I developed several software add-ons for Plone some years ago now, that have not been updated for more recent Plone versions. First, there were several general-purpose add-ons (called Products, back in the day):
BookAnnotation
, for building web pages using javascript tooltips to show definitions/annotations.
VoyageOfTheBeagleByDarwin
a folderish Archetypes-based Plone/Zope product for showing the full text of the book along with web links provided by the user for selected terms and phrases
StudyGuide
, featuring a checklist for items in a study outline. Students would rate each outline item for knowledge level on a scale from 1 to 5, and make there own note about the item. A graphical representation displayed after saving with knowledge level shown as horizontal bars, with a check mark for those items scored at knowledge level 5.
Second, there were Plone add-ons focused on generating graphics:
GeologicTimeScale
, a time scale drawing program written in Python for the Plone/Zope website system that uses the ReportLab graphics toolkit and custom programming for SVG generation. This was the application used to develop the graphics-generating functionality.
TeachingSchedule
, a calendar layout program for presenting a visual chart of overlapping teacher schedules.
VacationPlanner
, similar to TeachingSchedule, but for presenting employee scheduled vacations.
EarthMoonSun
, which used the ReportLab toolkit to generate graphical views of the Earth-Moon-Sun system, orbital positions of these three bodies, and moon phases.
SmileyFace
, which was a simple add-on in most basic form.
Other older software projects include:
TagCloudImage
, did a little filtering on text to remove stop words and common words first, then the Python Imaging Library (PIL) for graphics generation.
FieldCount
, a Python program written for Linux handheld devices such as the Sharp Zaurus. FieldCount used the Qt GUI framework, via pyQt.
StratDraw
, a Java program for drawing geological measured section illustrations. It was a significant effort, but the code is for a fairly early incarnation of the Java Swing framework, and if updated, would be rewritten in Python or Javascript, perhaps.
Regarding these unkept, unfinished projects:
Hoping to fix that... December 2011...
Current Programming
Javascript
, for web apps, using the
SproutCore
framework
Python
, for general purpose, and backend work, mostly using the
Pyramid
framework, and a variant called
Kotti
, and also
Plone
Node
, for backend work, mainly in helping with development, mostly testing, of
Thoth
, a SproutCore-related framework
Languages Used
PL/1, Fortran
, had classes in the late 1970's
C
, for general programming, and for DOS GUI
C++
, for computer mapping and X/Motif GUI
Java
, for a subtantial desktop app and Java Server Pages development
Visual Basic
, for one business app
Python
, for general purpose, for Plone, Pyramid, etc.
Javascript
, mainly with SproutCore
Node
, mainly with Thoth
