15th Jul 2007
Finally, after hours and hours hazy sleep deprivation, Work Vs. Play is ready to launch. Written from scratch in VB.Net with a full content management system, I'm quite proud of my first shot at writing a blog tool. The backend utilises the excellent .Net controls from Component Art, namely their TreeView control and context menus. I also employed the Rad Editor from Telerik, though will be replacing it with the Component Art editor once it's released.
People have asked why didn't I simply use an existing blogging solution (i.e. WordPress or Blogger), but I wanted/needed absolute control over the workings and file structure, so opted to start from a blank page instead. Another advantage of my writing it from the ground up is that I can extend it and modify it to the Nth degree and also drop it into client sites for the company I work for (its the least I could do for them supplying me hosting and bandwidth!).
The reason I started the blog down to the fact that I needed a place to store all and launch my ideas from as buying endless domain names is getting to be a bit of a pain! I think it'll be nice to come back to it in a few years and look back over my past acheivements.
Anyway, thats all for now. Got more posts to write!