Dr. Matt Lee (mattl)

Web standards, accessibility, free/open source software, old UNIX/TV/Music and occasional wargaming

OpenID (2009)

Exploring Freedom is now OpenID enabled™ — please use this post for all and any OpenID related testing. If you don’t already have an OpenID, you can get one or run your own server very easily.

Building desktop applications without C or C# (2009)

First up is Vala — using C#-style syntax. With a self-hosting compiler that translates Vala source code into C source and header files, Vala uses the GObject type system to create classes and interfaces declared in the Vala source code.Secondly, is Shuttleworth’s suggestion that JavaScript be used to create desktop applications.Both of these are useful measures against C#, and potentially good ways of doing things JavaScript is the best dynamic scripting language, with a sweet spot between f