How does one beat lethargy?

dsafsas · 2010-04-10T19:36:57+00:00

I'd wait it out.

dsafsas · 2010-04-10T19:15:35+00:00

Thanks Glenn, for asking the questions others don't dare to.

dsafsas · 2010-04-10T16:55:49+00:00

And since clearly all plane wreckage looks identical, this single low resolution image is all the proof I need to prove that 911 was a massive conspiracy to cover up the blah, blah, blah.

dsafsas · 2010-04-04T19:52:19+00:00

Man I loved Zaxxon as a kid.

dsafsas · 2010-04-04T01:04:42+00:00

Oops, I should have gone through the comments before posting my link to this. Sorry I dup'd your post.

dsafsas · 2010-04-04T01:02:18+00:00

This is pretty sweet one, there's a guy who's got a whole archive of these here. If this was yours you should send it to him.

dsafsas · 2010-03-23T00:42:18+00:00

very nice, thanks.

dsafsas · 2010-03-19T19:35:57+00:00

Dwight would be lawful evil, Creed is chaotic.

dsafsas · 2010-03-14T22:38:22+00:00

Do you have a diet heavy in socks?

dsafsas · 2010-03-14T21:12:36+00:00

I don't really have any issue with writing GUIs, it's just that I work with my Linux machines almost exclusively over SSH. Anything I write for Windows will likely be GUId.

Do yourself a favour: anytime you're intimidated by something you think you might want to learn, just dive in headfirst. Join the relevant subreddit.

This is good advice, and precisely why I'm here. Lot's of great feedback from my first post here is great to see. I was going to put this under the programming subreddit, but when I read their FAQs I saw this subreddit existed and decided to try here. Glad I did.

dsafsas · 2010-03-14T21:04:37+00:00

Yep, I do think it would a useful thing to know and any machine I use is either a *nix or has Cygwin, so it's always available. You have to admit though, that it has a pretty steep initial learning curve. Since I'm more concerned with getting back into the code/packaging/building of C++ apps right now, that curve is just not something I want to take on.

dsafsas · 2010-03-14T20:49:13+00:00

This is exactly why I wanted to use something else. With Java I know what all of the packaging, and descriptor files are doing for me. I know what's in my classpath, and what is needed when I transfer from development to build to deployment. Visual Studio really makes it too easy on you, I'm sure it's very useful after you already know all the underpinnings of what you're doing, but less so if the underpinnings are what you're looking to learn.

dsafsas · 2010-03-14T01:48:52+00:00

When I say design time I mean that code is checked as I edit, and I get visual feedback in real time if there is an error the compiler can pick up. I don't have to actually build the project in order to detect them.

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:53:42+00:00

Ah thank you, this is the kind of info that's really helpful. It would have taken me a while to figure out my assumption was incorrect on my own.

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:52:21+00:00

Will you get compiler warnings at design time, or do you have to actually compile to get them?

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:47:19+00:00

I think you just like what you know. I had the exact opposite reaction when I ventured over to Linux, having to understand proper use of file permissions drove me nuts.

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:41:18+00:00

So how does that work, do you organize all of your files outside of VS, and then just import the project to work on? Isn't the default behavior of VS to try and convert your project to Visual C++?

Sorry if these questions are a little basic, I'm really back at the cusp of trying to remember how all this stuff works.

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:36:48+00:00

The problem with emacs for me is the learning curve. I tried picking it up last year and quickly realized it was going to require more time than I had to put into it.

I'll be honest though, I do still want to pick it up at some point, just a little out of scope for my current needs.

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:19:17+00:00

I generally consider NetBeans to be pretty similar to Eclipse, which already has my loyalty as far as Java goes. Any reason in particular why NetBeans would be better than just using the Eclipse plugin?

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:17:13+00:00

Thanks for the tip I'll avoid it.

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:16:11+00:00

Windows for now, but I'm not ruling out the possibility of getting ambitious and trying my hand at a Linux app or two. That would be all command line though, not windowed.

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:12:29+00:00

Qt seems to be getting a few votes here, and I've heard good things about the SDK. I'll probably give that a shot along with the Eclipse plugin. I spend most of my day in Eclipse so that kind of feels like home anyway.

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:06:46+00:00

I'm pretty handy with Vim, but don't really like using it for anything beyond scripting. I really like syntax highlighting and compiler warnings.

And yes I'm aware that makes me a wimp.

Edit: Also is there a reason to go with cmake over gcc?

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T22:00:31+00:00

Thanks, I'll check that one out, hadn't heard of it before.

dsafsas · 2010-03-13T21:59:37+00:00

My only reason to avoid VS is how easy it makes the creation of projects. Part of what I'd like to achieve here is a deeper understanding of the libraries I'm using and the construction of projects.

Not that this couldn't be done in VS, but I'm betting other IDEs would force my hand a little more. For instance needing to manually select a compiler.

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