Well, when looking for a JavaScript library to add some utility to the web site, I stumbled upon Ext JS – not only does Ext JS provide many cross browser abstractions for various DOM functions it also has this really awesome UI library. So I have decided to develop the database maintenance part of the web site completely in Ext JS. Give the Ext JS UI Component Demos a look if your the developer type.

Here’s one example of what is possible with Ext JS.

Well, I’m working on getting some admin type activities done today… got the blog set up, tweaked the WordPress blog settings, set up the FeedBurner feed, got email address set up, etc. Now to get on with some actual development work… Currently I’m working on getting the table lay outs created.

Tables so far are:

• publisher – holds the list of publishers, imprints and brands
• series – holds the titles for each publisher along with info like: type of series (limited, one shot, continuing), publication dates, continuity info
• issues – holds issues for each title. This is where the UPC and issue number are kept, along with info like: variant info, which printing (1st, 2nd, etc.).

After I get the tables layout done I will create them (using MySQL for the database) and get to work on the GUI – hopefully it won’t take too long to get a beta up and running. I have to do the UPC lookup page and a results page and pages to browse and add/edit: publishers, series and issues! Boy thats a lot of pages. The first pass might be a little rough