New Wordpress Version 2.3

Apparently Wordpress 2.3 is out. Unfortunately the converter program, Version 5-07, will not convert this version. The main reason being is that some table names have changed. I've not looked any deeper than that for reasons to follow.

I'm unable to address this in the short term as things have conspired against me, preventing further development. One of those things is that I upgraded from Windows XP to Vista and in that process my version of Realbasic 2006r4, which is the program I use to develop the converter, contains a bug relating to MySql. The particular bug prevents program compilation, that is, converting it into an executable file. The RealBasic people tell me that that is fixed in the next version but that will cost me more dollars to upgrade.

Ruby Programming Language

I'm now looking into using another development environment to continue on with this pet project. The two main factors are that the development framework is free (or relatively cheap) or open source AND is available on all three major operating systems.

In my travels I've come across the Ruby Programming Language which is also the driving force behind the Ruby on Rails system (Web Development). These systems are 100% free, open source and cuts across all major operating systems.