Comments for nerd http://nerd.metrocat.org You're reading Jeff Watkins' thoughts about Web application design and development with a little bit of technology ranting thrown in for free. Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:06:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Writing a Widget by Quinton Dolan http://nerd.metrocat.org/2008/02/writing-a-widget/comment-page-1#comment-3217 Quinton Dolan Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:06:47 +0000 http://localhost:8888/news/tutorials/writing-a-widget#comment-3217 <p>Nice. This is very cool. Now I just need to get my head around it.</p> Nice. This is very cool. Now I just need to get my head around it.

]]> Comment on Properties And Bindings by Alan Pinstein http://nerd.metrocat.org/2008/03/properties-and-bindings/comment-page-1#comment-3218 Alan Pinstein Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:27:09 +0000 http://localhost:8888/news/overview/properties-and-bindings#comment-3218 <p>Hey Jeff-</p> <p>That's a very interesting concept you are playing with! I am a cocoa and web developer, and had the same itch to scratch. I was focused more on the back end, and wrote PHOCOA which implements the Cocoa development framework as a PHP web app framework. PHOCOA is open-source, and lives at http://phocoa.com.</p> <p>I initially stayed away from the Javascript side completely because I didn't really understand it very well when I started writing Phocoa. Now that I am using Javascript more, I have integrated with YUI, Prototype, and Appcelerator, but I haven't yet found a way to extend bindings all the way to the javascript layer. Maybe there's a way for us to work together on that...</p> <p>Alan</p> Hey Jeff-

That’s a very interesting concept you are playing with! I am a cocoa and web developer, and had the same itch to scratch. I was focused more on the back end, and wrote PHOCOA which implements the Cocoa development framework as a PHP web app framework. PHOCOA is open-source, and lives at http://phocoa.com.

I initially stayed away from the Javascript side completely because I didn’t really understand it very well when I started writing Phocoa. Now that I am using Javascript more, I have integrated with YUI, Prototype, and Appcelerator, but I haven’t yet found a way to extend bindings all the way to the javascript layer. Maybe there’s a way for us to work together on that…

Alan

]]> Comment on Why I Won’t Purchase NetNewsWire Again by NewsGator: Crashing the Consumer Experience « crashingdaily http://nerd.metrocat.org/2006/05/why-i-wont-purchase-netnewswire-again/comment-page-1#comment-3207 NewsGator: Crashing the Consumer Experience « crashingdaily Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:03:40 +0000 http://nerd.newburyportion.com/2006/05/why-i-wont-purchase-netnewswire-again#comment-3207 <p>[...] purpose and cost mars the wonderful software package they bought from Ranchero. It seems I’m not alone in being disappointed and put off by the extra marketing [...]</p> [...] purpose and cost mars the wonderful software package they bought from Ranchero. It seems I’m not alone in being disappointed and put off by the extra marketing [...]

]]> Comment on The Searing Pain of Using Windows by Pete http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/12/searing-pain/comment-page-1#comment-3137 Pete Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:33:02 +0000 http://nerd.newburyportion.com/2005/12/searing-pain#comment-3137 <p>ActiveSync is supported on non-CE devices; my Nokia E65 works like a charm.</p> <p>In addition to "Not made by Motorola", I also have "Not made by SonyEricsson" on my list. Everyone I know who owns one has nothing but trouble.</p> ActiveSync is supported on non-CE devices; my Nokia E65 works like a charm.

In addition to “Not made by Motorola”, I also have “Not made by SonyEricsson” on my list. Everyone I know who owns one has nothing but trouble.

]]> Comment on What’s Wrong With Movable Type by Wesley Miaw http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/09/whats-wrong-with-movable-type/comment-page-1#comment-3129 Wesley Miaw Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:57:39 +0000 http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/09/whats-wrong-with-movable-type#comment-3129 <p>Is there any reason why you could not dump your development database configuration records and then load them into your production database?</p> Is there any reason why you could not dump your development database configuration records and then load them into your production database?

]]> Comment on Search via Ajax by Dermo http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/08/search-via-ajax/comment-page-1#comment-3104 Dermo Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:19:54 +0000 http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/08/search-via-ajax#comment-3104 <p>sorry how rude. Please!</p> sorry how rude. Please!

]]> Comment on Search via Ajax by Dermo http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/08/search-via-ajax/comment-page-1#comment-3103 Dermo Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:16:02 +0000 http://nerd.metrocat.org/2005/08/search-via-ajax#comment-3103 <p>Hi Jeff, I'd really love to steal your search JavaScript but it's gone. I guess since you've made the switch. I'm still on MT and would love to use this code. Would you be able to dig out the code?</p> Hi Jeff, I’d really love to steal your search JavaScript but it’s gone. I guess since you’ve made the switch. I’m still on MT and would love to use this code. Would you be able to dig out the code?

]]> Comment on Simple Animation by Jeff Watkins http://nerd.metrocat.org/2007/07/simple-animation/comment-page-1#comment-3098 Jeff Watkins Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:37:49 +0000 http://nerd.metrocat.org/2007/07/simple-animation#comment-3098 <p>Well, I didn't say I wasn't going to have an Animator object. Just that the individual animation steps weren't objects. Take a look at my <a href="http://metrocat.org/svn/bindings/src/fx/Animator.js" rel="nofollow">Animator class</a>. It's still under development, but you'll get where I'm coming from.</p> Well, I didn’t say I wasn’t going to have an Animator object. Just that the individual animation steps weren’t objects. Take a look at my Animator class. It’s still under development, but you’ll get where I’m coming from.

]]> Comment on Simple Animation by Karl G http://nerd.metrocat.org/2007/07/simple-animation/comment-page-1#comment-3093 Karl G Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:02:07 +0000 http://nerd.metrocat.org/2007/07/simple-animation#comment-3093 <p>I figured you knew, I'm just interested in the different approaches people take. I found the complexity/cycle burning to be a common feature of a number of things in dojo. Supposedly this is better in the current release...</p> <p>As for the reason to roll your own, I can empathize. My adventure started out when they added a Scriptaculous port to MochiKit. I tried making my own animations and was greatly annoyed at how hard it is. I then ran across Animator.js, was impressed, and decided to port it to MochiKit and make the same animation work on multiple elements. That's great until the elements have different starting values. Things cascaded from there to where I am today.</p> <p>I am curious about the no-object design decision. Doesn't lacking an animation object force you into maintaining the state elsewhere? Or do you set up your code so this isn't a problem?</p> I figured you knew, I’m just interested in the different approaches people take. I found the complexity/cycle burning to be a common feature of a number of things in dojo. Supposedly this is better in the current release…

As for the reason to roll your own, I can empathize. My adventure started out when they added a Scriptaculous port to MochiKit. I tried making my own animations and was greatly annoyed at how hard it is. I then ran across Animator.js, was impressed, and decided to port it to MochiKit and make the same animation work on multiple elements. That’s great until the elements have different starting values. Things cascaded from there to where I am today.

I am curious about the no-object design decision. Doesn’t lacking an animation object force you into maintaining the state elsewhere? Or do you set up your code so this isn’t a problem?

]]> Comment on Simple Animation by Jeff Watkins http://nerd.metrocat.org/2007/07/simple-animation/comment-page-1#comment-3092 Jeff Watkins Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:12:37 +0000 http://nerd.metrocat.org/2007/07/simple-animation#comment-3092 <p>Thanks for the good points, Karl. I didn't intend to lay claim to anything particularly novel. I'm well aware of how the major libraries implement animation. The main reason I've been writing my own animation code is because the framework provided by Dojo (which is what the online Apple store uses), is incredibly complex and burns a lot of cycles for no benefit.</p> <p>You're very right that the <em>real</em> fun comes when you put together meaningful chunks of animation.</p> Thanks for the good points, Karl. I didn’t intend to lay claim to anything particularly novel. I’m well aware of how the major libraries implement animation. The main reason I’ve been writing my own animation code is because the framework provided by Dojo (which is what the online Apple store uses), is incredibly complex and burns a lot of cycles for no benefit.

You’re very right that the real fun comes when you put together meaningful chunks of animation.

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