YS — YAML Done Wisely

Last night a gave a talk about YS and YAML to the Toronto DevOps Meetup.

Tonight I'm giving a talk about YS and YAML to the Toronto DevOps Meetup.

Many languages let you define functions with multiple signatures.

Any self-respecting functional language has a way to create anonymous functions.

YS is a functional programming language.

How did YAML get started in the first place?

Like I said before, in YS, There's More Than One Way To Do It.

Yesterday I left you with a program that really needed to "YS up"!

Ever been to Manitoba?

Probably the biggest problem people have with YAML is that everything has to be in one file.

YAML files (aka YAML streams) can contain multiple "documents".

YAML itself isn't a functional programming language, but advanced users are probably aware of YAML's anchors, aliases and the merge key.

Today starts a 3 month long, daily summertime journey into the intricacies of YAML and the wisdom of YS!

Wait, what?!!?

Greetings!

In my many years of creating Open Source software and talking about it at conferences, some of the most productive development times are often those leading up to the presentation.

(or Exciting YS News for Fall 2024!)

Last week two new language bindings were added to the YS family: Go and Julia.

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It's been a while since I let you know what's been happening with YS.

Remember Your First Time?

The Elves have everything wrapped up.

When Santa is doing his job in the Luxembourg area, I've always wondered how he gets from Perl to Rust.

Can you imagine Santa walking around in flip flops?

Which has a greater airspeed velocity... an unladen swallow or Santa's sleigh?

I wonder if Santa has a Hemi?

Santa is in charge of Christmas.

With one week to go, Santa's gotta get his sleigh in top shape.

How does Santa read all the signs in all the languages of the world?

We know the names of Santa's reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph.

As the architect of a major world holiday, Santa Claus has hard design choices to make.

It's always nice to get a little something extra in your stocking whilst waiting for the big guy to show up on the big day.

Santa is Legend.

Santa has very little margin for error.

Santa's got a lot of ground to cover in a short amount of time.

Santa is a busy guy.

What's the best thing about Rudolph's nose?

Programming in YS is as easy as reading a book.

Wanna make some fun toys with YS?

How do you get around?

It's certainly a relief now that I've told you the big secret about YS.

I've got a little secret to tell you.

On the 3rd day of Advent, my YS code gave to me...

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Seasons Greetings, my YAML friends!

Greetings!