November 2009
4 posts
What I learned today
I found a couple of new and interesting bits about languages and applications I use on a daily basis. I love it when that happens.
Scala
Option(null) returns None (in 2.8)
Option(_) where _ is a non-null value returns Some(_) (in 2.8)
Vim
When navigating in normal mode after leaving insert mode gi can be used to jump back to insert mode at the location of the last edit.
I also learned...
Tidbits 21 November 2009
Poedit is a useful tool for providing source files and having it extract text based on specific keywords. I used this for a Facebook application and it seems to be pretty speed, likely this is because it is “harcoded” so it essentially does a lookup. In any case this could be useful in languages other than PHP as well if there are libraries to interact with it.
A couple personal...
More Writing Please
There have been a number of times where I’ve tried to start writing (words not code) more. I enjoy putting pen to paper and making the clackety noise to produce something. My problem is I’m never really sure what to write about.
A little while ago I realized I tend to learn new and useful things pretty often but then forfet them because I only need to use the knowledge once and...