I already have the alpha version complete and I'm working a beta version. Predictably, being active duty military eats up a lot of my time, but it's coming along nicely and I'd like to have Version 1 rolled out extremely soon.
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I also wanted to tell everyone thanks for being patient! This is a pretty monumental task and it's in addition to a pretty demanding day job. @pompeiisneaks has been extremely good with helping out and responding back to folks. The project has migrated from a simple app to a full-blown...
Absolutely! The Beta version will just be imperial units for proof of concept. The 1.0.0 version will include support for both because 1) widespread use of the software requires it, and 2) the BeerXML standard is metric.
Dude, I would never charge for this. HBT has been such a resource for me that this is my way to give back. Not saying I wouldn't mind making money from it, but I won't be charging for use.
I hadn't considered it so far, but there's no reason to not look into it. Production has predictably slowed due to the holidays. But I am picking it back up and have made massive improvements on the general infrastructure of the program.
So, I've made recipes/grains/hops/yeasts BeerXML compatible. Now, I'm having to reformat all the data files to conform to the new standard. I think it's well worth the effort if if helps with recipe/ingredient sharing.
I appreciate the feedback. I think it's an easy implementation, but I just wanted to gauge the need for it since it requires changes to class files. I'm already using XML to import grains/hops/yeasts, so I don't think it would be too hard to add in recipes as XML, and rework the...