That last week was a blur.
The net result, however, was that I have a mostly-functional friendlycatfinder running on heroku. I got enough done for a brief final presentation. Highlights:
1. Google location works either with address or autolocate
2. The main display page uses a mix of django templating and ajax calls (via a views.py method written just for them) to fill out a bootstrap carousel template.
3. The JSON object returned via the ajax call is used to build detailed information for each cat.
4. My django templates base.html is split into three parts: a <head> that contains the static files and script links used by every page, a <body> section that includes the navbar code that appears on every page and a footer section for each page. The blocks extend in such a way that each particular page can have elements in the header that unique to that page, as well as the body elements.
So now I'm home in Dallas, fighting off a (presumably) stress-induced cold, and thinking about the future. This week, I'm visiting co-working spaces to find a good fit (and good networking opportunities), getting an updated CV and linked-in profile up, and finishing some projects from code school for the portfolio.
I'm also debating restarting the catfinder project to do it properly, with a better url scheme and class-based views. I'd also like to make the whole experience of using it simpler by making the landing page ask for a photo upload, getting exif data if possible for location information, having login appear via a modal if neccessary, and making sure that everything is mobile-centric from the very beginning.
Balanced against that is the desire to have a capstone project that is fully functional, if not quite optimal.
Eesh.
Still, it's exciting to be out. I feel like I'm ready to start contributing on new things. Stay tuned. I intend to keep this updated regularly.
Cheers!
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