Lasso 85 Category

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Running Lasso 8 and 9 Side by Side
Created: 2010-02-13 16:42:02, Modified: 2010-02-15 10:46:54
 

Syntax compatibility between 8.5 and 9
Best practices to write Lasso 8.5 code that will work in Lasso 9
Created: 2010-02-12 07:54:29, Modified: 2010-02-13 05:41:02
 

Lasso Object Oriented Programming Primer
A primer before Lasso 9 on the understanding of object-oriented programming. Something to describe how this integrates with Lasso and how to understand the functionality of such an approach.
Created: 2009-11-18 00:15:13, Modified: 2009-11-18 05:11:53
 

Monitoring Lasso with monit
Setting up Lasso and monit (a system monitoring tool) on OS X
Created: 2009-05-27 00:48:53, Modified: 2009-05-27 02:27:57
 

Syntax Speed Tips for LP8.5
Tips for choosing the syntax that will execute the fastest.
Created: 2008-02-21 11:13:11, Modified: 2008-08-30 06:45:25
 

[TotW] Optimizing Regular Expressions
The tip of the week for April 25, 2008 includes some information about how to optimize code using regular expressions by using the [RegExp] type rather than individual string tags.
Created: 2008-04-25 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-04-25 15:00:47
 

[TotW] Create an iPhone Site Using Lasso and the iUI Library
The tip of the week for September 14, 2007 discusses how to create a site formatted for the Apple iPhone and IPod Touch using Lasso and the iUI interface library by Joe Hewitt.
Created: 2007-09-14 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 13:43:59
 

[TotW] Inline Helpers - Debugging Slow MySQL Solutions
The tip of the week for November 2, 2007 contains some techniques for finding slow MySQL queries. The tip includes an Inline Helper tag which make debugging MySQL queries easier by allowing you to tag queries in the long query log and process list.
Created: 2007-11-02 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 13:04:29
 

[TotW] Code Simplifying Tips - Conditional Expressions
The tip of the week for October 19, 2007 contains several tips using the conditional ?| operator to simplify Lasso code for better speed and readability.
Created: 2007-10-19 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:54:22
 

[TotW] Basics - Variables - Storing Temporary Values
The tip of the week for October 12, 2007 explains how variables in Lasso can be used to store temporary values. Topics include creating variables, outputting variables, modifying variables in-place, and some variables tools.
Created: 2007-10-12 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:52:42
 

[TotW] Date Comparisons and Calculations Using Math Symbols and Durations
The tip of the week for October 5, 2007 explains how the [Date] and [Duration] data types in Lasso can be used to perform date comparisons and date calculations using the familiar built-in symbols for math and string operations.
Created: 2007-10-05 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:50:50
 

[TotW] Lasso 8.5 AppleScript and Automator Support
The tip of the week for September 7, 2007 discusses how Lasso 8.5 can call AppleScript commands and Automator workflows on Mac OS X systems. AppleScript allows you to interact with other running applications, restart the server, and more.
Created: 2007-09-07 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:23:52
 

[TotW] Regular Expression Challenge - Discussion and Winners
The tip of the week for August 17, 2007 announces the winners of the second Lasso Programming Challenge. Congratulations to Bil Corry and Johan Sölve. The tip includes a description of the challenge, a downloadable archive of answers to the challenge, doc
Created: 2007-08-17 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:17:51
 

[TotW] Lasso Connector for FileMaker Server 9 Preview (Updated)
The tip of the week for July 27, 2007 previews a new data source connector for FileMaker Server 9. The new connector provides better support for FileMaker queries including new field-level and logical operators. (Updated with details about FileMaker 9 sup
Created: 2007-07-27 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:08:11
 

[TotW] Parentheses Syntax
The tip of the week for December 7, 2007 discusses Parentheses syntax in Lasso. Parentheses syntax was introduced in Lasso 8 as an alternative to Lasso's traditional Colon syntax. The tip includes an overview of parentheses syntax, some justifications for
Created: 2007-12-07 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-14 19:39:54
 

[TotW] RSS Data Source and Parser
The tip of the week for December 14, 2007 includes a custom data source which allows RSS feeds to be treated as a data source. The items in the feed can be displayed using normal [Inline] ... [/Inline] and [Field] tags. Also includes an [RSS_Parser] data
Created: 2007-12-14 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-14 19:37:29