Here's a fun little survey...

Who here likes to stub out stuff in the system browser and then actually
implement things in the debugger?

I find myself doing that sometimes, usually when I'm "on a roll" with what
I'm doing. I've never done that with another programming system.

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:33 AM, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:

> And interesting observation from
>
> http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/
>
> Names matter.
> ---------------------
>
> Below are four array methods from Apple's Cocoa framework, and the
> equivalent JavaScript methods:
>
> Cocoa: addObject                          JavaScript: push
> Cocoa: addObjectsFromArray               JavaScript: splice
> Cocoa: arrayByAddingObject                  JavaScript:  concat
> Cocoa: arrayByAddingObjectsFromArray     JavaScript: concat
>
>
>
> On 1/25/13, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thank you for the links
> >
> > In particular interesting is
> >
> >     http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/
> >
> > which is referenced from Bracha's blog entry.
> >
> > Interesting to see the evaluation of the Processing language and the
> > talk about metaphors.
> > E.g. the example of pasting the code for drawing a red flower.
> >
> >
> > --Hannes
> >
> > On 1/25/13, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> First it was Gilad Bracha -
> >> http://gbracha.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/debug-mode-is-only-mode.html -
> >> and now John Nolan -
> >>
> http://stigmergist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/debugger-first-vm-development.html
> >>
> >> I also saw a really neat demo of a framework for debugging system
> >> calls. I hope to find out more about this when I quiz the implementor
> >> in early February. I would be less vague if I could remember the name
> >> of the framework!
> >>
> >> frank
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>


-- 
Casey Ransberger
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