The site is launched. Yay. I’m still working on the design and contemplating functionality. This is what I’m planning though for the website:
- A blog for my programming-related thoughts and problems I’ve run across and solved which others may also run into sometime
- A collection of scripts I’ve written freely available to anyone who wants to use them, along with a detailed explanation of how to use them with examples. User comments are welcome to find bugs or explain the script in a way I may assume is easy (since I wrote it)
- A “request-a-script” feature where one can request development of a custom script. This I would actually charge for. Once the script was developed and paid for, it would be added to the freely available scripts mentioned above.
Basically, I’d like it to be a combination of a programming blog and a website like dynamicdrive.com.
Some background on me and how I program. I don’t like the idea of paying for software, however, I DO believe in paying for someone to develop software. This is exactly how I plan to run this site. As soon as a custom script is paid for for development, it’s free.
I also am super elitist and write only custom scripts. I don’t use tools like mootools or jQuery. I know that this make it so development takes more time, but I think custom code is a lot cleaner, efficient, and flexible than when using libraries. Plus, I feel like programming from scratch gives a much better learning experience, and I am still in college.
Anyway, I’ll be posting a few scripts I already have soon, right after I finish the site’s design and whatnot.