Comments on: What and why: the tech behind Cheqlist

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By: Eric Wendelin

Eric Wendelin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:14:57 +0000

Thank you :)

1. I wanted to have a calendar picker on date inputs, and I saw that Rakesh Menon had published one. It needed too much work for me to include. I’m going to see if I can at least start adapting it for Cheqlist but I can’t say it’ll be in the next version (planning for end of November).

2. I already have the code in place to sort by priority or date or both, but I’m not sure how to cleanly integrate it into the UI.

3 and 5. Yes I’m certainly not a designer ;). I don’t have any funds to get a designer but I should try to see who will help me in exchange for recognition and my thanks :) (psst… that was you readers hint to email me if you want to help with design)

4. Absolutely fair request. Though by version 0.3 (December hopefully) I want to add autocomplete so that searching and adding is much easier. Stay tuned.

Thanks again for your feedback. I am adding all of your requests to the issue tracker.

By: Eric Wendelin

Eric Wendelin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:57:16 +0000

Thank you :) I’d really like to write more, but two things hold me back:

* I want to feel like I’m bringing something new to the ‘net every time I blog.
* A lot of the stuff I want to blog about could be construed as work-related. I keep my blog and my work VERY separate.

Do you think I should write things that you could conceivably find elsewhere? Perhaps put things in a different light?

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:01:20 +0000

Hi Eric

Great app, and great blog entry.

Wishlist:
1. Using a calendar component for the data entry field. I thought I had seen one somewhere
2. Ability to sort by level of priority, rather than just by due date
3. Better background color use for the entries. The use of a gradient seems awkward to me, I would prefer a solid color
4. Some basic documentation: a good % of the features are somewhat intuitive, but others are pretty obscure. Are we supposed to go to the RTM website to figure this out?
5. Better graphical design/interactive design. I know this is a side project done outside of your day job, but RIA (and JavaFX) is not only about the ability to create GUIs more easily with animations and effects, it is about enabling great designs. Don’t take me wrong. Your app looks good, but it would look smashing great if you could collaborate with a professional designer.

BTW, congratulations on having your app accepted in the Java Warehouse

Best of luck with this project,

@javafx4you

By: Cem Koc

Cem Koc — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:23:12 +0000

I really like your blog… However you should write more :)

By: Mark Sanborn

Mark Sanborn — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:21:21 +0000

Excellent write up! The things you have done with Cheqlist have made me want to try JavaFX.

Too many things to learn.