ForAll Loops and Type Mismatches

There are always challenges when moving from something familiar to something similar but different. When you've been working with that "something familiar" for a very long time, some things become second nature. But when you move to "something similar but different", sooner or later you hit an error and become convinced it's not working like it used to. This is even more probable if enhancements mean you more frequently come across a specific paradigm. The rash developer starts throwing accusations, assuming they must be right because they have years of experience on their side. The wise developer double-checks first...and may find out that they were mistaken.

Introducing My New Blog

Welcome to my new blog. It may seem a lot of effort to switch from one blog to another. But I've been working with Material for MKDocs for some years, thanks to Stephan Wissel, and it's a great framework for documentation. I've been aware of the blog plugin for some time, so it made sense to consider it as a good fit for the future.

Reaping the Benefits of Standard

More than three years ago we began work on VoltScript. A little over a year ago we released our first Early Access code drop. There were certain core principles to which we developed. Two of these were a modern developer experience and adoption of standard development practices.

Over recent weeks I received ample evidence of the benefits as I improved and extended Archipelago, the build management engine of VoltScript.

XPages App to Web App: Part Ten - Ship Form Actions

In the last two parts we created our first web component and converted the login function into services we could use for all data interactions, the first use being to load data for any select controls in the application. Now it's time to create the ship form.