App idea to learn new code *Update: March 2014:* * this was created in Nov-Dec 2013 and updated some in early 2014. * it's called Kinglet, running at Soupmode.com. * it's API-driven, using REST and JSON. * currently, the API piece is written in Perl. * currently, the 'client' piece is also written in Perl, and it executes on the same server but in its own directory. * plan to create server-side client codebase in Node.JS. * currently, the client side uses JavaScript from Mean Menu and Minified.js. No Angular.js nor Bootstrap.js. br. *update 13Nov2013* maybe make it operate only as a simple, private web-based messaging tool. Objective: learn NodeJS and either AngularJS, Bootstrap, or jQuery. App: microblog. Features initially: more. * small text area box to post content. prob stick with 300 chars max. * post button. * no preview. * no edit. * only formatting: auto-link for hashtags and URLs. * no tag list with counts. * no user account. * responsive design. +Later features:+ * user account: e-mail and username. * auto-gen password. * user can change password. * profile page. * tag list with counts. * reply? * forward? * favorite? * following users? * following tags? #todo - #programming - #javascript - #angularjs - #nodejs - #microblog - #blog_jr