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jQuery and jQuery UI were leveraged for the interface, while the Raphael JavaScript library helps generate the record sheets. The website was developed using the Grails web-framework to handle construction logic, communication, and security. It took some time for him to learn enough HTML to use his database know-how. The minute I started learning how databases worked, and how they could drive applications, I got the idea it would be perfect to build and store ‘Mechs in a database, slap a webpage over top of it, and then you could have access to your army anywhere, anytime, and print out your record sheets at your friends’ house or wherever. Now, fast forward to after I graduated and started working in database development. An unplanned BattleTech match would spring up every once in a while and of course I’d have left all my binders of ‘Mechs back at school (because you don’t cart anything you don’t absolutely need down 4 flights of stairs if you don’t have to). Starting sophomore year (when I took my car with me to college), I’d come home on weekends if there was nothing special happening on campus. I asked him why he decided to make the Machine Shop: He was a military brat who traveled around, and BattleTech was a love that he took with him. Tribunal88 is a database administrator and developer who became interested with BattleTech in junior high. Access or build your war machine of choice – anywhere
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