The state of functional programming in PHP With the rise of Javascript, and languages like Python and Ruby, functional programming is becoming more mainstream. Even Java seems to be getting closures in the next version, so does this leave PHP lacking behind or is there an unrealised potential hidden within? Dynamic dispatch What exactly defines […]
I’m an interface developer In his latest post Roger Johansson asks the question Are we designers or developers?. I have a simple answer for that. None of them. Let me explain: First we have these people calling themselves developers. And boy do they know programming… and math… and… no that’s all. Many have a masters […]
Java 6 for Mac OS X Back on the Radar Nearly two months on from the release of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and the resulting uproar from Java developers over Apple’s silent removal of preview builds of Java 6 for Mac, Apple has just as quietly released Java SE 6 Developer Preview 8, the […]
Facebook improves Ajax support with FBJS LocalProxy Facebook released FBJS as a way to do more than just the simple Mock Ajax that you could do before hand. It didn’t go as far as Caja (hopefully Facebook will work together on it), which seems to be the natural step wrt sandboxing code. Today, they announced […]
CSS Tip: Positioning photos with floats
In the past I’ve discussed how the use of photos can enhance a Web site, but I’ve not discussed the code one uses to incorporate them. On campus, and elsewhere, Web designers use a variety of techniques to include their photos.
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New design for friendlybit coming up
Hi. I just wanted to tell you that I’m now working on the new friendlybit. I’ve listened to your previous comments, and these are the changes I’m going to make/not make: Blog format stays, no community. You’re damn conservative (something like 95% percent said to keep it a […]
Wii Opera SDK
Daniel Gump has created a set of wrapper classes to form an SDK for Opera on the Wii which covers different ground compared to the Wii Remote API that we posted about Classes: Comm - Allows communication between players online Drawing - Plot polygons and images to a drawing canvas […]
Opera’s Antitrust Complaint: Microsoft Must Support Standards
Opera has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft, alleging that Microsoft has illegally stifled competition in the browser market by tying Internet Explorer to Windows and by failing to support web standards. If this all sounds a little familiar to you, it’s because Microsoft […]
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