Ravi S. Iyer: Software Development

These super simple apps are useful to me to capture short break durations while I am doing commercial software development work at home, and also when I want to quickly just capture the current time like lunch/dinner end time as I have to take some medicines 1.5 to 2 hours after lunch/dinner. Thought of sharing them just in case it may be useful to some others. 1) Very Simple Launch and One-Touch-Add Timestamp Recorder Android App (APK file; has to be sideloaded): Blog post (has APK download link): https://raviswdev.blogspot.com/2025/02/very-simple-one-touch-timestamp-on.html , Source code repo: https://github.com/ravisiyer/LaunchTimestamp 2) Very Simple Launch and Refresh Timestamp Recorder Web App: Blog post: https://raviswdev.blogspot.com/2025/03/very-simple-launch-and-refresh.html , Source code repo:  https://github.com/ravisiyer/LaunchTimestampWebApp

Quick Info Very simple launch/refresh timestamp recorder web app implemented as one single HTML file with JavaScript code in it. The HTML file can be picked up from the associated GitHub repo:  https://github.com/ravisiyer/LaunchTimestampWebApp  . [On PC desktop/laptop, to open pic in larger resolution (if available), right-click on pic followed by open link (NOT image) in new tab/window. In new tab/window you may have to click on pic to zoom in.] Details This is a very simple launch/refresh timestamp recorder web app implemented as one single HTML file with JavaScript code in it. It will automatically create a timestamp (with no text associated with it) when the app is launched. The app will display a hardcoded maximum number of previous timestamps. It also has a button to clear the timestamps. I have added showing of duration between current timestamp and immediately previous timestamp.   This web app is useful on PC to quickly and easily record timestamps and also...

Last updated on 9 Mar. 2025 I recently received a commercial work payment from a friend for whom I have been doing a short-term software development assignment related to LinkedIn OAuth 2.0 with OpenID Connect login for a React frontend and AWS Java lambda backend app. I started that work as a two-week part-time free trial followed by a paid period. My last work related payment received was in early Sep. 2002. So my friend's payment has restarted my commercial work career from payment received point of view, after a gap of 22 years and around 6 months! I thanked my friend profusely for giving me the opportunity to do paid work for him and for being considerate about my limitations and providing a comfortable work relationship for this paid work. My thanks to friends and family for the encouragement and support they have provided me on this journey back to current technology software development paid work in a part-time, work-from-home mode with health limitations. A short overview ...

Last updated on 14 Mar. 2025 14 Mar. 2025 From Next.js to Mobile: Unlock Platforms in Minutes with Capacitor, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S55BrlnLup8 , around 12 mins., Jul 15, 2023 Associated blog post: Master the 10-Minute, 10-Step Guide: Converting Your Next.js App to Mobile with Capacitor, https://blog.rahulbharati.dev/master-the-10-minute-10-step-guide-converting-your-next-js-app-to-mobile-with-capacitor-1269bde2f1b4 , Jul. 2023. ========================= 13 Mar. 2025 Learned that PHP apps being server-side apps cannot be (or cannot be easily) converted to mobile apps using automated tools/platforms like Cordova or Capacitor. These tools/platforms create mobile apps from HTML/CSS/JS apps including React, Angular etc. apps. So looks like, if I have understood it correctly, old PHP apps will have to be accessed via browser on mobile as against being run as Android/iOS app.  Turn website (php) into App; cordova or capacitor?,  https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/turn-we...