Back to the Datapack
Written on October 4, 2008 by Mike Gerwitz
Alright, now for a status update on WebCORE. All WebCORE posts will remain in the MyCustomBB blog for convenience until the project gets further on and is separated into its own site.
With the error systems complete and logging ready, I want to get into localization. Before I do that, I want to take the time to finish up the datapack wrapper I stopped working on a number of months ago. It’s not far from finished - it’s just a pain in the ass (especially converting all the exceptions to the new error system). Then the language packs can use the wrapper for storage, so I can avoid rewriting the system later.
So, the near-future goals:
- Finish up datapack stream wrapper
- Add localization (language pack) support and move all strings to langauge packs
- Create a script to add and modify language packs so we can avoid the admin panel scene for the time being. The functions will be created in such a way that they may be used both by the command-line script and the admin panel, saving time later on (and providing administrators with multiple options).
The language system will be a piece of cake compared to the datapack. I’m hoping to finish these up sometime soon. I can’t say for sure how long the datapack will take - if I work at it, hopefully no more than a week. The language system shouldn’t take more than a few days to get the basic structure down. Script may add to the time. I’ll try my best to stick to it, but again - this is done in my spare time.
After that, I may begin reconstruction on the template system. Much of the code may be re-used, but I’ll still be re-writing it from scratch to comply with the new project standards and to optimize it as much as I can for the time being.
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