baroque
a pleasure to listen to
when to use node.js
It’s definitely one of the most interesting frameworks I’ve seen in the last few years. After using it for a while I can see how it can be used in multiple places but I probably shouldn’t. So I try to stick to this (cliff note version)
- JSON APIs: […] wrap other data sources such as databases or web services and exposing them via a JSON interface.
- Single Page Apps: think gmail
- Streaming data: like parsing file uploads in real time
from nodeguide.com
Smokescreen: a Flash player written in Javascript
Via Jim Ray:
The Strongbad demo will make you a believer. This thing reads the actual SWF binary and creates native, browser based executions.
Explanation from Simon Willison:
Chris Smoak’s Smokescreen, “a Flash player written in JavaScript”, is an incredible piece of work. It runs entirely in the browser, reads in SWF binaries, unzips them (in native JS), extracts images and embedded audio and turns them in to base64 encoded data:uris, then stitches the vector graphics back together as animated SVG.
Incredible.
reblogged from marco
