code projects: tao te ching reader

Here is the web app version.

I had been looking for a simple Tao Te Ching app for my new phone, and was not happy with what I was able to find. So, I figured I'd write one myself!

Of course, as I got looking for the text to use (the translations I liked best were not in the public domain), I realized I'd not only have to write my own app, I'd have to write my own interpretation of the Tao Te Ching!

In terms of the tech, I wanted to learn more AngularJS, in combination with JSON flat files as data. Since I was planning to turn the web app I made into a mobile app, I went with Twitter Bootstrap for the CSS, and a simple design (which complements the whole idea of the Tao Te Ching).

As I write more of the intrepretaion text, I can just keep adding it to the JSON data file. I'm basing my text on a number of translations and other interpretations.

References
Lau, D.C. Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching. 1963. Penguin Books.
Cleary, T. The Essential Tao. 1991. HarperCollins.
Hogan, R. Tao Te Ching: A Modern Interpretation of Lao Tzu. 2002.
Legge, J. Sacred Books of the East, Vol 39. 1891.
Lin, D. Tao Te Ching: Annotated and Explained. 2006. SkyLight Paths.
Chen, E.M. The Tao Te Ching: A New Translation with Commentary. 1989. Paragon House.