¶ 1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 The last week for me has been about two things: provisioning the PostgreSQL database and making strides towards implementing the EJS back-end infrastructure that Greg will need for the front-end. For those that don’t know, EJS is a templating language built on top of JavaScript. It’s very simple to use and works similarly to how PHP handles templating and dynamic rendering.

¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 I also provisioned the database on Heroku, wrote the build queries, and set up the environment to connect to it on Heroku and the development environment. Everything tests out perfectly so far. I’m at the point now where I can start writing queries and binding them to REST (GET/POST) requests.

¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 Biography:

¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 Brian Hamilton is a MALS student at the CUNY Graduate Center, studying digital humanities and data visualization. He has a B.S. in information technology and web science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, with a concentration in civil engineering. Currently, he works as a web developer for New York City Transit and builds full-stack web applications in his spare time. For end/line, Brian is working as the back-end developer. He is responsible for building and maintaining the database, handling the routing of the site, and creating the TEI XML validation scripts.