v4 update - Dec 2020

[benkeen]

Dec 8, 2020

Hello hello! It's been a couple of weeks since my last update - I think I'll move these notes into the new "Discussions" section here on github.

It's been a hive of activity over here! I quit my job 3 weeks back and have been spending every waking moment on this script. It's still a few months away from launch, but I'm delighted at how quickly it's now coming along.

The bulk of the front-end code is now done. A functional v4 demo can be found here: http://generatedata4.com - last updated back on Nov 11th. There are still plenty of changes that you don't see there yet (design-wise too), but it'll be a few more weeks before I update the site. I've dockerized the app to simplify deployment and distribution, so need to properly sort out getting the environment & deployments with the prod sites.

The last week I've been focusing on the user account system: authentication, account types, saving + loading data sets. It's mostly very similar to what's already available in the current script. I'm also working on some closed-source features for the website only. The website will allow companies to register, not just users. They can then manage their set of developers and datasets and get a little more control over sharing the information internally.

So stay tuned.