In case you missed it, Apple launched the iPad yesterday. Essentially it’s a beautiful looking giant iPod Touch running the iPhone/iPod OS, slightly adapted to take better advantage of the bigger 10″ screen. It’s available at a remarkably (for Apply, and the hardware you get) low price starting at $499. Not only does it lookContinue reading “Task Switching and Open Development on the Apple iPad”
Monthly Archives: January 2010
On Asynchronous Programming
MSDN: Asynchronous operations are typically used to perform tasks that might take a long time to complete, such as opening large files, connecting to remote computers, or querying a database. An asynchronous operation executes in a thread separate from the main application thread. When an application calls methods to perform an operation asynchronously, the applicationContinue reading “On Asynchronous Programming”
Let’s Build a DSL: Platform Research
Now that we decided on a domain and target platform of our DSL, it is time to explore our target platform. Although I have used HTML, CSS and Javascript for many years, I never looked that seriously into the possibilities of especially CSS and Javascript. To help me with that I’ve been reading a fewContinue reading “Let’s Build a DSL: Platform Research”
Let’s build a DSL
Greetings surfer of the Internets. We meet at an exciting time, you and I. We stand at the birth of a new language, a language of the domain-specific kind. What domain is that, you ask? It is the mobile domain. Applications as frequently found on devices of the iPhone and Android sort, but not graphicalContinue reading “Let’s build a DSL”
The Point of WebDSL
Jay asks in the comments: I don’t mean to be mean, because I really like your blog and I read it all the time… but could you just explain to me the point of WebDSL? I honestly don’t mean it in any kind of negative way, I’m just wondering why you’re dedicating your valuable timeContinue reading “The Point of WebDSL”
On Language Design: Magic Variables in Compojure
The Perl language is riddled with special variables. Consider the following example: open(FILE, “bla.txt”); while(<FILE>) { print; } In case you don’t speak Perl, this is equivalent to: open(FILE, “bla.txt”); while(<FILE>) { print $_; } Still unclear? Alright, once more: open(FILE, “bla.txt”); while($line = <FILE>) { print $line; } Perl is developed by linguist LarryContinue reading “On Language Design: Magic Variables in Compojure”
On Language Design: My Problem With ClojureQL
Update: Since this post, ClojureQL has been completely redesigned, my criticism in this post no longer applies. You can find more information about the new ClojureQL on its new website. Every programming language comes with a certain syntax, a certain feel for what feels like native use of that syntax, and the semantics of theContinue reading “On Language Design: My Problem With ClojureQL”
