Documenting projects

Jeremy Leach

Senior Member
Hi, a very long time ago (2006 !) I posted a project about my weather monitor :
http://www.picaxeforum.co.uk/showthread.php?4573-Updated-Weather-Monitor&referrerid=10045

11 years later and I've written a general purpose database app that happens to be able to document projects too. So in case anyone is interested (and might be looking for a way to document their own projects on or off line) I've converted this old project and presented it here : http://collectany.azurewebsites.net/live/PICAXEWeatherMonitor/Picaxe Weather Monitor.html
My main site is http://collectany.azurewebsites.net/

Unfortunately I've not done anything with PICAXEs recently, although I have a half-finished MIDI related music project that I want to resurrect sometime that combines raw PICs (to handle all the heavy lifting of midi messages) with PICAXEs (to do all the 'system management' type stuff.

Anyway, maybe someone will find this useful.

All the best

Jeremy Leach
 

lbenson

Senior Member
Nice projects--both the weather station and the website builder. Is the data/database hosted locally, and served through your home (or business) router, or is it something which can be hosted on an external web site, like a godaddy site?
 

Jeremy Leach

Senior Member
Hi,

The software is Windows desktop only. The software works with what is called a CollectionSet file which in this case holds the documentation for the project. This is a file that can be saved locally or shared.

So the database is actually part of the file. The reporting part of the software has an option to generate a website (which is quite an unusual feature). This either saves raw html files or asp.net files (you need asp.net if you are combining the files with an existing asp.net website).

People need webspace to publish their own projects but these days its relatively cheap. Your internet service provider might have this option. Or there are very reasonable offers from people like GoDaddy, although there are literally hundreds of webspace options online.

If you choose the html option it generates pure, static, html files. If you save these locally then you can open the files in your browser without the need for any webspace/hosting. I guess you could send the whole local folder to other people too – as a zero cost option.

As for browser- they are just webpages, so 'should' work on any browser. The web pages are also what are called 'responsive' these days - meaning they adapt depending on the device they are being viewed on.
 
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