I’ll be traveling the next 10 days, including time in London May 12-17 and Copenhagen May 18-20.  If any PHP or web people would like to get together for a drink/meal/chat/podcast/whatever, let me know.  I’m planning on attending one of the Dojo dinner activities (I think it’s Thursday May 14) so if you’re already going [...]

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Obviously I rubbed some people the wrong way, and didn’t explain my question(s) clearly enough from the outset, then got wrapped up in taking some offense from some of the responses.  Reviewing everything today I can see where I could have responded differently, and more clearly, earlier on.  Apologies to anyone who was offended (if [...]

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Why does this work? Why does this show the email address?
#1<?phpclass person {    private $email = “foo”;    function showEmail() {         echo $this->email;     }}class user extends person {}$u = new user();$u->showEmail();
but this doesn’t?
#2<?phpclass person {    private $email = “foo”;}class user extends person {    function showEmail() {        echo $this->email;    }}$u = new user();$u->showEmail();
Also, [...]

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Finally, after much work, we’ve got the first issue of JavaScript magazine (affectionately known as JSMag) out.  Extra special thanks to Rebecca Murphey for her helping hand in an hour of need.  You can read about all the authors or take a look at the first issue or even grab yourself a sample PDF file.  [...]

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I got ‘pinged’ by Ben Ramsey on this topic, so here goes:

First computer was Sinclair ZX81 - 1K of RAM - soldered together from a kit ordered from UK.
Played bass in a number of bands, including a blues band when I was 18 and next youngest guy was 37.  Played for several years with some [...]

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Yeah, that’s about all this post will be. I read an article from IBM developerworks on the upcoming 5.3 features, and something got my dander up: closures.
I first got acquainted with closures in Groovy last year, and love them. They make sense. The syntax is pretty easy, and feels natural in the [...]

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Testing out the demand for a community site focusing on Javascript developers. When I was investigating the Javascript Magazine idea (still in the works - got some great contributors potentially lined up!) I realized that Javascript is everywhere, yet nowhere. There are few, if any, Javascript user groups or similar resources out there. [...]

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Just a quick thought here after looking at someone’s code I just stumbled on. This person had a “isReadOnly()” method inside of a generic “set” method which would allow them to determine if a property should be allowed to be modified or not.
It got me to thinking again how the traditional notion of “visibility” [...]

Posted in Grails, Groovy, Java, PHP, Web 26 Comments »

I’m in the planning stages of a Javascript magazine, similar to the GroovyMag publication I’ve already got out.  Before jumping in too deep, I’m looking to gauge interest in the idea.  Are you interested in a monthly Javascript magazine?  If so, click the link above and sign up.  Or, just leave a comment below.  :) [...]

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Talking with my friend Shawn Hartsock the other day, and we got to talking about the state of software, and some of the history of software development.  He’s a big nerd on this subject, and considers ‘computing’ to go back hundreds (or thousands!) of years.  Yes, one can make that argument, but I when I [...]

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