Archive for June, 2007

Literal XML in Erlang with parse_transform/2

One of the things I dislike about Erlang is that it severely impairs bragging opportunities. Yesterday I wrote a module that allows writing literal XML in the source and have it parsed into Erlang structures at compile time—sort of like E4X minus the manipulation goodies at runtime (at least for now). You write: 


Doc = '<greeting>Hello!</greeting>',
io:format("~p~n", [Doc]).
And it prints…[ READ MORE ]

Installing the StartCom SSL certificate in ejabberd

The XMPP Software Foundation established an intermediate certification authority with StartCom. If you run a public federated XMPP server, in order to provide secure communication, you no longer need to buy an SSL certificate (or resort to a self-signed certificate): simply register an account at http://www.xmpp.net and follow the certificate request process[ READ MORE ]

An xmpp4moz notebook

I like documentation that looks like a laboratory notebook—not a linear and sure path from problem to solution, but a record of the paths tried, including the bad ones, reasons why they were bad, intuitions that led toward the solution, and ideas about where to go next[ READ MORE ]