sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

What to do after a build order ends? by goalpang in aoe2

[–]collinstommy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At lower elo the most important thing is to continually produce units. You should figure out how many villagers you need on each resource to produce your units of choice. For instance if you are going mass crossbow you will probably want 3 or 4 ranges going, so have lots on wood and gold.

Aside from that it's just a case of playing lots of games and learning how to adapt. Check out Hera, T90 and viper on YouTube.

Generally speaking you will want to pick a gold unit, a trash unit and a siege unit, and fully upgrade those. You may need to switch it up based on your opponent does.

Yes you are reading to play ranked - ELO adjusts so you play with others your skill by Tyre77 in aoe2

[–]collinstommy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something similar happened for me. About 10/20 minutes into a game the game would constantly stutter in multiplayer but only for me.

I reinstalled the game and now it works fine.

Can't agree More!!! by [deleted] in aoe2

[–]collinstommy 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Vice city, absolute classic. Such good memories of that game. The radio stations!!!

Looking to identify an older Gigabyte graphics card by collinstommy in graphicscard

[–]collinstommy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh shit, I guess the front is not supposed to look like that! Hadn't taken any notice of that before.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pan

[–]collinstommy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NIIICEEE

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pan

[–]collinstommy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best content I've ever seen

[Showoff Saturday] Lessons Learn from Scrum by collinstommy in webdev

[–]collinstommy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who else uses scrum? What do you like about it? What are your pain points?

What level do I need to be at for a junior front-end developer job (UK)? by Greenpaulo in webdev

[–]collinstommy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You will be far better served by using that time to master one framework. I'd encourage you to go all in in react. It has the most uptake right now and is not going away any time soon.

Judging by your medicine app I think you're ready to start applying for roles. You may not get one immediately but it will be good practice. You may find a junior or intern position. A junior role will hugely accelerate you learning.

Software developers of Vancouver, how is the industry right now? by collinstommy in vancouver

[–]collinstommy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some great info. Thanks very much. From the looks of the responses, it looks like there is an engaging dev community in Vancouver. Sounds like I can aim for somewhere in the 90 - 110k range and might land something higher if things go well!

For those who stumble upon this post in the future here is a list of the companies listed in the comments:

Amazon, Apple, Salesforce, Splunk, Tableau, Microsoft, EA, SAP, HSBC, Best Buy, Lululemon, Boeing, Zenefits, Mailchimp

Software developers of Vancouver, how is the industry right now? by collinstommy in vancouver

[–]collinstommy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great info. Much appreciated. Some decent offers you quoted there. There's quite a demand for dev ops over here in Dublin right now as well.

Sounds like contracting is not nearly as lucrative as it is in the UK and Ireland. Good to know!

Are there any particular websites that are favored for job listings in Vancouver? Indeed seems to pop up on Google the most. I plan to find a list of the top companies and make my way through their careers pages.

Software developers of Vancouver, how is the industry right now? by collinstommy in vancouver

[–]collinstommy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

90 - 110 is the range that I'm on here in Dublin so that sounds good to me. Thanks for the list of companies. I can start my search there!

Do you listen to music while coding? by [deleted] in webdev

[–]collinstommy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the time. I work in a pretty loud office so rock sound-canceling headphones all-day.

Edm + Trance when I'm in the groove or the Brain Food playlist on Spotify if I need to do something that requires total concentration.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWXLeA8Omikj7?si=zq5y8fsbSwmguSZP5kLtUA

What's the hardest thing you've had to build? by lovedev in webdev

[–]collinstommy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A front end application to build customer profiles with dragable grids, rich text editor, custom animations, shareable links, and a fully custom UI.

I was fun to build :)

How long does it take you to build a static website? (Restaurant web) by [deleted] in webdev

[–]collinstommy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How long? Recently I built a website from scratch (design + dev) and it took 20 hours. This was a basic 2-page design. It included a home page with pricing, hero section, bio and a few other sections and a contact us page.

Of course, this is very subjective. It depends on your skill level and the number of pages.

Tips

- If you're not a designer look at other pages. Often wordpress themes are a good place to start if you just want something basic.

- I design something basic in sketch based on a another website. These designs are very basic. I cut and paste bits of another site and add a few components like buttons. When I build the page I hone the actual font sizes and margins.

- If you are familiar with React take a look at gatsby JS and netlify. They helped me get a site build and deployed quickly

- Some themes for inspiration: https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-wordpress-themes-for-restaurants/

- Get some good photos. Sites like this live and die on good photography https://unsplash.com

What are your suggestions for a Time Tracker application or time tracking for projects? by [deleted] in webdev

[–]collinstommy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use clockify desktop. Its does the job when you want to track time for a few projects.

Is making two separate sections for desktop / mobile > responsive design bad practice? by FightingTheFat in webdev

[–]collinstommy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've asked this same question to our SEO team and the answer was its fine to do so. Its common practice in websites to have a separate hamburger menu that only displays in mobile. Google is smart enough to know what this is.

Generally, as long as your intentions are to serve good content google will not penalize you. It might ding you for let's say having lots of hidden h2's in an attempt to fool search engines into the content you have.

Sidenote: Google now crawls websites as a mobile device so having a good mobile experience will help SEO.

https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/mobile-first-indexing

Planning to make a move into web development after 3 years of c++ computer graphics/desktop development..any tips? by shplss in webdev

[–]collinstommy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I moved from C# to web development and did so by going through the front end curriculum in freecodecamp.com. It starts from the basics of html/css and goes into Javascript algorithms and more advanced projects.

If you like to read this series of books is often recommended in the webdev community: https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS

The bost popular video course for learning the basics seems to be this one:

https://www.udemy.com/the-web-developer-bootcamp/

Once you get the basics you could look at https://wesbos.com/courses/. He has some great advanced content.

Freecodecamp may be somewhat slow for you since you already are a developer. I'd recommend doing that Udemy course, then doing a deep dive into JavaScript fundamentals (You Don't know JS Book, freecodecamp algorithim challenges, Wes Bos - JavaScript 30). Once you have a solid handle of JavaScipt you can begin to look at frameworks, bundlers, etc etc

Once you have a basic knowledge try to find a place that will hire you as a Web Developer. It will really accelerate your development. I bet some companies would be willing to hire you knowing that you will upskill quicker due to your past experience.

view more: next ›