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| Bane |
 Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:51 pm |
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The last thread about this got deleted when the forum was pruned. I've currently become semi-obsessed with Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/
It's a fantastic site that promotes knowledge sharing. There are some really gifted programmers/developers there. They have a pretty cool "reputation" system in place where people can up-vote or down-vote your questions & answers. The more rep points you have, the more control you have over the moderation of the site. It's a fantastic idea where intelligent answers are rewarded. Anyway -
I'm currently getting to grips with Ruby on Rails (there's a thread already posted about that) and I have to say, I'm already converted. I should never stand PHP - everything about it makes my skin crawl - and I was looking for a new, relatively lightweight framework/language in order to start coding simple Web apps. I mean, .NET and J2EE aren't exactly useful for that sort of thing. So yeah, a couple of weeks in and I'm really enjoying everything about RoR. It has reignited a flare in me I haven't had in a few years.
Any other programmers here? Day job or hobby? What languages/frameworks/processes do you use?
One other quick question - can anyone suggest a cool Textmate equivalent for Linux systems? Please don't say Vim. |
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| pk1825 |
| Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:20 pm |
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| How hard would it be to implement one of those yokes Barry? It sounds like a great idea and MI would have a wider reach than the supposed million odd hits a week or whatever. The Chickenfoot banners weren't put up for free... and a forum like that sounds like it would be a HUGE improvement, surely it would be win-win to really improve the site? I don't know about the cost of the maintaining the forum or anything so maybe it's a bit of a naive question. |
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| nev_crucifracture |
| Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:52 pm |
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pk1825 wrote: How hard would it be to implement one of those yokes Barry? It sounds like a great idea and MI would have a wider reach than the supposed million odd hits a week or whatever. The Chickenfoot banners weren't put up for free... and a forum like that sounds like it would be a HUGE improvement, surely it would be win-win to really improve the site? I don't know about the cost of the maintaining the forum or anything so maybe it's a bit of a naive question.
To be honest i wouldn't see that working very well what with the main focus of the site being all things metal and along with that people's opinions are always different. A voting system would just end with the "coolest" members of the forum having their views deemed the best which would be a bit of a crock of shite. It works grand for questions with a definitive answer like yahoo answers etc..
And Barry have ye tried Emacs? Or is that not what yer lookin for? |
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| Zurechial |
| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:03 am |
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I do a small bit of web-based programming but nothing substantial, just some PHP & Java for whatever needs done.
The majority of programming I do is in C/C++ and Csound - Audio/synthesis stuff and mods for games.
Most of my coding is done under Windows so I use Notepad++ for convenience and familiarity.
If you wanted you could get that running under wine on Linux, but that may be more hassle than it's worth. |
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| Owen | Darkoma |
| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:11 pm |
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I do computer graphics/gaming stuff mainly in C/C++. I'm no coding guru or anything though, just graduated there last year and I'm going back to do the masters in Interactive Entertainment in Trinity in October.
I'd do most stuff in windows myself in visual studio. Hate to say it but I use Vim in linux 
^^ might have to give you a shout when I need some audio for projects man  |
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| Squire |
| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:26 pm |
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Owen | Darkoma wrote: I do computer graphics/gaming stuff mainly in C/C++. I'm no coding guru or anything though, just graduated there last year and I'm going back to do the masters in Interactive Entertainment in Trinity in October.
Used to work with 2 of the dudes that helped design that course. Seriously smart dudes. You'll get a lot out of it.
Languages I know are C, Java and Python. The latter is just so fucking sweet. I pretty much automated my entire day in a previous job because of it. Heading into 3rd year in college, and I'll be doing all the Javascript, PHP and all that business along with network programming.
Barry, try get your hands on SciTE for Linux. It's a sweet as fook editor. I use DrPython for python development and scripting. |
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| Bane |
| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:20 am |
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Ok, after trying my hand with dozens of different text editors, I've settled on "e" for Windows (www.e-texteditor.com) and "Geany" for Linux (http://www.geany.org/). The former is basically a Textmate rip-off, but it totally rules. It's compatible with all the Textmate bundles and can work hand in hand with whatever revision control system you use (well, CVS or SVN at least). It comes with loads of themes and is very extensible. I've been using Notepad++ for years now but this definitely trumps it for me.
The latter is very similar, only it doesn't come with the text bundle/snippet power of Textmate or e. It does feature a build in shell and a wealth of other things though, so it's perfect for Rails development. Dave, I tried my hand at SciTE but I didn't like it at all.
pk1825 wrote: How hard would it be to implement one of those yokes Barry?
Well it would require a bit of work but, as already mention, I'm not so sure it could work under this sort of environment. It's a nice idea though.
Anyway, getting back to the main thread, I'm a C# ASP.NET Web app developer by trade so the main languages I deal with on a day to day basis are C# .NET 3.5, SQL, XML, CSS 2.0, XHTML, and JavaScript (jQuery). I'm also our Source Control administrator and I maintain our development/integration server, so I use a lot of Powershell too.
I studied Java in depth for 4 years during college (and for 2-3 years before that) and I'm pretty versed in J2EE, CORBA, and programming standard command-line apps. I also taught myself C back when I was 16/17 and I was pretty ok at programming network/socket apps and hacking the Linux kernal. I would definitely need to spend 1-2 months getting back to speed with C though, and bash scripting too for that matter. In work right now I'm in the process of integrating one of our .NET apps with SharePoint 2007 and it's a pain in the arse for the most part. I'm just glad I have the non-bullshit RoR to come home to in the evenings. |
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| Bane |
| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:04 pm |
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A woman asks her husband, a programmer, to go shopping. "Dear, please go to the nearby grocery store to buy some bread. Also, if they have eggs, buy 6." The husband replied "O.K., hun". Twenty minutes later he comes back bringing 6 loaves of bread. His wife is flabbergasted. "Dear, why on earth did you buy 6 loaves of bread?" He replied, "They had eggs".
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| nev_crucifracture |
| Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:47 pm |
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I need some help..
I'm trying to add physical pain as an attatchment in outlook express but am having no joy. Could anyone assist me please, so jokes like that can be prevented in the future. |
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| Bane |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:15 pm |
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| sirocco_jim |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:57 pm |
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| anyone ever used drupal cms? I've been working with wordpress, expression engine and frog cms recently, and wondering how it compares. |
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| Bane |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:06 pm |
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| Yeah, my current pet project was originally going to be developed using a Drupal backend so I spent a month or so messing around with a local installation. It's a very powerful CMS but requires a lot more work to theme/design than Wordpress. I'm not really up to speed with ExEngine or Frog although I've looked into both in the past. Initial Drupal installations are pretty barebones so expect to install a lot of plugins and do a lot of configuring before you even get a half-way standard CMS/blog/portal up and running, and that's before you even start themeing the thing! It's definitely worth at least knowing the basics though, as I'm sure you'll end up dealing with it eventually if you happen to be involved in a lot of CMS work. |
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| GhostFormula |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:52 pm |
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| Since we're talking about cms now has anyone used Textpattern? |
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| Decay |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:36 pm |
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A question for ye,
i'm thinking of buying a graphics tablet, and i was wondering (because i'm clueless with these) what i should be looking out for when shopping around for one? |
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| sirocco_jim |
| Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:31 am |
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| would you recommend wordpress over drupal bane? seems to be a lot more plugins for it straight off. Frog is great in that its lightweight (only 22kb or so for the entire system), and expression engine is fantastic for larger sites in that everything is 100% customisable, but wordpress still seems to have the edge with the amount of one-click plugins, so you dont need to go arsing about for things like dynamic google maps |
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