The article seems like a bit of fluff - see the comments accompanying it. However, a bigger question it raises for J is: can we deliver an API in J? Typically, these are compiled modules but there's no reason they have to be.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Huh... > > People are judging the web site by the graphics? > > (Actually, my impression of the obama care web site was that it wasn't > built to handle the load. So it spent a lot of time in failure modes > not all that dissimilar from that of a web site hit by a denial of > service attack - denial of service attacks mostly are about > overloading a site with too much traffic.) > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe that what bit the Obama Care web site. What the user saw and used > > (the gui api) could have been easily written by students in a beginning > web > > design class. The underlying apis were grossly underestimated and not > > understood by those in charge. > > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 1:47 AM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Interesting article: > >> > > >> > Shortened URL: > >> > http://goo.gl/mDHbFu > >> > > >> > Full URL: > >> > > >> > http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/27/the-future-of-coding-is-here-and-threatens-to-wipe-out-everything-in-its-path/?ncid=tcdaily > >> > >> Seems like a worthwhile sentiment. > >> > >> Though, of course, it's also missing a few significant points. > >> > >> Like, APIs have always been that important. And, for most purposes, > >> most of them are irrelevant and ignorable. Though which ones are > >> irrelevant depends on what you are trying to accomplish. > >> > >> And *that* brings up a really important thing, which is that APIs by > >> themselves are worthless. It's what they let you access that matters. > >> So you need to combine development skills with insights into real > >> world problems (making stuff, for example, or growing food for another > >> example). > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> -- > >> Raul > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
