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Parsing Java annotations

November 19, 2009

At kaChing, we are on a 5-minute commit-to-production cycle. To achieve this extreme iteration cycle, we are running a series of very fast analyses on our code base. From discovering bad code snippets to detecting missing Guice‘s bindings, these tests strive to catch common mistakes due to distracted developers, new hires or bad APIs. As… Read more

The Crunchie award

November 18, 2009

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Closure Compiler: Type Checking JavaScript, an overview

November 14, 2009

Type Checking JavaScript View more documents from Pascal-Louis Perez.

Magic with shell

November 13, 2009

Today was one of those days where you wear a big smile all day. I started with some Java for breakfast, continued with a bit of Python, and then got roped in on a red card. (Tonight I’ll get back to JavaScript experimentations.) We use Interactive Brokers for all of our execution, and love their… Read more

Closure Compiler: Checking Types

November 12, 2009

Last week, Google open sourced the Closure Compiler. Jared and I were working on this compiler during our time at on the Gmail team, and you can imagine how happy we were to see this fantastic tool out. My main contribution to the project was the design and implementation of the type system. To use… Read more

iPhone Authentication with Facebook Connect

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November 02, 2009

Here at kaChing, we have multiple platforms to access your Virtual Portfolio. Two of those are the iPhone and Facebook. When we released our iPhone app, we wanted Facebook users to easily login using their Facebook credentials. Facebook provides an iPhone library that handles sessions/authentication. To show a login dialog: FBSession *session = [FBSession sessionForApplication:myApiKey… Read more