Screenshot of the autocomplete feature of LetMeGo
Several months ago, I blogged about the Arrmstrong Scope when it reached Alpha. Today, I’m blogging about it because it has reached the beta milestone!
The Arrmstrong Scope, part of the Merrcury Engine (the software behind LetMeGo), is in charge of allowing us to manage all destinations and points of interest for travelers. Arrmstrong had many challenges. Some of them were the consequence of depending on external systems, like GeoNames, to import some data. Another challenge was (still is?) the autocomplete. The “autocomplete” feature is used when a person is typing in the name of a destination. We want to suggest options to the visitor before he/she finishes typing the name of the destination. It sounds simple, but in reality there are many more things to keep in mind. Among others: internationalization, latency, typos, average typing speed, AJAX queueing, etc.
Even though there were many difficulties, German, with the help of Henry, did an outstanding job with Arrmstrong. Thank you German!
Alexander Torrenegra
P.S. Here is the current status of all the subsystems and scopes required for our full beta release:
| Progress of the Merrcury Engine | |
| Scope | Status |
| Web Subsystem | Ready for Beta!  |
| Morrison Subsystem | Ready for Beta! |
| Cockerr Subsystem | Ready for Beta! |
| Hendrrix Scope | Ready for Beta! |
| Sinatrra Scope | 99% of QA for Beta |
| Arrmstrong Scope | Ready for Beta! |
| Rrose Scope | Ready for Beta! |
| Charrly Scope | Ready for Beta! |
| Mozarrt Scope | Alpha Ready |
| Mastrropiero Scope | 40% of Coding for Beta |
| Kubrrick Scope | 60% of Coding for Beta |
| Brrown Scope | 35% of Coding for Beta |
| Marrley Scope | 10% of Coding for Beta |
| Waterrs Scope | 25% of Coding for Beta |
Alexander is LetMeGo's co-founder and jefe. Here is his LetMeGo 