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Re: Show HN: Coding noob - first weekend project

#21

Nice job! I just tested it out and it works great. I see you're using google app engine, I'm building a couple of apps on it and love working with. My platform of choice for sure.

Sorry for my n00b-ness, but how do people know he's using app engine?

Edit: Oops.. I jumped straight to the app and only later noticed the "How I Built It" note on the post...

Re: Show HN: Coding noob - first weekend project

#22

I've jsut started using it. It would be nice if it were easy for my wife could email things to be added to my queue. (Then again, maybe that wouldn't be so nice...)

Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't thought about letting other people add stuff to your list, but it's a great idea.

Just make sure it is not anyone who can add something to your list. Great job on the app.

Re: Show HN: Coding noob - first weekend project

#24
Good job. Even if you ended up not finding the application as useful as you had imagined it, the fact that you built it has to be satisfying enough. Plus, you gained valuable experience. It's stuff like this that make me wish I was not so busy with classes and work so that I could work on projects like this. Hopefully soon I will be able to. And again, nicely done.

Re: Show HN: Coding noob - first weekend project

#26

Great job! I also used GAE to build ThatHigh.com and it's working pretty well. But like you're probably aware, GAE has a learning curve in addition to python/django/whatever. The datastore, mainly. This is a shameless plug, but I'm the co-founder of Djangy.com and we're in private beta. We're doing Heroku except for python/django. we'll support other wsgi frameworks in the future, but for now we make deploying almost…

May I ask why you didn't go with just php for thathigh.com?

Re: Show HN: Coding noob - first weekend project

#27
I think every programmer made their own task manager at least once in their life.. welcome aboard :)

Also, don't be to hard on yourself, creating a real project from scratch takes time and passion. I understood in half a second what your app was about and why I should use it.. What many apps/site cannot even do in weeks :)

Finally, I like the idea about adding/removing stuff by replying by email.. so intuitive but I never thought of it. Maybe a kind of "delayer" might be useful:

- Do that tomorrow night

- Do this next week

So at least, if your 'digest' is empty, you don't get an email but you're sure that you will receive it when it matters.

Re: Show HN: Coding noob - first weekend project

#29
post #27

I think every programmer made their own task manager at least once in their life.. welcome aboard :) Also, don't be to hard on yourself, creating a real project from scratch takes time and passion. I understood in half a second what your app was about and why I should use it.. What many apps/site cannot even do in weeks :) Finally, I like the idea about adding/removing stuff by replying by email.. so intuitive but I…

Thanks a lot for the feedback. I like the idea of having some sort of scheduling/reminder feature. I was wondering if I could set up a simple way to do SMS reminders. There could be a special code to set an SMS reminder (like * SMS 7pm) to get a reminder at 7pm.

That was a friend's idea though so I can't take credit for it ;)

Re: Show HN: Coding noob - first weekend project

#30
post #27

I think every programmer made their own task manager at least once in their life.. welcome aboard :) Also, don't be to hard on yourself, creating a real project from scratch takes time and passion. I understood in half a second what your app was about and why I should use it.. What many apps/site cannot even do in weeks :) Finally, I like the idea about adding/removing stuff by replying by email.. so intuitive but I…

- Do that tomorrow night

- Do this next week

Fantastic idea. I just signed up. I hope August adds the feature soon. Nice app.

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