Category: Blogging

The development of v2.03.0 is almost complete; I expect to have it out before the end of the week.

For this release, I am refactoring the multiple item types code. Adding support for simple expenses increased the item code significantly. New item types are due to be added to the API, so it makes sense to refactor before the complexity increases additionally.

We are decorating our house, and the scope of our plans increased, there is going to be a negative impact on my development time.

Although the pace of development has slowed, it is going to pay dividends in the future. I expect the pace to speed up once we complete decorating and I have pushed out v2.04.0 of the API.

I added PATCH support to the Costs to Expect API in November. At the time I did the minimum, I only added PATCH support for items as that was the only data we needed to edit.

In March, I reviewed the PATCH code, making a few minor alterations.

It is now time to add PATCH support to the rest of the API. PATCH support will be added for resource types, resources, categories, subcategories and category assignments for items.

When I reviewed the PATCH code in March, I was looking at a single instance. This time I need to implement PATCH support across multiple routes; we will see how many changes I make in attempting to make the code DRY.

I have six tickets in my tracker, one for each route plus one additional chore for minor refactoring. If everything goes well, I should have a release ready in a few days, and I shouldn’t have created any extra refactoring chores.