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The new Space Era has started! Galactic Virgin

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:57:01 -0400

The new Space Era has started! Galactic Virgin

Video

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:24:23 -0400

Titanium and Coffeescript: Step 2 Hello World

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 01:30:00 -0400

So hopefully you have successfully installed the CoffeeScript. If you not refer to this page.

Once you have installed and test the configuration of the coffeescript, go ahead and get clone this git hub code

git://github.com/leonyeh/CoffeeScript-Hello-World.git

I will provide a youtube video describing the setup soon.

Titanium and Coffeescript: Step 1 Getting Started

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:09:00 -0400

After one year working with Titanium, I found their decision of using javascript has bring good thing and also bring some bad side effects. The javascript language is easy to pick up but lacking of object oriented support. I am aware of the prototype object method, however the code looks ‘unnatural’, compared to other scripting language such as python and ruby.

We’ve developed two small iphone projects so far but the code base are difficult to maintain and understand. I decided to look for way to solve this problem. This is when I found Coffescript project.

Coffeescript develop as a layer that make javascript to look like object oriented language. It influenced by what is good practice from both Python and Ruby language. It then compiled the coffescript code into regular javascript. It does this so you don’t need to do the dirty works of understanding javascript. The code that come out is so much easy to understand and maintain.

So before we got started, go ahead and download and install Coffeescript into your machine. Make sure you got the latest titanium and titanium developer installed as well.

You will need to first install node.js

git clone git://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
./configure
make
sudo make install

Once you’ve installed node.js, then next thing is to install npm. NPM is node.js package manager. It is similar to redhat package manager (rpm). It will allow you to easily install any node.js package, in this case coffeescript.

curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh

Once node.js and npm installed, coffeescript will be installed easily by

npm install coffee-script

You are now ready to get started. You can get started to learn coffeescript by following the presentation below.

Coffee Script Premiere

Titanium and Coffeescript: Release the hound !

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:59:00 -0500

In this old advertising story about Seinfeld trying to achieve perfection of pumping below $20 without has to paid couple additional coins. In remind me on my experience building mobile application using titanium framework. It is definitely a rapid tool to create mobile application. However it is not yet perfect, so ‘Release the hound’.

I have been working with Titanium for about one year now. The tool is great, and it allow me to work faster in creating mobile application for iphone and android. Javascript has its disadvantage compared to objective c. However you can not argue with the productivity gained from using this tool.

Recently Chris Bailey and John Riley show me how to pair coffeescript framework with titanium. With coffeescript, titanium project feel like ruby on rails. Object oriented is supported, and also many modern niceties associated with modern script language can be found using coffeescript.

In the next couple days, I will blog my experience using this framework, and posted all of the code for anyone to learn this with me.

Thanks for reading.

"Fall seven times; stand up eight"

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:28:29 -0500

“Fall seven times; stand up eight”

- Japanese proverb

Apple's Three Laws of Developers

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:38:45 -0500

dielaughing:

yourhead:

A developer may not injure Apple or, through inaction, allow Apple to come to harm.

A developer must obey any orders given to it by Apple, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

A developer must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

— I. Developer

1. Do not talk about Apple Club.

2. Do NOT talk about Apple Club.

3. Everyone’s first app must be denied for unexplained reasons.

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase"

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:53:43 -0500

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase”

- MLK

how ‘rock bottom’ can be a solid foundation to build on.

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:58:12 -0500

how ‘rock bottom’ can be a solid foundation to build on.

Love how the typography is being used in this video

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:04:00 -0500

Love how the typography is being used in this video

Almost time for the final countdown Oregon Ducks vs Auburn Tiger

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 05:36:24 -0500

Almost time for the final countdown Oregon Ducks vs Auburn Tiger

Awesome chinese latest fighter

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:21:22 -0500

Awesome chinese latest fighter

Feeling lucky in 2011, check out the video. You will be luckier...

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:31:25 -0500

Feeling lucky in 2011, check out the video. You will be luckier because doing so.

"Success lies not in how much you have accomplished, but in the fact that you have done something,..."

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:48:56 -0500

“Success lies not in how much you have accomplished, but in the fact that you have done something, experienced the process, and begun to learn something.”

- Jack Ma

"Your greatest enemy is yourself; your greatest opponent is time. And your greatest failure is to..."

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:48:29 -0500

“Your greatest enemy is yourself; your greatest opponent is time. And your greatest failure is to give up.”

- Jack Ma

The day of Froyo in China. The rise of consumer in China. Mobile...

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 13:22:00 -0500

Ignoring Nokia

Not one in the Nokia store

Getting the first M9

Comparing M6 and M9 Froyo is here

M9 looks like iphone but it is android

The day of Froyo in China. The rise of consumer in China. Mobile is here, platform is open.

My next game draft, work provided my newest game designer.

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:47:00 -0500

My next game draft, work provided my newest game designer.

Preparing for New Year

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:26:01 -0500

After spending xmas by camping in Oregon Coast, I finally back in the office. Planning for next year which coming soon in one week.

Developing Web App on Mobile Device.

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:24:29 -0500

Developing Web App on Mobile Device.

Xmas Morning 2010 at Oregon Coast Newport OR

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:16:15 -0500

Xmas Morning 2010 at Oregon Coast Newport OR