No Disconnect

• Get the data structures right immediately, and forget about it. (Especially SQL tables, since adding columns can make you have to rewrite all of your queries later on.)
• Start with an empty database so that the displays for initial conditions (i.e., telling users to enter data) are met at the start.
• Then move on to the most complex conditions.
• For frames:
  • Put all of the data in one place, at the top level of the window.
  • Load data from the database in a hidden frame, which you will be able to refresh.
  • Place draw functions at the highest level, so that frames can be refreshed from anywhere.

Trying out HTML Tidy.

tidy --help

Nice way to clean up HTML:

tidy --add-xml-decl yes --output-xml yes --doctype auto mtoc.htm > mtoc.xml

Note that two dashes introduce each parameter name, and that the input filename must come after the parameter values.

Parameter quick reference.

What a great program. Not too easy to write code that understands errors, I bet, either.