jpedrosa

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by jpedrosa 17y ago
I have been using Google Chrome on Linux since about a month ago. I installed it so I could test JavaScript programming with it as well. As Google Chrome was still a very work-in-progress (it still is though has improved a lot) at the time
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
Hi. My experience lies in Ruby and in JavaScript (these days) so I can see these worlds however close, differently. In Ruby I have all kinds of gimmicks that help with cutting the chase when that's what I want, but I also can make it a litt
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
I came up with my own technique for developing "GUI" without any fancier tool than standard programming languages and their frameworks. I create a launcher called "weboot" that gets parameters like directory and URL resource to start on. It
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
Lots of things interest me so it's hard to pick just one. So I am going to list a few. * WebKit - decidedly the web brick that should help with introducing new developments faster in order to keep things open and modern; * IronRuby - might
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
Over produce according to one's own standards. ;-) Keep pushing.
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
Software developer is a broad term as well. ;-) And the last bastion of respect, the software engineer is not without its enterprise-ish feel. Researcher seems cooler, but it's all about feeling good and self-esteem in the end. :-) What ab
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
The 10 reasons why PHP is still better than Ruby was a funny piece as seen from the viewpoint of a Rubyist who was just waking up for the day yet. When I clicked to read it, it had 3 vote points. The content was not what I was expecting and
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
So, do you use this "DbC" in all of your Ruby code nowadays, like 95% of it, or in just where you think it's really important? And with this "DbC" do you think you could grow the Ruby code to 500,000 lines of code or more?
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
For every other type of error, hah, rely on what I said then?
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
I think it's just wrong to test for the type of the variable, unless it's really needed. Such checking detracts from what you are trying to accomplish and from relying on the exception backtrace to give you a clue of what went wrong when an
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
Meanwhile, the C# developers go all the way laughing to the bank. ;-) Here's hoping that Scala will help to fix the Java issues. However, given the similar way such languages work, I fear many developers will prefer to use something else, r
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
Let us see how PHP and Ruby compare out of the box versus Java: First PHP vs Java: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=al... Now Ruby 1.9 vs Java: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=al... And
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
Sure... Nice write-up. From the Hacker News site I have been following the recent controversy and even participated in some discussions. :-) Your Honor, I plead guilty! :-) I cannot blame them (Twitter) when they seek their goals for a bett
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
For the most part, several Javascript libraries have solved the basics of cross-platform browser support quite well and entire ecosystems were built using them. I regard Ext Core to being quite similar to other libraries even though it coul
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Bill Venners chats with the Twitter developers, in Twitter on Scala(artima.com)
30 points by jpedrosa 17y ago|3 comments
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
To take the article in the right light, consider that in Ruby-land, syntax is important, it matters. For example, optional parentheses. Spaces are mostly disregarded unless they aren't in a few cases. Switches that support almost any type,
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
I agree that the Ruby 1.8 to 1.9 transition has caused headaches. But the 1.9 version does have some interesting features that have been long being cooked to get to this point, and perhaps more interesting is that the 1.9 version has motiva
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
I use JRuby to run a web application that I first coded in Ruby and it works pretty well even though it reserves and consumes more memory. Having a dedicated server for JRuby applications instead of running such applications on your own des
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by jpedrosa 17y ago
Seeing the April 1st date of the article it was just a little bit harder to believe they would write it like that. As folks have taken it seriously... The Ruby community was formed without being forced into it necessarily. Academics did not
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by jpedrosa 18y ago
He tested Ruby 1.8.7 on Ubuntu and Ruby 1.8.6 on Windows. Ruby 1.8.7 has added some features found in Ruby 1.9.1 in order to provide a forward path for those wishing to start adopting the new Ruby 1.9.1 features. For whatever reason, Ruby 1
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by jpedrosa 19y ago
I am reminded of how the folks who do most of the work almost never are the ones who appear the most (speak, write, show up)... Speaking of which... :-)
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by jpedrosa 20y ago
Fairly awesome! Thanks for the unique resource. If I could I probably would like to put most of these links in my personal bookmark. Nice interface. Nice change. It's good to hear that Arc is coming along also. :-)