Mjolnir - new stable Midgard2 release
Yes, we did it :) Here is it latest and greatest Midgard2 stable release.
View ArticleVala bindings for Midgard2
Today I got some help on #vala irc channel (thanks nemequ!), and I must say I am very happy to see Midgard API working with vala bindings. I am also happy cause in this case, there's no need to write...
View ArticleGwibber with SQLite and Midgard2
After reading this article about Gwibber and CouchDB, I thought about real numbers. What is the real difference between CouchDb and SQLite performance? I decided to measure it and - as an addition -...
View ArticleMidgard and PyGi
Here's simple script: Midgard2 and PyGi: from gi.repository import Midgard config = Midgard.Config() config.props.dbtype = "SQLite" config.set_property ("database", "testdb") config.set_property...
View ArticlePerformance improvements for Midgard1
In Midgard, we have some nice features, like dbus support, replication or quota. But not of them are mandatory by default. I ported some Midgard2 features, for better Midgard1 performance. Simply by...
View ArticleMidgard3 - first preview
Midgard2 entered LTS state, so Midgard developers focused on Midgard3 architecture design. Among others, main goals of Midgard3 are: extended traditional (ORM like) database storage routines,...
View ArticleMultiple values for property in Content Repository
As part of Midgard2 PHPCR implementation, I had to resolve quite important problem: store multiple values of one object property. I provided initial solution in PHP which depends on two simple...
View ArticleNew types in Midgard2
Midgard2, upcoming 10.05.5 release will introduce quite new and interesting features: abstract classes, interfaces and mixins. And thus multiple inheritance. Why do we need those types? It's simple,...
View ArticleGObject Introspection Content Repository
GICR is an effort to provide set of common API based on JCR one. It's written in vala, so it's fully introspectable by any language which supports GObject Introspection. The part of project's readme...
View Articlenode.js and GObject Introspection
It's already been mentioned there are GObject Introspection bindings for node.js. But the stability and functionality of bindings were poor. We at Nemein decided that it's worth to try make it more...
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GeoClue rises again
Those that have been following my blog for a longer time know that I've been talking a lot about making the Linux desktop and mobile platforms location aware. Thanks to the amazing advances in...
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NoFlo talk at c-base, August 9th 2013
I will be giving a talk on NoFlo tonight at 9pm at the c-base hackerspace in Berlin. If you're interested in flow-based programming, feel free to join! Rungestr. 20 If you can't make it, we have a...
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Why did I reimplement Jekyll using NoFlo
Jekyll is a delightful piece of software. A Ruby application that turns your Markdown and HTML files to a nicely constructed static website. Since the generated site is static, you can deploy and...
View ArticleNoFlo coverage in August 2013
August was a big month for NoFlo. We launched the Kickstarter campaign, which went from 0 to 90% inside the month. The Kickstarter has brought quite a lot of attention to Flow-Based Programming,...
View ArticleInterview with J. Paul Morrison, the father of Flow-Based Programming
J. Paul Morrison invented Flow-Based Programming while at IBM in 1969. I ran into the concept in 2011 while trying to figure out a better way to create software. I read his canonical book on the...
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Flying a Quadrocopter with NoFlo
The Parrot AR.Drone is quite a lot of fun, and also quite hackable. We recently got one, and the first thing to do was to connect the excellent Node.js ar-drone module with the NoFlo flow-based...
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An update from the NoFlo world
Wow, September was a busy month. As you probably know, our NoFlo Development Environment Kickstarter succeeded with 115% funding. Thanks everybody! Since then we've been busy hacking on the user...
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NoFlo and GNOME
As the readers of this blog know, I've been working on a Flow-Based Programming implementation for JavaScript in the form of the NoFlo project. The idea of FBP in nutshell is to separate the control...
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BitCoin as a Medium of Exchange
BitCoin — the decentralized digital currency — has been making a lot of headlines lately. Much of this is driven by the current investment boom around it that has raised the exchange rates over the...
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Flowhub
We just opened the Flowhub website for pre-orders. Flowhub is the collaborative development environment for NoFlo and other flow-based programming systems. Once it launches for general use, Flowhub is...
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