Data models (and view-models) and how they’re used I was considering using the term “architecture” somewhere in the title of this post, but it feels too pompous for the scale of site. I could probably justify it, but it would give me the ick every time I used the term. But this post will basically … Continue reading Election 2029: Data Models →

Technical overview This post is mostly for scene-setting purposes. There’s nothing particularly remarkable here, but it’s useful to get the plain facts out of the way before we get into genuinely interesting design aspects. Just as a reminder, go to https://election2029.uk if you want to see what any of this looks like at the moment. … Continue reading Election 2029: Technical overview →

Introduction It’s been over 8 months since I started my UK Election 2029 site, and high time that I actually wrote an introduction post so that I can get into more detailed topics later. In 2024, shortly after the UK general election was announced, I created a small site at https://jonskeet.uk/election2024, initially to keep track … Continue reading Election 2029: Introduction →

Shortly after writing my previous post, a colleague pinged me to say she’d figured out what was wrong – at least at the most immediate level, i.e. the exception itself. Nothing is wrong with the ordering code – it’s just that the exception message is too easy to misread. She’s absolutely right, and I’m kicking … Continue reading Election 2029: The Impossible Exception – Solved →

I really thought I’d already written a first blog post about my Election 2029 site (https://election2029.uk) but I appear to be further behind on my blogging than I’d thought. This is therefore a little odd first post in the series, but never mind. To some extent it isn’t particularly related to the election site, except … Continue reading Election 2029: An Impossible Exception →