I opened up NetBeans last night, stared at it blankly for about an hour and then closed it. I couldn't think of anything that I wanted to do. The recent projects were just an accusing glut of failure. I need a new project to mess up.
When I got up this morning I began to think about something—something stupid. As the day wore on it began to look sensible. Naw, sensible isn't the right word, still stupid, but something that I might have fun doing. So here's what I plan to create...
- A light weight JavaScript library [yeh, that's what the world needs, another bloody JavaScript library!]
- A JavaScript test suite [rather like JUnit]
- A Java documentation creator [rather like JavaDoc]
- A Java compiler for JavaScript
- A Java IDE for JavaScript
- A web site to peddle the above
Madness of course, but fun madness. It won't happen, but sometimes stupid is good for the soul.
I have four months before my next course, it's time I went back to where I started to see where I am.
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Me too Neil, but I can't remember where I started!
Take care, Sue
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Not a bad plan to take stock and see where you are. If you find you are where you should be then that's good but if you are not then at least you have identified it and have the chance to put that right. My feeling is you just need time to get your breath back before you move on but you have 4 months to recharge before your next course by which time you will ready to take on the world. I will be checking in to find out anyway. Only today my husband said to me "you had better sign up for another course". Already he can sense a void appearing in my life. (Can a void appear?) Hmm! Good luck anyway.
Joyce