vindarel articles - 28 total
Send emails with Common Lisp (SMTP, Gmail, Sendgrid, Mailgun…)
Today I want to give an usage example of cl-smtp. It's a good, maintained library, with a good README...
Read CSV files in Common Lisp (cl-csv, data-table)
I just helped friends for some CSV manipulation and did it for the first time from CL, here's a quick...
Common Lisp: is LispWorks worth it?
Let's seek some feedback by people who used it. (emphasis mine) I own LW for Linux, Mac, and...
Refactoring in Common Lisp (and VS Python)
How is the refactoring story for Common Lisp? Is it lacking? We don't have good IDE refactoring...
Common Lisp HTML templates: using Djula in .lisp files
;;; ;;; How to use Djula templates in-file, without separate file templates. ;;; ;;; This can make...
Advent of Code: alexandria's map-permutations was perfect for day 08. Common Lisp tip.
As the title says. Did you know about alexandria:map-permutations ? If not, you could have...
FTP and SFTP clients for Common Lisp
You thought all companies would provide well-documented web APIs today? Well, some use a blank .docx...
Common Lisp with batteries included: CIEL v0.2 (aka fast scripting with useful libraries)
CIEL should be much easier to install and test for everyone (specially our friends on...
Common Lisp VS Haskell
An experienced developer, doing quantum computing and the author of Coalton, the library that brings...
Debugging Common Lisp: "I feel so much faster and free"
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Common Lisp's groupBy is Serapeum:assort
It's the second time I search for such a function so here is it: the functional "group by" utility...
Common Lisp VS C: a testimony
I like testimonies. Here's one on Lisp vs C. About execution time, speed of development, length of...
Python VS Common Lisp applied: print, log and icecream
I discovered a new Python library "you must not miss" from a youtuber. At first sight, everything...
Is Elixir or Common Lisp the best language for building a bootstrapped B2B SaaS in 2024?
There was this article and discussion on Lobster last...
Form validation in Common Lisp
I've been using the clavier library for input validation, it works nicely but we could make it a bit...
Common Lisp GUI with Electron · quick how to
Yes, it is possible to bundle a Common Lisp web app into Electron, with any web server, so...
Throttle/debounce a Common Lisp function
A typical use case of debouncing function calls is an interactive text input: let the user type a...
Do you need an IDE to write Common Lisp?
Some developers don't! On HN: The tooling is nice, but it’s not what defines CL. The language...
Learn Common Lisp macros: new 17 videos tutorial
I worked on new videos this summer and I just finished editing the subtitles. I have added 17 videos...
Latest SBCL (Common Lisp implementation) improvements in 2022-2023: parallel GC, shared library and more
The latest big news is that SBCL got a parallel garbage collector (available under a build flag)....
Starting a startup? A word on Common Lisp VS TypeScript
My startup was CL for all backend. After it was written, documented and tested, I almost never...
Common Lisp games - 2023
Here is a full list of games made in Common Lisp in the Lisp Game Jam 2023 (by submission...
Create nice-looking GUI applications in Common Lisp
We can build interfaces looking like this: This is the Forest ttk theme. "ttk"? Yes, for Tcl/Tk! A...
Run visual commands like htop in Common Lisp
A little trick I just added to the Cookbook: https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/os.html ...
Compile-time exhaustiveness checking in Common Lisp with Serapeum
Serapeum is an excellent CL library, with lots of utilities. You should check it out. It provides a...
2023 starts well for Common Lisp: new Jetbrains Lisp plugin
I had just published my review of 2022 for Common Lisp (HN, 73 comments) when awesome new projects...
New string manipulation functions for Common Lisp
Hi lispers o/ I started the str library as a n00b, to fix my first frustration with Common Lisp:...
Debugging Common Lisp: fix a bug and resume execution from where it stopped
Hi lispers on dev.to o/ Let's add some Common Lisp content out there shall we? I recently made a...