I don't know Simon, but I can see he knows what he is talking about. :-) I just wish we can stop inventing new "terms" like Module Pattern when for all intent and purposes we are talking about "Black Box" and "Functional Programming" where using Globals are a fundamental taboo.
But it did strike me with glee the use of the term "idiom" for jQuery. The last time I heard the usage of this term was with languages like APL and I can see how the jQuery stacking, chaining concept closely relates to the APL hallmark - "do everything in one line" concept. Indeed, I already see amazing jQuery Idioms out there! Of course, APL read from right to left. :-) If there is one thing jQuery Idiom development will reinforce is that there is no such thing as a bad language, just bad programmers! Conversely, there is no such thing as a good language, just good programmers. :-) Anyway, I am still green when it comes to jQuery. I really didn't expect to be learning YAL (Yet Another Language) but jQuery has thus far kept my interest, and that means alot. Reading this article, written by somone who knows what he is talking about and seems to know what veteran engineers are thinking with YAL, is going to help immensely! Thanks for posting this Rey. --- HLS On Aug 15, 2:10 pm, Rey Bango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A couple of people have posted about the recent jQuery writeup by Simon > Willison: > > http://simonwillison.net/2007/Aug/15/jquery/ > > Just to let everyone know, Simon Willison is a BIG WIG in the JavaScript > community. He's been a long long time JS coder - blogging and releasing > stuff back before it was cool - he helped to co-create Django, worked at > Yahoo, and now does freelance work (doing work for Wordpress, Mozilla, > and others). As John said, "he's got huge cred in the JS community". > > As of today his article is the #1 link on del.icio.us: > > http://del.icio.us/url/ab0dd7b1d9b07607b6736a909284f043 > > So if he like jQuery, it really is a GOOD thing. > > Rey...
