It has been a few weeks. Work has been hectic and I have not had as much to devote to this project as I would like. I am hoping for some time off soon so I can knuckle down and get it done.

I have some experience in developing web applications as the need has arose in numerous ways over the years at my current job. Typically, a developer would meet with users, document requirements, build prototypes, perform A/B testing and iterate. As you might notice, this particular project falls inline with my original plan to use tools that I would never use in my day-to-day work.

So, I have opted for the Start in the Middle approach. I have an idea, I have focused on the primary objective of that idea and started the build. My goal is to build the minimum viable product, ship and then re-evaluate continued development efforts.

No question, it is a fun experience and I am learning some new skills so there is value regardless of whether it is successful or not. However, many a project is snagged by over-development, feature creep and lack of initiative. I was hoping to have this done by now but it always better to march on.

With that being said, onto Django.

What a wonderful framework. The community, the functionality and the extensibility are incredible. It really makes this project significantly easier and I applaud everyone who has contributed to the product. I only hope that one day I will have enough knowledge and some free time to help contribute.

This is supposed to be a technical blog but there is little to add about developing in Django that is not covered in the documentation. After that the wealth of knowledge being built over at Stack Overflow is beyond measure. One benefit of this project is that I have participated in a small way to the community.

As a continued trend, I will end this post with the intent that the next will contain more technical information about the project development. I have been working away at a few interesting pieces so I will try to wrap them up in a follow-up post soon.

Provided I can get some time off work first!