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• Hal Helms On Object Oriented Programming - Day One

  Posted on Oct 21, 2008 at 8:25 PM

  Ray, the class is "Real World OO". Tonight we have everyone over to our house for dinner. This is a great bunch of developers.... read more »

• Fusion Authority Quarterly Update - Volume II, Issue III

  Posted on Feb 15, 2008 at 12:02 PM

  Yes, it looks like you have to push it onto the array. After that, you can alter the value of it.... read more »

• Fusion Authority Quarterly Update - Volume II, Issue III

  Posted on Feb 15, 2008 at 11:37 AM

  Ben, you can still use regular array notation with this. For example, if I suddenly become uncool (ridiculous, I know!), you could replace me with -- who's that ColdFusion evangelist guy? Oh, yeah: Ben. So, referencing my first post, alert(coolGuys.length); alert(coolGuys.introdu... read more »

• Fusion Authority Quarterly Update - Volume II, Issue III

  Posted on Feb 15, 2008 at 10:32 AM

  Arrays are a bit weird -- and they vary from browser to browser. Try this, though: function CustomArray() { this.push=Array.prototype.push; this.length=Array.prototype.length; this.introduceYourself = function(){ return "I am a custom array"; }; } read more »

• Hal Helms Teaches Me Some Object Oriented Programming

  Posted on Feb 1, 2008 at 12:08 AM

  Ben, thank you for your kind words (and look for that check in the mail.) I was speaking with Brian Kotek earlier today and I used a favorite quote: The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge. There's a shortcut to knowledge--not a shortcut, re... read more »