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a developers guide (to making tea)
As it was my turn to make a round of tea, a colleague decided to make a use case for the process to make sure all went smoothly. I attach it below so that others can use it and to avoid mistakes.
- User collects cups (or other drinking receptacles)
- User places cups* in makeshift tray
- User descends to kitchen carrying tray of cups
- User enters kitchen
- Check kettle for water
- If no water, fill with adequate amount for available cups
- If sufficient water present, go to step 6
- Start boiling the kettle
- Rinse (wash) cups
- Prepare tea/coffee for each cup as required
- 1 tea bag per cup, or
- 1-2 teaspoons of coffee
- Add boiling water
- Add sugar (if required)
- Add milk
- Place cups back in tray
- Return to 4th floor with tray
- Distribute drinks
Success: All users receive correct drink
Failure: Every other result
*’cups’ refers to all drinks receptacles currently in use
A very useful document, I think you’ll agree.
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(I want my) MTV CFC - updated
Following on from the release of version 6 of the MTV API, the (i want my) MTV CFC wrapper has been updated to include three new methods:
- genreAlias
- genreArtist
- genreVideos
Below you can see an example of a return Struct with data from a method call:
And the same data being returned from the method as a query:
The changes now allow you to search and browse information relating to specific genres. More updated information also includes published dates of the videos (where available)
You can download the revised CFC at the riaforge project page: http://iwantmymtv.riaforge.org
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(I want my) MTV CFC - now released
Freshly pushed kicking and screaming into the big wide open, the MTV Networks CFC is now available for download from the project page over at RIA Forge: http://iwantmymtv.riaforge.org/
The basic demo page can still be viewed here: http://www.mattgifford.co.uk/projects/MTVN/
If you use it, let me know. It would be great to see what people come up with.
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MTV Music ColdFusion CFC
I’ve been keeping myself busy the last few nights having fun creating a ColdFusion CFC wrapper for use with the MTV Networks API.
My main aim was to create a CFC that would bring back as much combined detail for the user as possible, all contained within a structure and arrays within. I am really happy with the results so far, and look forward to working on it to tidy it up, add more features, and release it to the big wide open(source). 
A sample of the project CF in action can be found on the project page: http://mattgifford.co.uk/projects/MTVN/.
I can see so many possibilities for this API, and although the wealth of content may not be as great as perhaps perceptions of MTV would have you think, there’s still plenty out there to be useful in creating something fun.
Stay tuned for the release date of the CFC.
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Adobe CS4 is here
Adobe have announced the release of the new suite of design packages, CS4.
I’ve had the opportunity to play around with Fireworks CS4 last week, and love the built in CSS creation when exporting a layout into HTML. Looking at the new features in Dreamweaver CS4, the package will continue to make the life of developers everywhere that little bit easier, with the addition of things like live view editing and deeper integration with Photoshop and the rest of the suite packages.
Flash 10 has also been released today, so update your player to the new version.
Right, I’m off to save up a few hundred pounds to actually buy the damn package…
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