For once I can deliver a promise to you. The Sandbox now has a new version of DEXT for downloading.

As a recap and for those who have no idea what I'm talking about, here's what DEXT is. It's all the (useful) demos I've made available as individual NSFs for download over the years. There were so many it was getting a mess. From now on I will add new demos to DEXT and release a new copy each time I do or as and when I make any improvements to the existing app.

And it does need improvements. So far it is just most of the demos quickly ported over from their own DBs. The whole thing need tying together a little better and I don't doubt there are bugs that you'll uncover.

Hopefully, having all the tips, tricks and working demos in one place will be of benefit for all us. Myself included. I often find myself in the middle of a new project and needing to solve a problem. Thinking "I did this somewhere before", I go off to find out where and trying to track down the demo NSF in question. It can take ages and sometimes I even give up looking.

Now that it's all in one place I don't have to look far for the code I know I've written before. Nor do you.

Another plus to the all-in-one solution is that I can add little tricks and techniques to it which wouldn't normally warrant their own demo database. DEXT is already much more than just the demos you'll see linked to from the homepage. It's also littered with other useful concepts - such as the WebSession class and library-based daily agents that update date-based views etc etc.

Anyway, let me know what you think about it. Good or bad. I'll be adding a "forum" to it at some point. In the mean time post any comments, bug reports etc here. Remember, the level of feedback I receive is my only indication of how much interest there is in it. I don't want to waste my precious spare time on something you don't want!