By now I have gone through a number of Elixir web frameworks, a web framework in Cocoa, and not really been able to release my homepage in a way that I liked. So what would be more natural than to drop the code and try something else, perhaps something that I've worked on before and found wanting? Hello Node.js (+Express & CoffeeScript).
One of the issues I'd had last time I worked with Node.js was that debugging was hard, or console.log based. This time I found that someone had made a Eclipse distribution with Node.js support. Turns out, syntax highlighting and debugging CoffeeScript is still flaky. But I can step through most of the dependencies ...
In my last post, I was exploring new web frameworks to migrate to, while learning more Elixir. I attempted a few, but learning a framework can be uphill, especially when not being fluent in the language. The main frustrating point was not being able to understand the errors I was getting. They were usually in one, long, truncated line. So not only was it formatted poorly, it didn't give me all the information that was intended for me. I didn't really find a good way of getting better error information or analyzing the errors I was getting, so finally I gave up... for now.
So I went back to what I know, and I know Objective-C and Cocoa really, really well. And there are a few webservers for it. I grabbed
My first "real" Elixir project was to build my own homepage with my blog and portfolio. I wrote it using Dynamo. Not the best of choices, since it now recommends I look other places. The options I've found so far are:
| Project | Commits | Last | Watchers | Stars | Forks | Contributors | Elixir version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 71 | Sun Mar 2 07:51:01 2014 -0700 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | pre 0.13 |
| Phoenix | 328 | Mon ... |
What really excites me the most about iOS 8 right now is Remote View Controllers, which I mentioned around iOS 6. Right now they are presented as something you use to implement services (extensions in iOS parlance), but combine them with auto-layout and adaptable view controllers, and you have a setup for presenting your app on an iWatch or an embedded display, for instance in a smart cover or an AppleTV widget. Embedding widgets accross iOS and mac devices is also an avenue I hope we developers soon get to explore. :-)
Dear John,
thanks for the great show (ATP), I look forward to every episode the three of you do. In the episode I listened to today (#53) you guys talked about ObjC moving forward, and you mentioned Erlang a few times.
Two small disclaimers first, (1) I'm very new in the world of Erlang, and (2) the company I work for has subsidiaries that only focus on Erlang, and shares in companies whose products are built on top of Erlang. I like to believe I'm not influenced by this, but I am influenced, amongst others, ...
