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January 8, 2007
ASP and ORM
I'm developing an application at the moment and rather than using ASP.NET I'm being somewhat perverse and developing a pseudo MVC 'framework' in the style of Ruby.
The one big thing that is missing is of course ORM (object Relational Mapping). It's a fairly straight forward application so I think I can get away with throwing around some SQL statements. Its a pity though.
I don't much like ASP.NET, even though C# is a nice enough language, the whole .NET framework just seems so bulky and Java-like.
The Ruby on Rails way of convention over configuration is a refreshing way to go about things. I am still writing C like Ruby but thanks to some great blogs like - The Rails way, Ruby Inside and Softies on Rails not to mention great book like the Pickaxe book and Agile Web Developement oon Rails both from the publishers The Pragmatic Programmer - I'm well on my way to making a good living from RoR development some time this year!
Yay!
And what pray tell does all this have to do with ASP and ORM? Well, I suppose it just goes to show that ASP has nothing to do with ORM :D
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ActiveRecord - hallowed be thy name...
and blessed be the fruit of thy womb - db:migrate
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January 6, 2007
Thunderbird in Ubuntu Edgy Eft has issues - for me
Something had to go wrong. I was rocking away with Ubuntu (with VMWare server installe dto run XP for the odd bit of Photoshoppery and the like) when Thunderbird decides it doesnt want to work anymore.
The symptoms - I launch Thunderbird. It thinks for a second and then closes.
I can't find a way to make it create a log of what is going on so I'm totally fux0red now - unless I can find a Thunderbird like alternative toi Thunderbird.
Back to windows for the time-being as I dont have the time to feck around getting Thunderbird back up and running.
Very pissed off!
UPDATE: I have since discovered that this is a known bug and that Thunderbird does not run in Ubuntu Edgy - shite!
UPDATE 2 : Apparently running Thunderbird as root solves the issue, and did, for a short while at least. It fecked up again for me and I havent the time to sort it out until I get my new laptop, so...
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