Monthly Archives: March 2006

Joel Spolsky is not impressed by coding conventions

By olleolleolle | Published: 2006-03-23
Joel Spolsky is not impressed by coding conventions. He says something like “When I was program manager on the Excel team…” in a [podcast](http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail207.html) at [IT Conversations](http://www.itconversations.com). Here is a clip where mentions the coding conventions. The clip was made with ITC’s fine PHP tool to “Create a Clip or Excerpt”. Makes me involved.
Posted in Technology | Leave a comment

RubyGems: gem_server

By olleolleolle | Published: 2006-03-22
So, you are using some modules for Ruby, in the shape of [gems](http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubygems/) (read [the book](http://docs.rubygems.org/)!). You need to read the gem’s docs. Instead of Googling, fire up a local pure-Ruby webserver ([Webrick](http://www.webrick.org/)), on a custom port, and view the beautiful RDoc pages there, in their web-native shape! Invoke the thing like this: gem_server Then go visit [...]
Posted in Ruby on Rails, Technology | 1 Comment

Read a book (Beyond Java, by that kayaker)

By olleolleolle | Published: 2006-03-13
This weekend I had some wonderful spare time, and I spent some of it reading [Beyond Java](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/beyondjava/), a book about the Next Language. (Spoiler: It is [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/), or some cool continuations-based project – read: [Seaside](http://seaside.st/) with Smalltalk. But you knew that.) The book is chock-full of kayaking metaphors, which got so irritating they became funny. Java’s [...]
Posted in Literature, Ruby on Rails, Technology | 3 Comments

No Criticism Allowed

By olleolleolle | Published: 2006-03-10
No Criticism Allowed Originally uploaded by reinvented. Maybe something for upcoming [Fastaval](http://www.fastaval.dk).
Posted in General | Tagged | 3 Comments

Javascript ate my hamster: Go get Yahoo Event Utility and Firebug

By olleolleolle | Published: 2006-03-7
Dustin Diaz tells about Yahoo Event Utility which is the addEvent killer of all time. If you do serious Javascripting these days, please, do yourself a favour, and read that piece. Slowly. You might find drool on your chin afterwards. Then, go get the Event Utility. You owe to yourself. You deserve it. And, be sure [...]
Posted in Javascript, Technology | 1 Comment