Archive for October, 2007

Removing the confusion: a DSL can be much more than just a Fluent Interface.

Sunday, October 14th, 2007 Posted in dsl | 1 Comment »

In my previous post I alluded to the common tendency to confuse a fluent interface with a DSL. Here are few fantastic posts that explain the differences: Fowler's discussion of of ... Read more..

Why RubyOnDotNet : DSLs are the future (and you need a dynamic language to create a DSL)

Sunday, October 14th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Aaron summed up nicely a talk I enjoyed at ReMix. Like David I see a future wherein we are all programming in a plethora of mini-languages aka DSLs. (Have I ... Read more..

New WPF and IronRuby Sample

Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in xaml, IronRuby | 2 Comments »

Florian Krusch posted a sample app that uses xaml forms, and dynamicly builds and executes ruby code for the xaml bindings. It's a neat little sample that demonstrates building and ... Read more..

This week on the mailing list

Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in mailinglist, IronRuby | No Comments »

Charles Oliver Nutter started a conversation raising concern about the openness of the design and development discussions within the IronRuby team. John Lam responded the next day with some ideas ... Read more..

Just Glue It! Ruby and the DLR in Silverlight from Remix Boston 07

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 Posted in dsl, remix07, Silverlight, IronRuby | 1 Comment »

I spent Monday and Tuesday of this week at Remix07 Boston and had a great time. Like the original Mix conference, the Remix conference was mostly targeted at v-next web ... Read more..