Little Bites
So I’ve moved onto my next passion/experiment/exploratory RoR project. This one has to do with books.
For some reason, I find myself reading about ten books simultaneously right now. Historically, this was not my MO, but I guess I’m more willing to give myself slack to not finish everything I start. Just getting one or two insights from a book can be good enough, and I like trying out books that in former times I may have labeled “not my type”.
So I’ve started an app to keep track of the books I’m reading and books I’ve completed. Each book will store my notes about that book, why I wanted to read it, and if I finished it, what the takeaway was. I may try some cute extras if time permits, such as pulling in book info and pictures from an Amazon API.
But for right now, it’s been good keeping it slow and steady, adding one feature at a time. Doing the standard CRUD at the beginning seemed pretty banal, but it needed to happen before I could go on.
Having completed the CRUD implementation for the books, I added links to sort the books in different ways by passing query strings to the controller.
Next, maybe I’ll do a search feature. Then maybe image upload. Then perhaps convert some page reload stuff to AJAX. Then it might be time to finally face the ugliness of the site and do some much needed styling. I’m sure by then I’ll have a new set of features I want to add. Slow and steady…