There's a thought in neuroscience/psychological circles that words are much more than sounds that represent things: they are the abstraction of our higher brain function. Words are language, code is language. Restricting yourself to one or two languages is limiting your cognitive abilities
I love experimenting with text editors and occasionally IDEs. In the last 6 months I've used no less than 5 different ones... each time I learn just how valuable Vim is to me.
It can be confusing when trying to structure a client-side application, especially when it comes to separating models from controllers and services. Doing this in Angular means diving into some details.
The Ember guys are having a hard week. I promised Tom Dale I'd try and help by "arm-waving" an API together that I feel expresses a bit more about the main ideas behind Ember. It's Friday, I've had a beer or two... but I got inspired...
Get up from your desk or chair or floor and go for a walk. Right now - I challenge you to do this. If you can walk through a crowded place - that's even better. Go by yourself, and soak it in... all of it...
If you read my blog, you know I've been goofing around with quite a few Javascript libraries. Some are easier than others. This time, it's Ember's turn.
Convention over Configuration is now simply an assumed thing for modern frameworks - and this is (mostly) a good thing. Sometimes I wonder if it's being taken too far.
I've been teeth-deep in Client-side Javascript frameworks over the last 4 months for Tekpub. This month is Angular, last month was Ember's turn and I gave up. It's the first time I've given up - here's why.
I was lucky enough to get some help from Ryan Niemeyer (KnockoutJS core contributor) recently, and, like I do, I asked if I could record it. I love stuff like this: I need this to work well for the Real World, and I want to do it right.
If you've ever sent a support email to Tekpub, you know I'm in the habit of asking questions. I think truly serving the Customer sometimes means asking questions, and sometimes even saying "No"...
It was a beautiful night, and I was propping up my new telescope that my wife had given me for Christmas. The scope was amazing, but the alignment routine fired up the geek in me...
I had never heard anything like it. A two-string bass, distorted, pulsing and bending under a finger slide ... rolling in time to the perfectly executed ryhthms of a jazz saxophone. You've got to be kidding me.
