12 Software in 12 Days
A few years ago I wrote a software that can run other software embedded in an IDE (like IntelliJ IDEA, Android Studio, PyCharm, WebStrom, Rider, Eclipse or NetBeans). This software is distributed as a plugin for the different IDEs and runs Java applets. Does anybody here remember Java applets? They used to be software running embedded in an HTML page (like Flash).
So when I went on ski 🎿 holidays a few weeks ago, I decided to write one new applet a day to provide it in the bookmarks of my Applet Runner plugin.
The planning
- write the applet in the morning
- ski in the afternoon
- polishing the applet in the evening
The result
- PDF Viewer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=praLjfMkHXg
- XML Viewer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbdhAlO92Zg
- JSON Viewer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmM3r1csw5A
- YAML Viewer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKNZBLLKCkg
- MS Word Viewer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St9ggFR9Ejc
- Excel & CSV Viewer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAix0KT9zMU
- Powerpoint Viewer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9V1Nx3oZT4
- MP3 Player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1uZHQAtZw&t=3s
- Video Player https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjM62E6ucWU
- Tetris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdI656TP1V8
- Clipboard History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm1YUhjE25A
- Terminal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H05lwFdo858
Tips
- Focus on coding (not on compiling/testing)
- Accept that not all features planned will work or be done
- Heavily use open source libraries (even buggy ones) and internal framework
- Accept failure if if too buggy/complex. I've done it twice: text to speech and database viewer days failed
- Writing the software day is not the same day as making the video or releasing it
- Enjoy the process. Otherwise you find yourself procrastinating.
https://www.japplis.com/applet-runner/
And now going back to releasing more than 12 software in 12 month 😃
