This may be an unusual first post in my Objective-C and Cocoa categories however it is quite relevant as the guys behind 280 Slides have released a new open source extension to the Javascript language known as Objective-J and a new Javascript framework based on Cocoa named Cappuccino.

Other than having a very nice logo designed by the guys at Sofa my first impressions are they have implemented Objective-C in javascript. To me this seems an unusual choice as I can’t image there are that many developers (within the web development industry) who are that familiar with Objective-C. Maybe I am wrong, certainly with the current gold rush to develop for the iPhone this will increase. I must admit I have been toying with Objective-C recently and once I got the hang of the syntax am really starting to enjoy it. So maybe there is method to their madness? Read more…

I came across a great new validation library the other day which I wanted to share with you all. Live Validation by Alec Hill is a cross-platform client-side JavaScript validation framework which provides real-time feedback to the user as they type.

LiveValidation in action

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With my new focus on Rails, I have decided to move my blog to the excellent Mephisto Blog, from now on I will also be focusing my articles a little more towards not only Ruby on Rails but also Web Development, Web Design, UI Design and Javascript.

I have also used this opportunity to streamline the design of the site, there were a few things that didn’t work quite as they should on the old site and will have been improved along with a revamp of the colour scheme.

As I write this www.miletbaker.com still points to the old blog until all the content has been migrated and I have configured Apache to relay requests to my old urls to their new location. Once this is complete that will also be migrated across.

Also look out for the Jive (Javascript Input Validation Engine) for Prototype which I am currently working on with George which will feature real time inline validation as well as validation calls via Ajax and a Rails plug in. Check out Live Validation.

Having used SubSonic recently and found it an invaluable resource, reducing not only my development time, but code complexity too, I have created two Visual Studio 2005 Project Templates based on the SubSonic starter kit. I apologize if something like this already exists but I couldn\’92t find it in the official Starter Kit. I created these templates as I needed a quick way to create a new Web Site project in Visual Studio based on SubSonic with none of the example site content within.

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