"Bob’s your uncle" is a way of saying "you’re all set" or "you’ve got it made." It’s a catch phrase dating back to 1887, when British Prime Minister Robert Cecil (a.k.a. Lord Salisbury) decided to appoint a certain Arthur Balfour to the prestigious and sensitive post of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Not lost on the [...]
Programming:WebObjects
May 21, ’06
8:10 PM
Programming:WebObjects is a new Wiki Book chock full of WebObjects topics. It’s content, much of it culled from the webobjects-dev lists, is coming along nicely thanks to the amazing work by Mike Schrag.
It is a great resource. Link to it, use it, expand it.
Update: Mike posted that the (updated) content of wodev.com (maintained by Pierre [...]
Ajax and WebObjects (2)
May 19, ’06
2:51 PM
Pierce T. Wetter III has just posted an outstanding tour de force overview of using AJAX with WebObjects to the webobjects-dev list.
Myth: Rails is a better framework for Ajax then WO.
Reality: WebObjects is actually a better framework for use with AJAX then Rails because it has a better component system then Rails. You spend a [...]
If the earth were a sandwich
May 18, ’06
11:45 AM
Awesome! I’m in awe, some.
Ze Frank has once again proven he is worthy of thinking for me!
AJAX and WebObjects
May 18, ’06
11:24 AM
AJAX (in case you’ve been living under a rock) is Asynchronous Javascript And XML (but in reality it is really a grab bag of technologies) and is one of the key elements of the whole Web 2.0 thing.
AJAX is usually used to improve the user experience for web applications. Using XHTTPRequest, client-side Javascript can communicate [...]