July 2008

alistapart.com

A List Apart article on how JavaScript methods lose their intended "this" when passed around, and how apply, call, wrapper functions and closures restore the binding.

multicians.org

Short essay arguing that each bug found should prompt three questions: is the mistake elsewhere too, what bug hides behind it, and how to prevent bugs of that kind.

code.google.com

Google's developer overview of Protocol Buffers, a language- and platform-neutral format for serializing structured data, with generated code for several languages.

linuxgazette.net

Linux Gazette introduction to Vim for readers who already know the basics, collecting mnemonics and the slightly more advanced commands that speed up everyday editing.

wiki.php.net

PHP RFC proposing compile-time lambda functions and closures for the language, accepted and shipped in PHP 5.3.