My First Experience with Server-Side Swift (using Perfect from perfect.org) – Part 1
Motivations Most of the work I take on involves languages like C++, Swift, or Objective-C and is not typically web based. While I’m normally nestled comfortably in the embrace of C++ template meta-programming or the warm walls of an operating system kernel, even I can sense the uncivilized barbarians at the gate (Javascript) and…
C++, WebSockets, and Mt.Gox
I’ve been reading quite a bit about websockets lately. To test my understanding of the concepts involved, I was trying to connect an application to Mt.Gox in order to collect bitcoin-related pricing information. I was having some difficulty getting all of the parameters aligned properly with all of the various websocket libraries, so I went…
jQuery, Websockets, and Bitcoin Time and Sales
If you haven’t seen Clark Moody’s Mt.Gox bitcoin market data website yet, you should. It’s a really beautiful presentation of realtime Mt.Gox BitCoin orderbook depth, the trade tape, and charts at various time frames. I was so impressed by Clark’s presentation of market information that I wanted to dig into how modern web sites present information…