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Code Consultant: “Most Addictive Plugin”

Nathan Voxland January 30, 2009 General, Java No Comments

I was very exicted today to see that Code Consultant was selected as “Most Addictive Plugin” in the 2008 IntelliJ Plugin Contest!

I had a fun time making the plug-in and it is good to see that others are enjoying it too.  Plus, the prize money will go a long way towards the Guitar Hero Fund…

My First Google App Engine Site: WhereDoKidsEatFree.com

Nathan Voxland January 27, 2009 General, Learning No Comments

I would like to introduce http://www.WhereDoKidsEatFreeToday.com, my first Google App Engine Site. It is a site that allows you to quickly look up what restaurants near you have free or cheap kids’ meals for a given day.  I created it because I am both cheap and forgetful, and because I had been looking for an excuse to try out Google app engine.

If you are interested, it took about 600 lines of Python code and about 400 lines of HTML.  If I wrote the Python code as “real” Python code it would have been about 400 lines and much … Continue Reading