratch”. I do get my visions from time to time, but I can’t say it’s as easy as my programming visions, which if we compare our knowledge. Programming visions seems easier to pull than designing.
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