As usual, my considerations grouped by chapter: Creating our own renderer # Very interesting way of starting a book. The author presents a gem used throughout the book called enginex. | Continue reading
I’ll be presenting “Asynchronous Job Execution in the Cloud” (Session ID: 24301) later this week at JavaOne in San Francisco. The session will be held in the Hotel Nikko (Carmel I/II) on Wednesday Oct. 5, at 1pm. I will cover how deployment topologies requires us to rethink how w … | Continue reading
Can a scientist really enjoy the beauty of a flower? Here is what Mr. Feynman had to say about science and the appreciation of nature. ”I have a friend who’s an artist and he’s some times taken a view which I don’t agree with very well. He’ll hold up a flower and say, ‘look how b … | Continue reading
I'm happy to announce that my iPad music learning startup Etude has been acquired by Steinway & Sons. When they approached me about the idea of working together, it seemed like an odd idea. What would a piano company in New York want with an iPad app? It's not the usual acquisiti … | Continue reading
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I’m generally sceptical about alternatives of tools that work just fine like IRB. And I really like IRB. So why Pry? And why everywhere? Because Pry features blew my mind. When I wrote about IRB customization, I was doing what I always do when I like a tool: customize it in order … | Continue reading
As usual, my considerations grouped by chapter: Introduction # The book starts with an introduction to the reasons behind BDD. It’s a cool introduction, short and clear. It’s very useful if these topics are new for you. | Continue reading
I wrote this post just to show how it’s possible to get a perfectly working form with multiple files upload within a few minutes. If you need to implement multiple file attachments to a given object with only one form quickly, this example could help you. | Continue reading
With the most recent release (1.5.3, last week) App Engine's Python API for Memcache has added a new feature, Compare-And-Set . This feature... | Continue reading