For those of you who read about my app that I released a few weeks ago, here is an update. (for those of you who didn't read that, HERE it is)
Much like the beginning of the Tale of Two Cities, my story is the best of outcomes and the worst of outcomes. I didn't win, meaning I didn't get the iPad. HOWEVER, they liked what I had done so much, that they created an additional prize, a $250 Amazon Gift Cert, and they gave that to me. Here is what they said:
"your app is extremely useful to Kynetx developers, shows ingenuity and Kynetx development skillz"
So, I didn't win the iPad, but I did make a big enough impact to get them to reinvent their own rules in order to provide a reward for the app I built. Nice!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
My First Production App [UPDATED: 12/29/2010]
Last night at midnight I delivered my first application. I have build other applications, but none to be used on a Production environment, like this one.
A local company (Kynetx) was having a programming competition, the winner of which would receive an iPad. The trick was that you had to use their technology and mix it with YQL to provide an app. I have successfully done that, and here is a link to that app in their marketplace: Kwiki
Kwiki is an app that will allows people building Kynetx apps to have a code completion tool, as the Kynetx Appbuilder is a very barebones text editor. Kwiki provides the coder with a list of all available libraries and methods, along with an explanation to each one, a link to the Kynetx documentation for that method, and a link to Stackoverflow.com to search for that method (in case you are having problems).
My thoughts are that this will be a very well received app, and it should become fairly popular in the kynetx community, especially among the new coders. It will greatly improve the speed at which they can both learn and code in the new KRL language.
Sometime today (if I win) I should be getting a call. I really hope that I won. Even if I don't win, it is a milestone, as I have never delivered a production app before. Either way, this is a WIN. Even if I fail, a FAIL would be still be a WIN!
Update: I got an email today that said that I didn't win, but that since my app was so useful to the Kynetx Developer community, and since it shows ingenuity and Kynetx dev skillz, that they were creating an additional $250 prize (an Amazon gift cert) for me. So... I guess I took an abstract second place.
A local company (Kynetx) was having a programming competition, the winner of which would receive an iPad. The trick was that you had to use their technology and mix it with YQL to provide an app. I have successfully done that, and here is a link to that app in their marketplace: Kwiki
Kwiki is an app that will allows people building Kynetx apps to have a code completion tool, as the Kynetx Appbuilder is a very barebones text editor. Kwiki provides the coder with a list of all available libraries and methods, along with an explanation to each one, a link to the Kynetx documentation for that method, and a link to Stackoverflow.com to search for that method (in case you are having problems).
My thoughts are that this will be a very well received app, and it should become fairly popular in the kynetx community, especially among the new coders. It will greatly improve the speed at which they can both learn and code in the new KRL language.
Sometime today (if I win) I should be getting a call. I really hope that I won. Even if I don't win, it is a milestone, as I have never delivered a production app before. Either way, this is a WIN. Even if I fail, a FAIL would be still be a WIN!
Update: I got an email today that said that I didn't win, but that since my app was so useful to the Kynetx Developer community, and since it shows ingenuity and Kynetx dev skillz, that they were creating an additional $250 prize (an Amazon gift cert) for me. So... I guess I took an abstract second place.
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