Number 1

Everything has to have a beginning, right? So this is the first entry in my very own BibWorm development blog. In it I hope to share as often as possible (but irregularly) the occasional thought related to this project, its design and particular aspects of coding.

Currently, however, I am occupied with building this website (and studying the history of the Jesuit mission to China, in case anyone cares). Here's some trivia: Originally, the plan was to use Joomla. But since sourceforge.net mounts webspace as readonly I had to learn PHP instead and build this from scratch. I have to admit that I am enjoying this. :) Some of you who are familiar with Joomla will have no difficulty seeing how much the design for this site has been influenced by it. But why reinvent the wheel when imitating it makes so much more sense?

In the next couple of days I will hopefully manage to get started on publishing all the design documents for BibWorm so that you people can get an idea where this is headed. So please do check back soon!