Event-Based Programming

[Paul Tarvydas]

This book

http://www.amazon.com/Event-Based-Programming-Taking-Events-Limit/dp/1590596439/

describes an FBP variant for .Net, using C#'s "delegate" and "event" built-in types.

AFAICT, events are "output ports" and delegates are function signatures for the callbacks to the input methods that accept notifications from events.

He develops a diagramming methodology, but appears not to have a diagram compiler (plug: that could easily be repaired with techniques such as https://github.com/guitarvydas/vsh ).

(And, I see 4 other books about events listed at the bottom that I don't remember seeing before.  Maybe steam engine time is gathering steam?)

[Giant Elk]

In terms of books, I see the success of new paradigms in the coding world based on books that address real world and current problems. In 1992 is was all about how to control the mouse in your DOS programs, or writing your own DOS windowing library in C. Then in 1994 the books were all about writing windows apps in MFC, or Borland, showing simple examples and games. Would be great to get a book going on NoFlo that teaches how to write a ________ fill in the blank. i.e. web app with NoFlo and MongoDB, or how to write a game for mobile and/or web with NoFlo.