- write each program independently as a standalone structural design app
- design and write the programs in such a way that in the future I can create a project app that would link all these smaller apps together (to store a bunch of these different designs under a single project for instance)
- I want the input/output of each program to be easily adaptable and readable by the 'project app' in the future
- I would want the individual programs to have file formats that are easily extensible as I add features to them
- The 'project app' would have to be extensible in that I could link smaller apps to it as I create them and it should be able to handle revisions to these smaller apps as I make them.
Obviously this won't happen right away, I would likely develop each small design app as a standalone and then when I've got 3 or 4 done I would tie them together with the project app.
My question before I start is whether or not using an XML format for the individual file formats is the way to go, and if I have to anticipate every little thing in the file formats before hand. I don't want to do this, I would rather like to be able to just add and modify things as I go with the least amount of hassle along the way. Any ideas on how to generally approach the file formats?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have zero experience with XML at this point, and very modest experience with Python/wxPython, but necessity is the mother of invention and I can learn what I need to know I think.
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