Thinking about building a blog app, but aren't there too many?

posted Monday, June 28, 2004 7:15 AM
Over the last couple years I've built a lot of .NET applications. Unfortunetly about 99.9% of them have been web based applications. This has prevented me from getting much experience building WinForms apps. I've written a fair number of little utility apps but there is a lot that I haven't been forced into learning with these little apps. I've recently been working on a lightweight Content Management System that could benefit from a nice WinForms interface. As I've thought about the WinForms CMS App, I've realized that its basically a Blog Client with a couple advanced features. Since there are a couple of pretty good Blog clients already on the seen, and more on the way I kinda feel like I'd be wasting my time re-inventing the wheel. The only other option would be to think up some other WinForm app that makes sense from a "don't waste your time on frivolous projects" point of view.
4 Comments

# re: Thinking about building a blog app, but aren't there too many?

Monday, June 28, 2004 12:22 AM by Darrell    
If you learned what you wanted or enjoyed learning, it wouldn't be wasted time now would it?

# re: Thinking about building a blog app, but aren't there too many?

Monday, June 28, 2004 12:25 AM by Steve    
Hrm, good point ;-)

# re: Thinking about building a blog app, but aren't there too many?

Monday, June 28, 2004 2:14 AM by Steve Hebert    
I think that's a good idea. I think it's most important to be excited about the application. Don't discount applications you've written in the past, it doesn't hurt to rewrite something (from, say, you're pre .NET days).

I was running into the same problem, so I'm converting a Fantasy Football Auction application I previously wrote in C++. It's giving me an opportunity to completely rearchitect the application. I'm borrowing from my web/XML/SOAP experiences to provide online updates and exploring the "one-click" distribution model. It's becoming something I enjoy thinking about and doing whenever I have some spare time.
Good luck on it. I hope you blog some bits on the experience.

# re: Thinking about building a blog app, but aren't there too many?

Monday, June 28, 2004 2:54 AM by Steve    
I'll definitely blog some bits on whatever it is. I just have to figure out what project to tackle and when. I certainly agree that revisiting an older app can be beneficial. It's amazing to see how many things you would do differently with all your newfound knowledge isn't it!

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