When I was working at Adobe, I helped (in a minor way) build the Creative Suite Extension Builder. ![]() Want to add a panel for Photoshop? Repeat the process. Making the panel work in Illustrator would require the same process-install and study the SDK, write and debug the code, and install the plug-in. In the old days, before, say, 2009, a developer who wanted to develop a plug-in panel for InDesign would have to learn to set up their development environment to use the InDesign C++ SDK, then write and debug the code. If you’d like to follow along, you can find the project at: There is no “Horseshoes 2.0” on the horizon. But there are days when I wish I’d taken up, say, shoeing horses. I’m not exactly complaining, mind you, because there’s nothing I enjoy more than learning something new. You know, as if our livelihoods depended on it, or something. They make a change, and we scramble to adapt. These changes are never under your control-they are handed down from on high, from Apple, Microsoft, Google, Adobe, or whichever corporate tail it is that wags your particular dog. Every time you feel you’ve mastered a programming language or framework, it’s declared obsolete, and you’ve got to crawl your way back up a learning curve to master something new. ![]() Software development is a crazy business.
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