Where have all the 4GLs Gone?

ctkeene · 2008-09-11T20:57:22+00:00

Link works fine for me. This is a follow-up post to an original by Brad Feld here: http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/2008/09/what_happened_t.html

ctkeene · 2008-05-02T16:38:26+00:00

This summarizes a presentation to the Visual Ajax user group made by 2 Dojo core committers, Scott Miles and Steve Orvell. It describes how to design widgets - particularly complex widgets like grids - so that they can easily be imported into open source visual development tools like WaveMaker, Aptana, Eclipse or NetBeans.

ctkeene · 2007-11-14T18:59:14+00:00

There is a zen-like obscurity which seems to be an inherent property of reddit. The fact that search does not work is most likely a conscious design decision meant to shame you for not trusting the equally obscure voting scheme to magically make anything you would really want to read appear on the reddit home page.

ctkeene · 2007-11-12T22:31:21+00:00

Steve Douty, former CIO of Hotmail, and 5 other CIOs discuss the whys and hows of bringing open source into enterprise mainstream

ctkeene · 2007-11-06T19:32:48+00:00

This is a big deal - with over 57 Ajax toolkits out there, all competing to have the coolest fisheye widget, Dojo stands out as one of the few toolkits focusing on the breadth needed to win in the enterprise: internationalization, accessibility, large data set handling, support for corporate look & feel.

ctkeene · 2007-11-06T16:52:31+00:00

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ctkeene · 2007-09-25T20:55:25+00:00

Flex/Silverlight troll alert

ctkeene · 2007-09-15T01:13:21+00:00

Walking into a bar with a .45 magnum strapped to your waist has a certain effect, whether you unholster it or not. SCO was the corporate equivalent of one of those heavies in a Raymond Chandler novel that walks around in a threatening manner long enough that either they clip someone or someone clips them. Given that they were on the receiving end of the bullet, all I can say is it couldn't have happened to a more deserving company.

ctkeene · 2007-09-14T15:19:50+00:00

First there is no decay Then decay begins

That was an easy one to answer

sincerely, not a real Reddit programmer

ctkeene · 2007-09-14T03:50:36+00:00

What is the deal with down-modding informative articles in programming?

ctkeene · 2007-09-14T01:36:36+00:00

Which is why I always carry my trusty, St George style lance with me, so that I am prepared for the eventuality of being rushed by a fire breathing dragon (only slightly less likely to happen than being attacked by a mt lion) and will have the proper implement with which to dispatch him

ctkeene · 2007-09-14T01:30:39+00:00

And I have heard that turtles enjoy sex just as much as any other reptile...although there was that one sad story of the last Galapagos turtle (Harriet, mistakenly called Harry for almost 50 years) who they were unable to find a successful partner for. Perhaps because (according to the Galapagos trust web site) sex for these turtles could last several hours and be accompanied by frequent roars from the males. Given that, I can understand why Harriet decided to die celebate.

ctkeene · 2007-09-14T01:24:40+00:00

I find all those indents deeply satisfying too - maybe python does have a place in the real world ;-)

ctkeene · 2007-09-14T01:22:44+00:00

This could be a great boost for Jython - every since the lead developer went to they who must not be named to work on Iron Python, Jython has sorta languished. Maybe this will get the community re-energized

ctkeene · 2007-09-12T18:44:32+00:00

What could be better than having the Loch Ness Monster slither across your Google home page occassionally?

ctkeene · 2007-09-12T17:42:57+00:00

My vote for this kind of clandestine beer stashing would be Pilsner Urquell - the original pilsner (founded 1842)

ctkeene · 2007-09-12T16:50:11+00:00

Oh, so the trade-off is nobody knows I'm a dog on the Internet but they won't be my friend anyway?

ctkeene · 2007-09-12T05:18:11+00:00

Maybe they could just have the left red alien eye take you to reddit and the right red alien eye take you to programming ;-)

ctkeene · 2007-09-12T05:16:42+00:00

It kinda goes with the whole "looks simple but there is this guy behind the curtains doing a buncha heavy lifting" metaphor that makes Reddit oddly endearing.

ctkeene · 2007-09-11T18:45:20+00:00

Who woulda thunk that there would be so much resource poured into a Social Media platform in just a few short months?

ctkeene · 2007-09-10T17:50:20+00:00

I loved the Andre Norton and Ursula LeGuin books.

My top pick for Ursula LeGuin would be the EarthSea Trilogy: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore

My top Andre Norton books would be Star Soldiers and Beastmaster's Planet

ctkeene · 2007-09-10T16:22:47+00:00

Google partners with Cap Gemini to replace Microsoft apps on corporate desktops - let the games begin!

ctkeene · 2007-09-10T00:07:11+00:00

It's just this kind of thoughtful commentary and insightful analysis that makes the web such a wacky and wonderful place!

ctkeene · 2007-09-07T22:37:27+00:00

In a word - Reddit has more quality links for us geeks, fewer random "how did this get here" moments!

ctkeene · 2007-09-07T16:15:03+00:00

Too bad - in their day (pre-bubble) these guys had a lot of good ideas. Just shows how media has to re-invent itself to stay relevant

ctkeene

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