Siteswap in Sinatra

I started the day by working on some CSS animations that would use JavaScript to set class values and create an animated juggling pattern in the browser. But after I set up Jasmine and started working on the JavaScript portion of the project, I realized that it would make more sense for me to develop the Sinatra app first and focus on the JS once I have a stable application.

In other words, Patrick and Myles warned me against the dangers of creating stuff I don't need, and I listened.

Instead, I spent a good chunk of my day transforming my command line app into a Sinatra app. This required remembering how to use Sinatra, which was a lot easier today than it was two months ago. Most of the time I feel frustrated by not knowing or understanding as much as I'd like. But sometimes my progress hits me over the head and I actually feel like I've accomplished a lot in my time as an apprentice. Today is one of those days.

I still have to do some work to refactor my code and separate my application logic from the app display and the command line runner. But that's the small stuff. For now, I'm choosing to focus on the fact that it's working and it does what it's supposed to do.