Comments for New Auburn Personal Computer Services LLC http://www.napcsweb.com/blog professional web development and consulting Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on On The Desired Complexity of Rails by Joe Fiorini http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2011/08/21/on-the-desired-complexity-of-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-28547 Joe Fiorini Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:56:36 +0000 http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/?p=294#comment-28547 Well said Brian. I too have seen a use for some of these more complex patterns in my projects. Let's always remember that we're using Ruby. For example, dependency injection is useful in some cases in Ruby, but any Ruby developer worth his salt should be able to think of a better way to configure an IoC container than a complex XML schema. As a more concrete example, when I've written presenters (similar to the decorators you mentioned) I make heavy use of Ruby's Delegator class so I can completely wrap the model. IMO far more elegant than what I could do in a less dynamic language. Rails was built to make developers more productive. As we apply these patterns we should use that as our constraint to build better solutions than what we've had in the past. Well said Brian. I too have seen a use for some of these more complex patterns in my projects. Let’s always remember that we’re using Ruby. For example, dependency injection is useful in some cases in Ruby, but any Ruby developer worth his salt should be able to think of a better way to configure an IoC container than a complex XML schema. As a more concrete example, when I’ve written presenters (similar to the decorators you mentioned) I make heavy use of Ruby’s Delegator class so I can completely wrap the model. IMO far more elegant than what I could do in a less dynamic language. Rails was built to make developers more productive. As we apply these patterns we should use that as our constraint to build better solutions than what we’ve had in the past.

]]> Comment on On The Desired Complexity of Rails by bryanl http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2011/08/21/on-the-desired-complexity-of-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-28546 bryanl Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:53:38 +0000 http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/?p=294#comment-28546 You've stumbled on the fine line of "should we make this easy to code, or should we be nice to future developers?" I could type paragraphs and paragraphs of reasons to keep things simple, but I'd just be wasting my time. Projects grow up. Projects get transferred to other developers. The time tested patterns that may bring with them a bit of complexity always seem to be the better solutions. The trick is to turn the complex pattern into a simple abstraction. You’ve stumbled on the fine line of “should we make this easy to code, or should we be nice to future developers?” I could type paragraphs and paragraphs of reasons to keep things simple, but I’d just be wasting my time.

Projects grow up. Projects get transferred to other developers. The time tested patterns that may bring with them a bit of complexity always seem to be the better solutions. The trick is to turn the complex pattern into a simple abstraction.

]]> Comment on Sharing Vim configs with Mac and Windows using Dropbox by Tweets that mention New Auburn Personal Computer Services LLC » Blog Archive » Sharing Vim configs with Mac and Windows using Dropbox -- Topsy.com http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2011/01/27/sharing-vim-configs-with-mac-and-windows-using-dropbox/comment-page-1/#comment-28425 Tweets that mention New Auburn Personal Computer Services LLC » Blog Archive » Sharing Vim configs with Mac and Windows using Dropbox -- Topsy.com Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:30:50 +0000 http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/?p=262#comment-28425 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Brian P. Hogan, PRO Law. PRO Law said: New Auburn Personal Computer Services LLC » Blog Archive » Sharing ...: I've devised a setup that lets me keep a... http://bit.ly/eWv82o [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Brian P. Hogan, PRO Law. PRO Law said: New Auburn Personal Computer Services LLC » Blog Archive » Sharing …: I've devised a setup that lets me keep a… http://bit.ly/eWv82o [...]

]]> Comment on Sharing Vim configs with Mac and Windows using Dropbox by Brian http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2011/01/27/sharing-vim-configs-with-mac-and-windows-using-dropbox/comment-page-1/#comment-28423 Brian Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:28:54 +0000 http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/?p=262#comment-28423 @Mark: Because with Mac and Linux, I don't have to push or pull, I can just symlink. Change something at the office and my home machine has it all there when I get home. Many of my dotfiles are done the same way. @Mark:

Because with Mac and Linux, I don’t have to push or pull, I can just symlink. Change something at the office and my home machine has it all there when I get home.

Many of my dotfiles are done the same way.

]]> Comment on Sharing Vim configs with Mac and Windows using Dropbox by Marc Harter http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2011/01/27/sharing-vim-configs-with-mac-and-windows-using-dropbox/comment-page-1/#comment-28422 Marc Harter Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:00:18 +0000 http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/?p=262#comment-28422 Great to see you back at the Vimmer Mr Hogan. Good post! Wonder why you chose Dropbox over sharing with GitHub? Avoid pulling and pushing? Great to see you back at the Vimmer Mr Hogan. Good post! Wonder why you chose Dropbox over sharing with GitHub? Avoid pulling and pushing?

]]> Comment on Web Accessibility – The Screenreader Experience Part One by Andrea Giammarchi http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2010/10/15/web-accessibility-the-screenreader-experience-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28146 Andrea Giammarchi Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:57:06 +0000 http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/?p=228#comment-28146 solution proposal: http://webreflection.blogspot.com/2010/10/pre-authorization-meta-tag-proposal.html solution proposal: http://webreflection.blogspot.com/2010/10/pre-authorization-meta-tag-proposal.html

]]> Comment on Web Accessibility – The Screenreader Experience Part One by MacRae Linton http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2010/10/15/web-accessibility-the-screenreader-experience-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28145 MacRae Linton Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:13:52 +0000 http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/?p=228#comment-28145 Why aren't you using the Alex voice for screen reading? Are you using stock Voice Over? Why aren’t you using the Alex voice for screen reading? Are you using stock Voice Over?

]]> Comment on Web Accessibility – The Screenreader Experience Part One by The Screenreader Experience Part One: What Twitter.com Sounds Like | Techarama http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2010/10/15/web-accessibility-the-screenreader-experience-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28140 The Screenreader Experience Part One: What Twitter.com Sounds Like | Techarama Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:16:08 +0000 http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/?p=228#comment-28140 [...] Comments View full post on Hacker News [...] [...] Comments View full post on Hacker News [...]

]]> Comment on Web Accessibility – The Screenreader Experience Part One by Web Axe http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2010/10/15/web-accessibility-the-screenreader-experience-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28133 Web Axe Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:14:38 +0000 http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/?p=228#comment-28133 Great article and demo, thanks. PS: Have you tried the (third-party) Accessible Twitter web app? http://www.AccessibleTwitter.com/ Great article and demo, thanks. PS: Have you tried the (third-party) Accessible Twitter web app? http://www.AccessibleTwitter.com/

]]> Comment on Web Accessibility – The Screenreader Experience Part One by Srdjan Pejic http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/2010/10/15/web-accessibility-the-screenreader-experience-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-28132 Srdjan Pejic Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:35:01 +0000 http://www.napcsweb.com/blog/?p=228#comment-28132 Wow, it was as painful as I imagined it would be. And by comparison to most sites I worked with, Twitter's site is pretty clean from the HTML standpoint. I cannot even imagine how a table-based site would sound. These are all good tips to remember. Wow, it was as painful as I imagined it would be. And by comparison to most sites I worked with, Twitter’s site is pretty clean from the HTML standpoint. I cannot even imagine how a table-based site would sound.

These are all good tips to remember.

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