One thing I’ve never seen anyone do, for real, is Test-driven Development. We’ve all sat through the demos of “Red, Green, Refactor” and the To-do list - but never have I seen the presenter do something “Real”. That changed last week and it was pretty fun.
Scott and I were talking yesterday about his compromised Apple ID. I was telling him I didn’t understand why he was so upset about it - it seemed perfectly reasonable (as MG Siegler said) that Occam’s Razor applies here: Scott has his login/password hacked somehow. But that’s not the problem - turns out there’s a lot more going on here.
In the last post I showed the basics of the Todo List app that I refactored from the original. I’ll say it again - I’m fairly certain I don’t know completely what I’m doing. I’m sort of following my nose a bit and trying to use what I’ve learned over the last few weeks. In this post - I’ll wire up some events to make the Views dance.
This is a long post with lots of code. I want to be complete, but I also don’t want to bore you to tears. If you want to see the refactor right now - here it is.
I’m fairly certain I don’t know what I’m doing - and that I probably lack the experience to even be writing this post. All I can tell you is that I have a feeling… a not so good feeling… when reading the current Todo List tutorial up on Github. So I figured I’d refactor it and submit a pull request. Is this correct? You tell me…
Apple doesn’t sell bandages. It doesn’t make bullets. It doesn’t sell canned beans. It offers none of the things you see people using in zombie movies or in alien invasion flicks. Mad Max never booted up a MacBook. But that’s fiction. This is real life … and Apple is the most valuable company in the world.
Might be time to learn Objective-C
As Stock Market Burns, Apple Most Valuable Company In It - Forbes
For a few moments today, Apple was the most valuable company in the world. If we permit ourselves to measure human history in such simple terms, the age of fossil fuels is about to end, and that of technology finally to begin. But we don’t, because that’s a bit silly, really. [sfgate]
Give them another 6 months.
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I just rolled out Tekpub’s latest drop for the MVC 3 series: BackboneJS with MVC 3, and a lot of people are curious why I didn’t use Knockout. So here ya go - my thoughts on the two.
Got an email today from someone watching the MVC 3 series and they asked the question (paraphrasing): “I like what you’re doing with Massive - but can it handle complex queries?”. This, fortunately, is where Massive shines.
Low is … one of those bands that doesn’t need an introduction. They just are, and seemingly have always been. They’re the pioneers of “Slow Core” and if you don’t know them, or haven’t heard of them - you’re in for a treat. They’re just one of those bands you simply *must* know.
The poll also gauged God’s handling of specific “issues.” When asked to rate God on the creation of the universe, 71 percent of voters approved and only 5 percent disapproved. Respondents were also generally appreciative of God’s governance of the “animal kingdom,” with 56 percent approving and 11 percent disapproving.
Apple has more money than the US Government and God barely scores a higher approval rating than congress.
This is a weird fucking time to be alive.
My name is Rob Conery and I am the owner/smooth operator of Tekpub, creator of
This Developer's Life, and an avid Ruby/Rails/.NET developer.
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