In constructing various web applications, there is typically a common set of functionality needed by all of them, and I thought it might be nice to develop my own library with this purpose in mind. As it stands, this project is MASSIVELY incomplete, needing lots of work before it can be considered respectable. This is [...]
This isn’t a substantial post, but nevertheless I found this quote extremely intruiging:
“Rampant piracy is just unserved customers” – Jason Holtman, Director of Business Development, Valve Software
For this upcoming quarter our instructor has slated a colleague and I to develop a web application in PHP using a MSSQL database, seperate from the standard student projects. In preparation for this, I decided to set up a development box so we could get started early. It was completely unnecessary for us to get [...]
I’ve spent the past couple days working towards getting a common development environment set up, so that I don’t have to use different IDE’s and tools. I’m trying to get everything situated, since Winter quarter is likely to be one of the most programming intensive quarters that I’ve had. I want to be prepared, so [...]
I come from a fairly strong background in C# using Microsoft Visual Studio, and thus have enjoyed its wonderful intellisense features, so I had quite a shock when I tried to use it for C++ development. It turns out that Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 does not support semantic/syntax error detection or code refactoring for C++. [...]
Classes are out for chistmas break, so I’ve been spending time brushing up on my rusty C++ skills. You might think this is an odd way to spend ones break, unless you live where I do and understand the current weather conditions. Oh who am I kidding, I’d do it anyway regardless of the weather, [...]