BOBEXE 5.1.20 ?

[Stobot]

I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere, but I've been checking here and https://github.com/OokTech/TW5-BobEXE/releases frequently since 5.1.20 came out to see if the BOBEXE version had changed so that I could take advantage of the new features. Does anyone know if this is still being developed? Is there any way that I can build the EXE myself? Maybe I don't need the EXE to change and I can update the wiki somehow? (I've upgraded my standard single-file wikis, but the BOBEXE does individual file tiddlers)

Thanks for any ideas

[TonyM]

Stobot,

I believe the exe needs to be repackaged but if you install the regular bob you should be able to update tiddlywiki using the same method published for regular node server.

Jeds fairly active so you should see a new bob soon.

Regards
Tony

[Jed Carty]

For the exe version it does have to be repackaged, I have made many changes since the last version and there are probably bugs everywhere because I have barely tested the last few months of worth of development I have been doing.

I could put out a version soon, but there may be lots of bugs.

[Stobot]

Ok, thanks Jed. I'll wait then - I'm excited that it's still being developed. I'm actually building some pseudo-project management "software" similar to Microsoft Planner for some people on my team at work. So far, everything is going well other than the "reconnect" button which ate my wiki a few times - I've now hidden it.

[TonyM]

Stobot

Are you using any of the trello or kanban plugins for this ms planner?. If not have a look.

Do share your design method when finished if not a wiki edition.

Regards
Tony

[Stobot]

Happy to share when complete Tony. I have played with those, but have not used them. In general I attempt to use as few plugins as possible to keep things fast - especially ones that contain more features than I need/want.

In case anyone is curious, my high-level design:

• Multi-user friendly - Relying heavily on BOB here, in fact I've tried building this thing many times before, but without BOBEXE, couldn't figure out how it would work. Planning on about 10 core daily users, maybe 20-40 more to have visibility.
• I do worry that I'm relying on a "spare laptop" plugged into the network for this implementation, but I have enough backups to avoid serious issue.
  
• Generally aside from this project, I make use of SharePoint "just working" on all my single-file TWs - no configuration, backups handled, works great.
  
• I wish I could somehow run BOB out of the SharePoint folder so I could have stable back-end AND multi-user capability
  
• Look like "Microsoft" (SharePoint / PowerBI etc.) - I'm in a corporate office, heavily dominated by Microsoft. Out of the box TiddlyWiki looks too foreign for these folks they tell me.
  
• To this end I'm using a modified version of the Material Theme from JD - which I really like, though I wish I could trim out the features I dislike.
  
• Task Level - work roughly on GTD philosophy - I was a heavy user of mGSD / MPTW prior to 5, I'm using similar task structure (status of Next, Waiting, Future etc.)
• Project Level - based on the project management system we use here - DMAIC / 6 Sigma, and priority levels (MustDo, ShouldDo, CouldDo)
• Initiative Level - this is missing in most systems I've seen, but my team manages large initiatives spanning multiple years that include many projects. Each has importance levels.
• God-level visibility - this is really one of the most painfully missing pieces of things like Planner, Trello etc. I need to be able to easily oversee progress over the dozens of projects my team is currently working on.
  

I would love to find more tutorials on how to do more advanced things - if there's somewhere I should look, I would appreciate someone pointing it out. I know about the Toolmap/Dynalist, etc. but I'm clueless when it comes to:

• Adding functionality: I need a lot of date stuff - have taken Jed's addtime and modified it to take a base date. Then copy/pasted and pieced together enough javascript to return things like weekday (for calendar building etc.). So now I just copy and paste that addtime javascript thing for everything else - don't know what most of the stuff means in there.
• Look and feel customization: I like the Material Theme in general, but only want about 30% of it, and have spent countless hours trying to un-modify the things that I'd rather "out of the box". Really just want the top bar and left nav areas, and the colors.