Patch Viewer / Server an integrated web system to manage projects

Focus

Web / Desktop

Responsibilities

Concept, Design, Coding

Timeline

Mid 2013

Thoughts

With the invention of Qubed Peas it quickly became apparent that a set of graphical tools to help manage your environment was needed.

First was a NodeJS web server to support local development. This relieved the problem of getting developers to set up a local web server in the same way time and again.

The next step was the Patch Viewer which allowed developers to visualize their environment and components better.

From there a massive number of tools were written. More obvious examples are:

  • Servlet engine (Patch Server)
  • Full local test environment (Template Tester)
  • Graphical reference management system
  • Non-UI test system (Test Runner 2.0)
  • Build system (Packer)
  • Compression and collection system
  • auto-launching deployment tools
  • auto-updating environment tools

Technology

Everything graphical was written with Qubed Peas and everything “server-side” was written in NodeJS.