Comments for http://blog.sLajax.com http://blog.slajax.com secure lightweight ajax solutions Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:05:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Why I only use Linux at work. by Kyle http://blog.slajax.com/2008/08/12/why-i-only-use-linux-at-work/#comment-3515 Kyle Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:35:32 +0000 http://blog.slajax.com/?p=45#comment-3515 Yeah that's exactly why I love it too. I mean, can you think of a better way to support and expand technology then to put it in the hands of those who use it in order to make it better? That's the only thing I dislike about the commercial software industry that I now find myself in. Everyone is so closed doors, and at the end of the day, the product suffers. I do what I do because I want to be best of breed. I think that involves a lot of collaboration, rather then secrecy. Yeah that’s exactly why I love it too. I mean, can you think of a better way to support and expand technology then to put it in the hands of those who use it in order to make it better? That’s the only thing I dislike about the commercial software industry that I now find myself in. Everyone is so closed doors, and at the end of the day, the product suffers. I do what I do because I want to be best of breed. I think that involves a lot of collaboration, rather then secrecy.

]]> Comment on Why I only use Linux at work. by Jason Thibeault http://blog.slajax.com/2008/08/12/why-i-only-use-linux-at-work/#comment-3508 Jason Thibeault Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:07:35 +0000 http://blog.slajax.com/?p=45#comment-3508 Dude, you know exactly why I love Linux. It goes beyond a hatred of all things Microsoft and how nothing they make ever works the way it should -- it goes to the heart of the open source movement. The ability to fix what's broken without having to prostrate yourself before some third party company and get them to please please patch their buggy software. If something's broken, and you can see how in the code, you can change it and recompile. If something's broken in the configuration, there's no "registry" or other magic hocus pocus, just straight text files. Find the setting you need, tweak it, and off you go. Also, the fact that you can keep your /home on a separate partition means reformatting's a snap with zero danger of losing either your settings or documents. Dude, you know exactly why I love Linux. It goes beyond a hatred of all things Microsoft and how nothing they make ever works the way it should — it goes to the heart of the open source movement. The ability to fix what’s broken without having to prostrate yourself before some third party company and get them to please please patch their buggy software. If something’s broken, and you can see how in the code, you can change it and recompile. If something’s broken in the configuration, there’s no “registry” or other magic hocus pocus, just straight text files. Find the setting you need, tweak it, and off you go. Also, the fact that you can keep your /home on a separate partition means reformatting’s a snap with zero danger of losing either your settings or documents.

]]> Comment on First week at Blast Radius over by http://blog.sLajax.com » Blog Archive » Javascript Cross Domain Ajax http://blog.slajax.com/2008/07/17/first-week-at-blast-radius-over/#comment-3499 http://blog.sLajax.com » Blog Archive » Javascript Cross Domain Ajax Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:21:26 +0000 http://blog.slajax.com/?p=31#comment-3499 [...] forced or motivated to imply in my daily progression. One such framework I wrote briefly about is Mojo. Being a framework that has evolved from the Dojo Toolkit my interest peaked this morning when I [...] [...] forced or motivated to imply in my daily progression. One such framework I wrote briefly about is Mojo. Being a framework that has evolved from the Dojo Toolkit my interest peaked this morning when I [...]

]]> Comment on Relocating to Vancouver - Senior Interface Developer by http://blog.sLajax.com » Blog Archive » Javascript Cross Domain Ajax http://blog.slajax.com/2008/06/17/relocating-to-vancouver-senior-interface-developer/#comment-3498 http://blog.sLajax.com » Blog Archive » Javascript Cross Domain Ajax Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:16:29 +0000 http://blog.slajax.com/?p=18#comment-3498 [...] Javascript Cross Domain Ajax digg_skin = 'compact'; Since I joined Blast Radius I have been introduced to a lot of new and interesting development practices, frameworks and [...] [...] Javascript Cross Domain Ajax digg_skin = ‘compact’; Since I joined Blast Radius I have been introduced to a lot of new and interesting development practices, frameworks and [...]

]]> Comment on sLedit (mooEdit) v1 by Kyle http://blog.slajax.com/2007/04/26/mooedit-v-1/#comment-3404 Kyle Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:20:34 +0000 http://slajax.com/blog/2007/04/26/mooedit-sledit-v-10/#comment-3404 Thats because it IS tiny mce, you can switch it out for any editor you please. sLedit is just a wrapper for whatever editor you wish to use. Thats because it IS tiny mce, you can switch it out for any editor you please. sLedit is just a wrapper for whatever editor you wish to use.

]]> Comment on sLedit (mooEdit) v1 by matix http://blog.slajax.com/2007/04/26/mooedit-v-1/#comment-3339 matix Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:22:16 +0000 http://slajax.com/blog/2007/04/26/mooedit-sledit-v-10/#comment-3339 Looks the same like TinyMCE. Change it, the skin sucks;p Looks the same like TinyMCE. Change it, the skin sucks;p

]]> Comment on BC or Bust - Halfway Point by Jason http://blog.slajax.com/2008/06/23/bc-or-bust-halfway-point/#comment-3289 Jason Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:52:54 +0000 http://blog.slajax.com/?p=23#comment-3289 You mean to tell me your elderly companion is tricked out with the ability to blog while on the road, but you're not? Well, I guess you're driving, but still, for shame! Remember, if you meet any hitchhikers, don't let 'em in unless they give up (in the words of George Carlin) "ass, gas or grass". You mean to tell me your elderly companion is tricked out with the ability to blog while on the road, but you’re not? Well, I guess you’re driving, but still, for shame!

Remember, if you meet any hitchhikers, don’t let ‘em in unless they give up (in the words of George Carlin) “ass, gas or grass”.

]]> Comment on Mushroom Life by James King http://blog.slajax.com/2008/02/14/mushroom-life/#comment-3277 James King Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:38:46 +0000 http://blog.slajax.com/2008/02/14/mushroom-life/#comment-3277 Ah, an implementation of Conway's Game of Life. :) Ah, an implementation of Conway’s Game of Life. :)

]]> Comment on Re: PHP Obsolete by James King http://blog.slajax.com/2008/06/17/re-php-obsolete/#comment-3276 James King Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:36:18 +0000 http://blog.slajax.com/?p=20#comment-3276 You are right that it's a pretty good tool for beginning developers. However, there are still too many things flawed to consider PHP for a serious project: http://maurus.net/resources/programming-languages/php/ There are projects out there large and small that use it, but it cannot be helped. Those developers will either know enough to work around PHP's flaws and limitations or else remain ignorant of them. That still doesn't prove that PHP is still relevant. Name spaces are just one small example. How about lexical scoping? http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/12/23/lexical-scope-to-appear-in-php/ There are only patches to implement it -- another fundamental feature to be tacked on. Not to mention that the example code on that page is horrid to look at and very difficult to read. It may also be incompatible with PHP5's object system as pointed out by one commenter. It's certainly not a dead language by any stretch, but it is becoming very obsolete. You are right that it’s a pretty good tool for beginning developers.

However, there are still too many things flawed to consider PHP for a serious project:

http://maurus.net/resources/programming-languages/php/

There are projects out there large and small that use it, but it cannot be helped. Those developers will either know enough to work around PHP’s flaws and limitations or else remain ignorant of them. That still doesn’t prove that PHP is still relevant.

Name spaces are just one small example. How about lexical scoping?

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/12/23/lexical-scope-to-appear-in-php/

There are only patches to implement it — another fundamental feature to be tacked on. Not to mention that the example code on that page is horrid to look at and very difficult to read. It may also be incompatible with PHP5’s object system as pointed out by one commenter.

It’s certainly not a dead language by any stretch, but it is becoming very obsolete.

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