( I attempt to reclaim some ground for the much maligned regression test. )

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Current Mood: content

I'd like to draw attention to a pleasant way to implement the view in MVC web apps that is emerging in suitably reflective and dynamic frameworks. ( So good I named it, twice... )

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Current Mood: impressed

Just heard a podcast I particularly liked: on Geoffrey Grosenbach's regular show, Glenn Vanderburg talks for half an hour or so, covering three subjects - domain specific languages, comparing Rails and Seaside, and approaches to learning that one new language per year.

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( Some domain-specific languages are implemented as subsets or supersets of an existing general language. Rails might be seen as a domain-specific framework that uses the same idea. )

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