14 Apr 2006
Thomas Fuchs on Advanced Rails AJAX techniques
Got here 15mins late, can’t read apparently, thought this was at 8:30 not 8
- went though features in Prototype 1.5 (Rail’s javascript library) (_I wonder how this compares to MochaKit_), and script.aculo.us 1.6
- dramatic progress in just one year with this javascript stuff (_it’s the magic in AJAX so not too surprising_)
- with RJS you can send AJAX updates using the Rail’s partials you already have, just like you did to render the page originally.
- You can do a lot of stuff in pure ruby and Prototype will do the right thing on the JS side. Great idea
- you can send JS to a page via
page << "js code here"
- _Someone posted this on the Campfire: Painless JavaScript Using Prototype
- Showed demo of AJAX app he’s working on Fluxiom which is something like a web based, multiuser iPhoto. After showing the video on the site above intrested in the room went thru the roof and people were hanging on his every word.
- _via Campfire: Introducing the Web Inspector
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13 Apr 2006
just starting out…. title sounds interesting
after this I don’t know what to do… really tired but I’d love to look around. On the other hand sushi and sleep sounds very nice now
- taking the lighter dept. No more code snippets tonight.
- I’m an artist my whole life. (shows drawing of his grandmother)
- Zen teacher
- I am clueless. The more I learn the less I know. Beginners mind has endless possibility. Experts mind is full of crap.
- Clueless = going with the flow
- pre-emptive lets go of the assumptions
- focus on the language
- carpenters vs. luthiers (instrument builders)
- the “less code” movement
Update: I didn’t get the sense that anyone liked this talk much
slides at his site Alex Bunardzic
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13 Apr 2006
Amy
Hoy
Go read the AJAX chapter in the Rails book
Sleep…. sleep… sllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfja;l
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13 Apr 2006
497:3 and at least one of those 3 looks pretty pissed she’s here… at least that’s what I counted, so it was interesting to see that the organizer had a handful good looking women greeting and handing out badges.
This is really bad. The two genders bring very different perspectives to issues. Rails is about getting stuff done quickly, not so much about a technology. I would think this would draw in more woman than than other topics in the CS world.
One of those 3 woman is Amy Hoy who I (over)hear writes great Rails docs and is writing a book.
Also 24% of Vancouver speak Chinese. Wild. You can really see this on the street.
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