While the Cat's Away...

This week the development team has been without one of its key members, Thomas Klassen. As developers we sometimes fall into being opposed to the idea of management, as if we are children needing to be babysat. While Tom has been away this week, the developers have come to more fully appreciate the many roles he fulfills - particularly that of writing the weekly development blog!

Our progress this week has been good as we continue to press forward on the pay-per-course features. Much of the payment system has been finalized and is working quite well. I always get a bit of a high when testing payment transactions because I can submit and approve enormously high dollar amounts!

In addition to the payment functionality, the majority of the payment reports have been designed and written. Reports seem to be the heartache of developers everywhere, but I'm pleased with the progress I've seen thus far.

As Tom mentioned in his last blog, we are working on a charity piece as part of the course payment system. This feature is mostly complete and has shaped up nicely. An author can easily choose a charity and a percentage to donate with a few clicks - all with "live" feedback displaying the amounts that will go to the author and charity. It's a great feature to get nailed down and provide to the community.

The team looks forward to getting this next release out to the masses and we all hope to see more great features and feedback in the future.

Jeff Greenland, Developer