Prototype.js Polor Clock This is so friggin cool! (tags: javascript canvas prototype clock tutorial visualization) Writing Java Aspects … with JRuby and Aquarium! Java, AOP, and JRuby … oh the opportunities abound! (tags: java AOP Ruby Awesome) gearsAJAXHelper: Use Google Gears with AJAX APIs for Faster Queries (tags: google gears ajax) RSpec, JRuby, Mocking, and [...]
Archive for February, 2008
I’m Terrible
February 22nd, 2008
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The other day I was at the mall with a friend, and as we walked past the Radioshack store I suddenly had an urge that I could not resist at all. I walked into the store, approached a sales clerk, and asked… Do you guys have any software I could buy for the Tandy Color [...]
links for 2008-02-19
February 19th, 2008
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The E Language “E, the secure distributed pure-object platform and p2p scripting language for writing Capability-based Smart Contracts.” (tags: distributed p2p language programming) Cutting Out Static I’ve always said static state is bad, and many static methods are an indicator of poor design. Gilad Bracha, co-Author of the Java Language Specification enumerates the reasons why [...]
links for 2008-02-15
February 15th, 2008
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FitNesse Community Web Site Tired of the inability to find relevant information and how to’s on fitnesse? It seems Gojko has decided to fill the void (shamelss plug: I’m listed in the resources). (tags: fitnesse tdd acceptance-tests functional-test)
links for 2008-02-14
February 14th, 2008
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Mixing ExtJS Grid with jQuery’s Flot Slick… especially since I am using both extjs and jquery on an internal project at work. (tags: extjs jquery graphs javascript) MyVox API (tags: ajax web2.0 voice-enabled) All About ExtButton A pretty nice blog post summarizing everything about the ExtButton object in extjs. (tags: extjs javascript webdev tutorial)
Damaged
February 13th, 2008
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Sometimes life has a way of punching you in the gut when you least expect it, irreversibly changing your life forever. This morning I woke up and flipped open my laptop as usual for my morning RSS feed reeding to discover the screen was completely frozen, with the clock stopped at 3:20am… letting me know [...]
Where Is Java Going to Go From Here?
February 13th, 2008
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Ever since I attended the NFJS Gateway Symposium almost 2 years ago, I’ve been hearing the same theme over and over: Java is the new COBOL. Everywhere you go, you can’t seem to avoid hearing this. An ex-coworker commented when I ran into him at Agile 2007: “I’m surprised you guys aren’t using JRuby.” Two [...]
links for 2008-02-13
February 13th, 2008
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Microsoft Responds Things are about to get VERY interesting…. (tags: microsoft yahoo) Native CSS selectors with querySelector More native support for CSS selector querying in javascript. CSS Tools: Reset CSS Eric Meyer has put together a simple (yet very nice) “reset” stylesheet to get rid of default browser inconsistencies. Handy. (tags: css webdesign reset)
links for 2008-02-12
February 12th, 2008
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ExtJs 1.1 API Doc It’s no longer linked directly on their site, so I don’t want to forget where it is. (tags: javascript ajax ext api library framework extjs)
