devlog.txt

October 15th, 2015
Node can update itself, now need to build out machinery so can start using actual hardware. 

October 14th, 2015
Need to figure out how to allow node to update itself with the gestalt interface. The key is using the _shell_ as a key that stays constant during node swaps

October 12th, 2015
Obviously a lot has happened since last entry but just writing a placeholder to remember immediate next steps. It's looking like the best way to initialize init
functions is to call init() first, then initPackets(), then initPorts(), etc... rather than doing the entire init process for each subclass before proceeding to the next.
The reason is because one could imagine that the user wants to modify parameters set in init() e.g. bootPageSize before the base gestaltNode packets get defined.

October 24th, 2015

I've encountered an annoying issue, which stems from wanting to set class properties for actionObject classes. bindPort does this to associate
actionObject classes with specific ports. But the problem is that I'd like nodes to be able to inherit other nodes. For this to work,