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Technical Writing

Communication is the cornerstone of Robert’s Smokejumper Consulting practice. Robert has a long history of informal communication as a technical blogger and social media enthusiast, as well as a growing portfolio of professional technical writing.

Professional Writing Resume

Goldilocks and Grails Logging
Groovy Mag, July and August 2009

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These articles explore Grails logging, including the technical details of the underlying Log4J DSL, the P6Spy plugin for SQL logging, and his own Sublog plugin for logging enhancements.

The Red Pill: Functional Programming in JavaScript
JSMag, March 2009

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Wrote a very popular article on how to make the most out of JavaScript functions and callbacks, including providing an introduction to and implementation of basic functional programming structures (curry and fold) in JavaScript.

Grails Persistence with GORM and GSQL
APress, published January 2009

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Coming off of Robert’s experience writing the Grails plugin Autobase, he wrote a lengthy exploration of the GORM framework and the GSQL, including best practices and how to use undocumentated or underdocumented features.

Getting to Know Your Grails
Groovy Mag, November 2008

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Robert wrote one of the headlining articles of GroovyMag, a magazine covering technologies based on Groovy language, including Grails. His article began from fresh installation of Grails and walked through the key technologies and features of the powerful Grails framework.