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The cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion. The trick is to pick the features that don't fight each other.

- John Carmack

1.0 Recent Site Additions

Item	Addition	Date
WebDev Bites	Survey, Toggle Diagram, JavaScript Messages, QueryString Processing	08/10/2024
Bits_GenericPython	Completed discussion of Python iteration and attached to Bits Python thread.	07/30/2024
Bits Pages	Added bookmark for scroll position to easily return to marked position. Did this for some Bits pages only. Will complete for bits, but not rest of site yet to see if this facility is useful.	07/29/2024
Site Explorer	Reordered links in left panel to emphasize languages and code examples	07/20/2024
Site Explorer	Site Resources: added links for Glossary, References, Additions, and Help	07/17/2024
Help Page	Added content and revised layout	07/17/2024
C# Iter Bit	Completed C# Bit for iteration, including information on Enumeration interfaces, lambdas, and delegates, in addition to a complete set of example codes.	07/16/2024
C# Bites	Added introduction and page for execution model	07/11/2024

2.0 Recent Site Fixes and Improvements

Item	Change	Date
UI Tweaks	Improved, fixed: Fixed site-wide code formatting errors induced by using incorrect Visual Studio editor settings. Those settings affected code in <pre> sections over the entire site by flattening indentations and aligning at current scope level instead of pushing to left border. All pages have now been fixed. These errors caused me to move from Visual Studio to Visual Studio Code for all HTML editing. Updated Repository documentation pages to support toggling code into and out of Explorers with top banner clicks. Made minor text organization changes to home page	10/06/2024
UI Tweaks	Improved, fixed: Added link shading for the last clicked link in all of the Explorer left panels. Modified page loads so that Site Explorer can view all technical content by clicking links in the left panel without having CodeExplorers, like Bits_HelloCpp.html replace the Site Explorer view. The same changes were made to all of the Track Explorers.	08/18/2024
UI Tweaks	Improved, fixed: - fixed closing of indexing dropdowns: needed closing in for-of JavaScript loop see ScriptsPageFrameTrackSummary.js in top level js folder. - added RustBiteByByte repo to RsRepository.html - found and fixed more anchor target errors due to an accidental global edit of links	08/11/2024
UI Tweaks	Improved, fixed: - fixed rendering inconsistencies between Chrome and Firefox: anchor followed by line break didn't show blank line in Firefox, did in Chrome. Broke display in all Explorers. Fixed with styles. - made quickStatus, Story indexes, and Bites indexes consistent across all tracks and repositories. - mouseleave event now closes quickStatus and indexes. - made a number of other changes to improve site consistency, e.g., changed some menus, added new additions and glossaries. - made bottom menu formats consistent across pages. - made styles consistent for all Explorers	08/05/2024
UI Tweaks	Improved, fixed: - added JavaScript function called in load() to scroll left panel to top on page load	08/02/2024
Navigation Tweaks	Improved, fixed: - modified page navigation scripts for all Bits pages to fix error introduced by an earlier change These fixes bring all Bits UI menu dropdowns and dropups up-to-date	07/23/2024
UI Tweaks	Improved, fixed: - added item at top of nav help for Bits code wrapper pages - bottom menu button problems in Bits code pages fixed - prev links into bits Tooling.html from all languages changed to non-Explorer view for consistency - Home page badges changed to target new tab for consistency These fixes bring all Bits UI pages up-to-date	07/22/2024
Help Page	Added details about using page menus to find specific content.	07/21/2024
Home Page	Expanded commentary on getting started in Section 1.0	07/21/2024
UI Tweaks	Improved, fixed, added: - bottom button problems in SiteAdditions, References, Glossary - label "about"" popup, kill popups with click, fix popup banner styling	07/20/2024
SiteExplorer Tracks Menu	Reordered list to emphasize bits and code tracks	07/20/2024
Basic Track Summary	Moved track summaries into track thread. They used to have their own track summary thread, but that caused a counter-intuitive navigation behavior.	07/19/2024
Basic Bites	Fixed bottom menu button activation errors in Site pages and in all the tracks.	07/19/2024
Site Explorer	Reorganized left panel links to emphasize Tracks and Code.	07/18/2024

3.0 Planned Additions

Item	Planned Changes
New Content	Add to Bits: - Bits for JavaScript generics & iteration - Bits for TypeScript - content about clones for all languages - performance comparisons using TextFinder & Call Deps Graph
UI Tweaks	Improved, fixed, added: - install Mark and Goto buttons on all Bits pages - Add favicon colored for each track
Topic Resources	Add Resources for each Track, Blogs?, Repos? Add Repo link, Glossary, References, Additions, and Help
Technical Debt	Styles, Scripts - remove unnecessary inline styles, e.g., define classes - pull header styles and scripts into linked pages - rename a few files, e.g., IndexPage.html to RustGlossary.html - remove unused files, styles, scripts (will take some tooling)
Posts	Add blogs about Rust and C++ techniques: Performance for each Bits language by implementing CallGraph and TextFinder projects. CallGraph tests heap handling and GC, TextFinder tests IO and FileSystem performance. for_all and show_all as vehicles to discuss generics and enumeration Consequences of having (C++) and not having (Rust) inheritance of implementation simulating delegates in Rust, implementing plug-ins, event handling
Presentation	Think about adding audio and new video resources.
Site Explorer	Add new items in Glossary, add new links in References.
Help Page	Think about making a Help Explorer.
C# Bites	Add bites for C#: Data with type definitions and examples that explore value, reference, and dynamic types Strings exploring non-mutability and copy-on-write Operations with methods, lambdas, delegates, and reflection-based cloning Objects that explore consequences of reference model
C++ Bites	Add bites for C++: Data with type definitions and examples that explore user-defined types Operations with functions, methods, lambdas, operators Basic Object model Safety improvements
Bits	Add Bits for libraries and 3rd party code. Finsh Python and JavaScript bits for Generics (they abstract over types by definition) and iteration.
Document special techniques	<wbr />, arrow span, windows messages, query string processing
ChatGPT4o and Gemini	Compare assistance for C++, Rust, and C#