Archive for the ‘ Software Deveolopment ’ Category
I just built myself a new Windows VM. After I spent the next ~six hours patching and rebooting several thousand times I went to install Microsoft Visual C++ Express. I had not yet had a chance to play with it before today but 2010 has been released into the wild. So I download it [ READ MORE ]
I have always loved games that masterba… er, play themselves out. In such games the player sets the initial conditions– perhaps even writes a little code or designs something– and then lets it all hit the fan. As of late I have been staring at Gratuitous Space Battles. In this one you design a small fleet [ READ MORE ]
I just came across a very good Slashdot article that links to a bunch of information on floating-point numbers geared towards programmers. What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic More of a technical paper The Floating-Point Guide More of an every-mans guide [ READ MORE ]
Facebook maintains a large community developer base. Some of these developers are responsible for the well-off Farmville and the like. If the user base is there so will there be developers with dollar signs in their eyes. Anyone who likes can view the API for free and start writing code. This availability– plus the large user [ READ MORE ]
I have become very interested in playing with RoboCode as of late. Wikipedia sums it up pretty nicley: Competitors write software that controls a miniature tank that fights other identically-built (but differently programmed) tanks in a playing field. Robots can move, shoot at each other, scan for each other, and hit the walls (or other robots) [ READ MORE ]