ptgloden
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Comment · 7 years ago
WHATWG also stands for "What working group", as in "What working group is going to work on extending HTML"
Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Although, both of those are possible with the little-known (and little-implemented) XML Linking Language (XLink), a W3C standard. XLink allows one to define links on arbitrary tags, many-to-many links, links between external resources, and links to specific positions and ranges using XPath.
Comment · 9 years ago
I've really enjoyed using jxnblk's approach to styling. I started with basscss [1], then moved on to rebass, and finally settled on axs [2]. They all take more or less the same approach, but operate differently. Rebass generates inline styles; basscss is simply a CSS file that defines a set of utility classes (like `mb2`, `p3`, `flex-none`, etc.); and axs dynamically generates CSS classnames and stylesheets.
...Or at least, that used to be the case. Looking at the most recent version of rebass, it looks as if it uses the same dynamic classname/stylesheet generation strategy. Now I'm not so sure what the difference between rebass and axs are, except that the former seems to be a comprehensive set of UI components, and the latter a tool for generating your own component library.
In any case, I'm glad jxnblk keeps experimenting with these libraries, even if it's hard to keep up with the changes. Their surface area is so small that it's easy to pick up the API and it doesn't feel like a risk or burden to stay on older versions.
Comment · 10 years ago
PeriodO | Front-end developer | Part-time | Austin, TX and Chapel Hill, NC | http://perio.do/ | REMOTE
PeriodO (Periods, Organized) is a two-year grant-funded project to help scholars, students, librarians, archivists, and museum curators understand and manage differences in how time periods are defined. For example, many archaeologists may use the term “Bronze Age,” yet each may define the spatial and temporal extent of that period differently. During the first phase of the project (funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities) we collected over 3500 of these time period definitions and developed a tool for curating them. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now funding the next phase, which will focus on tools for visualizing differences and patterns among period definitions.
We are hiring one part-time JavaScript developer who will help our two programmers (a PhD student and professor at the University of North Carolina) build interfaces that will allow our users to visualize, find, and curate relevant time periods for their work. This developer should have experience with React, d3, and modular JavaScript design. Familiarity with RDF would be beneficial. The time commitment is negotiable, although all work must be completed by May 2018 at the latest. All work will be remote. Email [email protected] with a resume and short introduction if interested.
Comment · 13 years ago
Comment · 13 years ago
In ES6, you can write more terse immediately invoked function expressions. So you could use
var a = (prop => prop > 5 ? prop : whatever)(objImUsing.prop.someLongName)
var a = (function (prop) { return prop > 5 ? prop : whatever })(objImUsing.prop.someLongName)Comment · 13 years ago
On points 1 and 3 especially, I highly recommend Bike Snob NYC's new book "Bike Snob Abroad." [1] He writes about the viability and acceptability of everyday cycling in New York City (his home), and then does the same while travelling to London and Amsterdam. One of his observations is that infrastructure isn't everything-- cycling is still a "special" thing to do in Portland, the Bay Area, or New York City, after all. Rather, in a place like the Netherlands, cycling is just a normal thing to do that doesn't require specialized, expensive gear, lycra, or even (gasp) helmets.
I don't think there's a simple way to get to that point anywhere in America. His hunch, one I agree with, is that people in this country have to make things The Biggest and The Fastest and The Best, which is why we are at the forefront of bike technology & craftsmanship but are so pisspoor when it comes to cycling as a safe, simple means of transportation.
[1] http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/a-bike-snob-abroad.html
Comment · 13 years ago
http://ccbv.co.uk/
That site helped a lot when I was first getting the gist of CBVs. Browsing Django's source for the views was surprisingly unpainful, and doing that was aided by iPython's introspection capabilities (typing ?? after an object will show you the source of the class).