Comments on: Better living through code

By: sheppy

sheppy — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:11:42 +0000

I figured I’d write the tool using the method that would get the job done the fastest, and Objective-C is awesome for stuff like this. :)

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:06:34 +0000

Shouldn’t you be writing these tools using XUL technologies? :P

By: sheppy

sheppy — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:05:35 +0000

I plan to release it in some form, yeah. It’s a Mac program though, written in Objective-C and using Apple frameworks for various tasks (data structures in particular).

By: e|vo

e|vo — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:42:04 +0000

Nice idea. Do you think you will publish it? Normally, I am using WinMerge for comparing, but as you said before it’s not that useful in CSS-files.

By: sheppy

sheppy — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:43:03 +0000

Thanks.

Now I’m trying to think of ways to make this work even easier. Maybe turn the code into a GUI utility that displays the two CSS files’ styles side by side with the styles sorted into alphabetical order and disclosure triangles that let you compare the contents of styles visually to see what’s different exactly. Maybe later. What I have now is good enough for now. :)

I sure like coding in Objective-C.

By: robcee

robcee — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:53:53 +0000

Nice stuff, eric. Also, I’m liking this wordpress theme. :)