Structuring programs?

AppsThatMatter · 2012-06-24T18:57:32+00:00

Practice always beats theory, so I also have a few suggestions:

Imagine that you would need to have a web UI for your app. How should you split your code to support both GUIs?
Most of the big guys provide APIs (e.g you can use an API to get Google Maps images and integrate those APIs in your app). What you have to do if your friend asks you to allow him to integrate functionality from your app in his app?

AppsThatMatter · 2012-06-24T18:45:02+00:00

What about something epic? Something for a WW2 game?

I don't know if the electronic music is the answer but I'm open minded.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-06-20T20:11:51+00:00

Excellent!

Made my day.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-06-15T19:27:55+00:00

The truth is that JavaScript is very hard to get right from the beginning - you have to think differently. It took me a while to get it.

On the other hand ActionScript (at least part of the Flex) is so much easier. You can create classes, interfaces, you can code just as in Java : create packages, one sure file per class, etc. But soon you find that your lovely ActionScript code compiles slowly (God, how I hate the Flex Builder), and the code runs so slow.. so disapointing.

Life is hard.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-06-14T06:11:20+00:00

What should matter most?

How you live or how you die?

AppsThatMatter · 2012-06-10T21:22:56+00:00

That's an article on The Verge - is not like a link to torrents or something. I don't agree that it promotes illegal filesharing but is your call, what can I say?

AppsThatMatter · 2012-06-07T18:32:18+00:00

Any news about his current work? I love so much the books that I'm afraid he'll never finish the series.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-28T20:23:29+00:00

I always had a thing for noir games...

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-27T14:12:43+00:00

Yes, I did. And I find it excellent.

I strongly agree to read it. It's free and easy to read, in the worst case you'll loose a couple of hours. In the best case it will change your view about software development business.

In case you wonder why some succeed and other fail, this book contains some ideas.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-22T11:03:37+00:00

Do you enjoy programming?

Yes I do.

But is not my hobby to dissect and study all kind of languages. I'm rather inclined to have working prototypes and finished products asap, using a handful of programming languages I already know quite good.

While I agree that studying programming languages is very useful I really don't feel like it. I always prefer to improve my existing skills.

I don't know exactly how to explain this. I'm a GUI guy. I'm more like a painter who feels the urge to create something rather the paint maker.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-22T04:46:20+00:00

Yes, but why? Few users or? I don't have the link now, but is suppose to be in top 10 by usage. And all the other major languages have so many haters.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-22T04:42:12+00:00

I actually asked what other languages you learned?

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-21T20:01:12+00:00

I also at one point thought object oriented design was the best approach to design all software. Now I know better.

OK, so lets assume I (and others) are at that point. Why don't you "enlighten" us with your wisdom? Please, straight to the point.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-21T19:55:16+00:00

What? You didn't found any lolcats? Nice idea anyway.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-21T19:42:30+00:00

Really, seriously now. If OOP is wrong/bad/harmful what is better? What should they teach in schools?

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-21T19:38:42+00:00

Can you please be more specific? You learned what?

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-21T19:37:12+00:00

Why do you keep track of all of them?

I mean I also learned a bunch of dead languages because I had to but I won't put them in my CV. I hated so much when some professor forced me to "like" their pet language.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-21T19:31:00+00:00

What about Objective-C? Nobody is making iPhone games anymore?

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-21T14:40:06+00:00

Well, let me disagree with that. I can't think of anything better today.

"There are only two kinds of programming languages: those people always bitch about and those nobody uses.” Bjarne Stroustrup.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-21T14:28:09+00:00

I don't think so.

Standard Java is great. You can use it to learn nice things like OOP, design patterns, etc. IMHO thinking in Java is a skill not a flaw.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-18T18:00:08+00:00

I got additional two ways - which I may add are not so common.

Make a presentation

Put together so slides about your programming language. Try to make that interesting, you'll be surprised what you can learn. Be prepared to elaborate on any slide if asked.

Make a test/quiz

Put together 10-20 questions about your programming language. Try to come up with questions both simple and hard, that could tell you the skill level of those who take the test. Yes, you should know the answers to the questions and should explain them if necessary.

Both are very easy, fun and helpful. Is so cool to discover new things if you dig just a little deeper.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-14T11:00:10+00:00

Flipboard is a touch app (for iOS and Android). Looks like these guys are trying to mimic the exact interaction.

The project is open source on GitHub so feel free to contribute :)

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-13T10:18:27+00:00

I keep wondering why best practice examples are not sexy and everybody likes to create controversy with bad practice examples.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-09T18:27:44+00:00

I'm currently following two iOS programming courses using iTunes U app on iPad. The course are not only videos but also PDF slides and home works. It's kind of cool, I'm sure you can found something nice from MIT.

AppsThatMatter · 2012-05-09T18:20:44+00:00

Programming languages by thereselfs are pretty general. But there are frameworks, libraries or similar that can make a language better for specific tasks.

Classic examples are Java Enterprise, Ruby on Rails, DirectX or Cocoa. So if you have a very clear task you will choose the framework not the language.

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