abbetts

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   by abbetts 14y ago

   If Javascript is so great then why do we need Coffeescript?
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   by abbetts 16y ago

   Html/js is good for some UI parts of an app but eventually makes one yearn for native threading/locking, queueing, posting notifications, for that last 10-20% of code.
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   by abbetts 17y ago

   Is this better than Google GWT? Could one build something with the same graphics and responsiveness like Googles "Speed Tracer" plugin which is way cool? http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/speedtracer/
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   by abbetts 17y ago

   Its fine. Downloaded the pdf. Its straightforward. Good examples. The topic of graphs is so interesting. Its more fun, as you read, to think about how this can describe real world networks like facebook friends, traffic patterns on a gmap,