Ode is simple! (Simple means that you know how it works.)

Hi.

This is the project website for Ode (pronounced oh-dee), a personal publishing engine for the web. Ode is unique in that it is designed to be simple – not necessarily easy.

Simple means understandable (at least it does here).

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Just a quick note to acknowledge that the release date for the first release of Ode has slipped (a little)...

Ode release 1.0 slips past projected date (but closer than ever).

I had hoped to make Ode available for download by the end of last week. That didn't happen. Ode itself is done. I'm working on putting together the documentation. More specifically, I'm working on the HTML version of the annotated source code. Why delay the release of the source for something like this?

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In my mind, and considering some of the intended goals of the project, the annotated version and the 'production' script are inseparable. This being the case, the HTML version of the annotated script is crucially important. Why? Consider the differences. While the smaller of the two weighs in at approx 242k and 6500 lines, the larger annotated version (which again largely serves as documentation for the project) is 1.3MB and 37,000 lines. HTML version of the annotated source connects the two, allowing a user to look up a corresponding section in the annotated version by referencing line numbers in the production script.

I'm just about done with this part of the project and now expect to have everything posted by the end of this week. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments (robreed at gmail dot com)