Build 1.0.65
Posted by brian 2 days agoI posted a new build and updated the online docs.
Build 1.0.64
Posted by brian 21 Dec 2012I have posted the latest build for download and updated the online docs.
Webfwt Open Sourced
Posted by andy 20 Jul 2012Today we finally open sourced webfwt - and we decided to put it right in the core Fantom distribution! Webfwt is the browser specific extension to FWT we've developed over the last few years for our commercial software, SkySpark.
Build 1.0.60
Posted by brian 1 Sep 2011The latest build has been posted for download and online docs updated.
Fantom vs Kotlin (and other JVM langs)
Posted by brian 20 Jul 2011I think when a new language like Kotlin is announced, every one's first thought is how is this different than X. In our case how is it different from Fantom?
Build 1.0.59
Posted by brian 2 Jun 2011Its been a few months and we were due - I have posted a new build and updated online docs.
Pod Repo Design
Posted by brian 29 Apr 2011This post lays out the proposed design for centralized online pod repositories including:
The Name List
Posted by brian 14 Apr 2011How many times have you sat around trying to think of a good name for a class or concept in your software? Good names are concise and unique across the system. But lets face it, coming up with names really sucks. So over the years I've been collecting a list of words to spark my imagine (often leading me to thesaurus.com for further refinement). I've been scribbling this list on a tattered sheet of paper. But now I am going to start maintaining the list on this page and share it with everybody! The names in no particular order:
User Defined Generics
Posted by brian 3 Mar 2011Fantom has parameterized type support for List, Map, and Func (which interestingly means we have a great deal of compiler and runtime infrastructure for a generics type system). But we've never take the steps to turn this into a full blown generics system that any developer can use in their APIs. The omission of user defined generics is a re-occurring issue, most recently discussed ticket in #1393 and also some interesting discussion on Cedrics blog.
Build 1.0.56
Posted by brian 11 Nov 2010I have posted the new 1.0.56 build and updated the online docs.