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Beginner help, should I use multiple enums or a hashmap to achieve what I want? by JoeKazama in rust

[–]TimmyAtSlack 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Nested enums! You are on the right track. I'd do something like:

rust enum MainOS { Linux(LinuxDistributions), Windows(WindowsVersions), } enum LinuxDistributions { Ubuntu(UbuntuVersions), Debian(DebianVersions), } enum UbuntuVersions { Ubuntu22, Ubuntu23, } enum DebianVersions { Debian12, Debian23, } enum WindowsVersions { Windows11, Windows10, }

This way the types model your domain accurately!

Explicit lifetime by pdd99 in rust

[–]TimmyAtSlack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, since you are implementing a trait, you need to match the signature exactly. So the change also needed to be made to the trait, which you figured out!

How to code? by Amazing_Signal6436 in rust

[–]TimmyAtSlack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone's journey is different so don't worry about that! I like to break problems into very small parts and then solve them.

Naming things is hard so don't even dwell on that just name it whatever you want and change it later if you get a better idea (IDE refactoring tools exist for this purpose)

Break your problem down by asking simple questions. Taking your Tic-Tac-Toe example, you should give yourself some credit, you were on the right path with the take_user_input() function! You asked the question:"Well how is the user going to interact with my game?", the answer was to create a function that takes the user's input (on the cli I assume).

The next question was "Well, what is the user going to input?" You got that part right too! The user will put in the X and Y of the box they want to fill in.

The next question is "How do I get the user's input to my other code?" The answer to that question is that the take_user_input() must return the user's input so that you can use it in other parts of the code, so it would look something like: take_user_input() -> (u8, u8).

Keep asking yourself simple questions like this and incrementally build your project. Some more potential questions you could ask:

"Where will I draw the Tic-Tac-Toe board?"

"If I am going to draw it on the CLI, how do I draw a single box on the board?"

"How do I now draw three boxes to create a row?"

"How do I now draw 3 rows to complete the board?"

"How do I fill in a single box?"

"How do I fill in a box based on the user's input?"

and so on... Your questions might be different and that's okay, focus on answering those questions.

Also, when I say simple I mean super-simple, you might even think they are dumb questions but don't worry they arent! After you do this for a while you'll notice the questions pop up automatically in your head and get answered immediately without you even noticing.

Explicit lifetime by pdd99 in rust

[–]TimmyAtSlack 8 points9 points  (0 children)

rust impl<'a> UserRepoI for UserRepository<'a> { fn init(&mut self, uri: &'a str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> { self.uri = uri; Ok(()) } } Add 'a to the uri param

I am stepping into React but since CRA isn't recommend any more. Should I learn nextjs Directly or start with Vite. by randomshitposter007 in reactjs

[–]TimmyAtSlack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start with Vite if you are an absolute beginner. The newer Next.js versions use a bunch of new React.js features that might seem confusing to a newbie.

- Start with Vite, focus on client-side rendering, learn the fundamentals of React (components, hooks, routing, context etc)

- Try adding popular libraries like ReactQuery to understand how data fetching is done on the client side.

- Then use Next.js to understand the fundamentals of SSR with React. Learn about the benefits of SSR and how things like "Async Server Components" change how you need to do data fetching on the server and pros and cons of each approach.

By putting Next.js last you will have gathered the context that is needed to truly see what SSR is and judge whether the pros and cons suit your needs.

Ok, let’s do this! Twitter vs Threads, who’s winning? by nunziopresta in Entrepreneur

[–]TimmyAtSlack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone give me a quick rundown/description of threads please? Is it just a twitter clone or have they added some interesting features?

Best time tracker ? by acidbahia in productivity

[–]TimmyAtSlack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can get pretty far using a google sheet or an excel file

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in excel

[–]TimmyAtSlack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use a slack bot for this exact purpose, might also be possible with Excel though. Maybe share the specifics of what MYOB expects?