Fun with old fashioned web forms
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New Lisp project
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Like the German proverb "Radfahren kommt von Radfahren" tells, to
learn to code in Lisp, one must code in Lisp. Because of this, I was
in need of a new project.

That is why I started a new project this week, building a bookmark
manager in Common Lisp. It is not the most groundbreaking project, but
it entails enough learning experience.

JavaScript free
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Like most citizens of the Gopher universe, I am not a great fan of
JavaScript. Therefor I am building a JavaScript free application.

I must confess that when Ajax arrived, my impression was that this was
promising technology. Later I have even build web applications with
jQuery. But times have changed.

Technology can be used for both good and evil, and every day we
witness the abuse of JavaScript for surveillance marketing, resulting
in incredibly irritating websites.

JavaScript free applications work great in our favorite text mode web
browsers, like eww, links lynx, w3m, and others. It's amazing how fast
the pages load in these browsers.

Coding like in the nineties
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Building a JavaScript free web application means writing good old
fashioned web forms. It brings back a lot of memories from the
nineties.

Suddenly I am creating select boxes with options, input fields, submit
buttons, and what not, and love every minute of it.


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