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Links: Parsing in Ruby and JavaScript
I’ve been reading quite a bit about parsing and templating in ruby as I attempt to port a templating engine from JavaScript to Ruby. Here are some scattered links: Jison Jison is a parser generator for JavaScript that has separate … Continue reading
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Tagged javascript, links, parsing, programming, ruby, templating
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Front Range Pythoneers: Bowling Code Kata
For the November meeting of Front Range Pythoneers we did a bowling code kata. We worked as a group on the projector, but I also worked on my own version on my laptop. Here’s my code, which was fun to … Continue reading
how rails depends on treetop, and how I found that out
I’m working on a project where I think I’ll be using a parser library so I’ve been looking at the options. One thing I’ve noticed is that treetop is installed when Rails is installed. I didn’t know why, though, so … Continue reading
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Tagged dependencies, programming, rails, thought process, treetop
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The Five Megabyte Web Developer
In the last couple of years I’ve witnessed a disturbing trend: developers adopting free Heroku as their only means of hosting side projects. More disturbingly, I operated this way myself for a couple of years. (Yes, freemium can be a … Continue reading
converting a search to a replace in vim
I just googled something I’ve always wanted to know how to do in vim, and was surprised how quickly I found the answer. In vim, there are separate modes for searching and commands. This generally works well as they have … Continue reading
