'rails' Category
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Apr292006
Using Dot Notation for writing DSLs
""" This is all valid syntax in my shiny new domain specific language, implemented in Python.
>>> put("jason").into.element.named("username") >>> put("jason").into.element.labeled("username") >>> put("jason").into.element.identified.by("username") ...or... [...] -
Feb222006
Thoughts on Skills Tracking in a Consulting Company
At ThoughtWorks, we have an old and boring skills and certification tracking system which managers use to find the right people for projects. The list of skills and skill categories are static. And any additions, modifications, or deletions to the list of skills or categories must be handled by an administrator. (Linking people to skills, [...]
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Feb092006
Ask Google: Python Web Framework Statistics
search-term web groups blog amazon.com-search
python zope 8,920,000 20,700 2,294 9
python plone 2,730,000 2,420 784 2
python twisted 2,010,000 14,500 1,396 4
python subway 714,000* 2,380* 626 4
python aquarium 659,000* 4,340* 505 7
python django 543,000 2,660 [...]
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Jan042006
How does one flip a coin on the internet?
Real world story:
A “lead developer of Selenium” has been invited to speak at FOSDEM next month.
Both Paul Hammant and I want to go and speak. Both of us can take some claim as “lead developer” of Selenium, only it’s a been awhile since either one of us has committed any code! (I created Selenium in [...]
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Dec042005
Web 2.0 Needs its Own Magazine
The hardware guys now have Make. But what do the software guys and girls have for all that is need-to-know in the Web 2.0 world? Wired? Sorry, Wired is now like MTV after they got rid of the music videos. (Perhaps that means that Wired should spawn a sister magazine called Wired2.)
Another possibility is Business [...]