Mastering UserTalk
The language behind Frontier: verbs, tables, threads and semicolons.
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The library
Six articles worth the time
Long-form, technical, and written by people who had to make the thing work. Filter by subject or search the full text below — there are 6 pieces in the library.
Optimal String Concatenation in UserTalk
Why in-place append beats copying, and how to assemble megabyte strings quickly.
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Running a Secure Server with TLS
Putting Frontier and Radio behind https, from certificate to cipher suite.
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The MetaWeblog API, Explained
How XML-RPC gave weblogs titles, links and a publishing contract that outlived them.
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Inside the Object Database
The root table, persistence, addressing and why everything in Frontier is an outline.
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From Manila to Conversant
Twenty-five years of scripted publishing, and what the CMS world forgot along the way.
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