[plt-scheme] re: programming for the web in scheme (vlado)

From: Robby Findler (robby at cs.uchicago.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 9 14:01:43 EST 2006

At Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:42:44 -0500, Geoffrey Knauth wrote:
> On Feb 9, 2006, at 12:50, pedro pinto gave advice:
> > But most importantly, start writing your own web-app, preferably  
> > something with non-trivial workflow. It is hard to appreciate how  
> > much continuations help until you do this.
> 
> Is understanding continuations completely a prerequisite to creating  
> the correct workflow, or does experimenting with workflows in web- 
> apps lead from a partial to a better understanding of continuations?   

You'll need some basic understanding of how the back button interacts
with your script to recognize the issues there, but beyond that I'd say
that experimentation with web scripting will lead you to a better
understanding of continuations.

Robby


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