> First of all, how are you yourself doing ? I noticed you told us that
> your business project did not work out, and you were looking for a
> job? Did you get one, or are you ganna work independently on
> programming?
Thanks for asking. The job market is really depressed in the Bay Area right
now. I've been to several interviews, and whoever I talk to really would
like to hire me, but they're afraid to commit because they don't know how
the economy fair. So, I'm working on another book. When it gets closer to
being finished I'll tell everyone what it's about. Also, I've been
contracting for a small Web developer, EchoBridge. I'll go back to looking
for full-time gigs in June, unless I keep getting lots of contract work.
> Does FreeTrade 2 work now? What's missing, or what's still left to be
done?
Chris Mason fixed a bunch of bugs, and I think things are working OK. I'm
sure there are few parts that still need work, especially the coupons.
> Are there any major diffrenses from FreeTrade1 to FreeTrade 2 ?
Functionally, it's pretty much the same. Almost everything on the backend
is re-written. All SQL and HTML has been removed from the screen and action
modules. All database code has moved into "database" modules. The idea is
that there's an interface consisting of a set of functions, and if you want
to use Oracle instead of MySQL, you can just write all those functions. You
won't have to touch other modules.
HTML has been moved into functions. So, you use startTable() to start a
table...printTableRow() to print a row... It made the screen modules a lot
shorter, and easier to read. I feel like this idea isn't completely
developed, but it's working.
> Would you say that there are any weak points in FreeTrade1, are you doing
any changes?
The checkout process is not modular enough. It's too messy and complex.
I've addressed some of this in FT2, but it's not enough.
> Will you make FreeTrade2 easyer to adapt to our needs in Erope?
Hmmm... the biggest problem I see in this area is using multiple languages
for items. The obvious solution is to implement multiple
descriptions/names/etc for items. I don't like that solution because it's
really hard to juggle all the information, and not everyone needs it.
Are there other things that could help European shops?
Leon
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