Commented 14 years ago2010-01-30 02:33:13 UTC
in journal: #6357Comment #61810
PHPBB uses it's own custom framework, so it probably isn't based on MVC.
If you have access to a copy of visual studio 2008 you should grab ASP.NET MVC and use some of their resources - even if you don't have a ASP.NET hosting service (just use it locally to learn MVC), ASP MVC is by far the best and easiest MVC framework to use, and it's a great one to start on because there are so many resources for it. C# is easy as cake, you can pick it up quite quickly. Also recommended is the book on ASP MVC by Steve Sanderson (easy to find in ebook form) to help you learn the basics.
If you don't wanna go that way you may have a bit more trouble figuring it out but there are lots of resources on the topic floating around the internet, but ASP MVC is by far the best way to get a concept of MVC. Once you get the basics down, you can move on and choose a framework for PHP. My favourite is Kohana (linked above), but you could also look at CodeIgniter, CakePHP, and others. The Wikipedia article might help, as well as various tutorials and documentation on the websites of the MVC frameworks themselves.
If you want to you can grab me on IRC and I can give you some pointers to start you off on MVC.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-30 00:14:20 UTC
in journal: #6357Comment #61809
No, there IS a database behind this, but I didn't use a framework for it, is what I'm saying. I learnt PHP by making the site so I wasn't aware of frameworks at the time. I'm doing TWHL4 with the MVC framework I linked earlier but the current database design is fairly decent so I'm reusing it.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-29 23:44:43 UTC
in journal: #6357Comment #61808
Yeah, a small procedural script is fine for stuff like that. As soon as you start working with databases, though, you definitely need to look into MVC. Don't make the same mistake I made with TWHL3
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-29 20:21:40 UTC
in journal: #6357Comment #61807
If your site is dynamic (i.e. if you're using a database) you should be using an MVC framework (or some other type of OO framework, whatever works for you). If you go with procedural PHP on a dynamic site, you'll regret it later. If you're just using a small PHP script on a static site (for an email form or something), then going procedural is okay. Make the decision depending on the type of website that you are creating.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-29 05:31:21 UTC
in journal: #6357Comment #61806
Uhh, no. I don't particularly care if someone chooses to hire you because you're good at flinging fancy buzzwords around. There are many people who are doing web development professionally and getting paid very good money for it, but don't actually have a clue about proper methodology or programming practices. You are one of these people. So while I'm happy for you to be churning out terrible websites for large sums of money, don't try to push your bad practices on learning developers until you get some proper knowledge on the subject.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-09 23:52:00 UTC
in vault item: Rooms Half-lifeComment #17791
Some great stuff, but a just a few things:
Since when is "developer commentary" also known as "review by someone else"? I'd suggest that you remove any "commentary" that isn't actual commentary by the creator of the room. Reviews belong elsewhere.
Text-to-speech is truly awful. Replace it with actual text (someplace-else-style), please. Once you remove the non-developer commentary-reviews that only leaves one or two maps using text-to-speech anyway, so not much effort needed
Some maps are significantly laggy, but I guess people didn't really consider optimisation when only making one room. Goldsource is a dying engine, it would have been nice to see people make it look good without bringing it to it's knees.
Good series of maps overall. I hope to see further updates adding more polish! Also, what's the 'missing feature' in the hub map?
Commented 14 years ago2009-12-08 16:18:18 UTC
in journal: #6262Comment #59740
srry: I thought of that, but assumed that it was not what was being referred to, because as you say, it would take ages and you would quite easily get your money's worth out of the controller before the battery ran out. Hell, I bet you'd go through more than 50 bucks worth of AA batteries in the same time, so the PS3 way probably ends up as the cheaper solution.
I prefer the PS3's way of doing it, personally. Replacing batteries gives me the shits. When you have a rechargeable battery, you can always just plug it into the console to recharge, but on other consoles you have to go and buy some more batteries.
The article is so vaguely worded that it would lead some people to think that the PS3 controller is one-use-only. By the reasoning used in the article, you could pretty much put anything on the list, using the reason: "The quality of this product degrades over time."
Commented 14 years ago2009-12-02 16:08:53 UTC
in journal: #6255Comment #50062
Thanks all.
The job is good - all the guys are really nice people and the working conditions are great. The code itself is one Java app, one VB.NET app, and the rest is C# or ASP.NET. Today will be day 9 on the job and so far I am happy with it. Also, we play Quake during lunch break
My uni course only went for 3 years, that might help explain why I'm graduating earlier than some other people.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-23 09:04:50 UTC
in journal: #6237Comment #63416
No, don't back up the username folder. Just the files and the 'common' folder. The username folder is simply just extracted files from the GCF files in the steamapps folder. Don't copy that one.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-23 08:12:52 UTC
in journal: #6237Comment #63415
It would work. Backup every file (and the 'common' folder) in your friend's 'steamapps' directory and throw them into your 'steamapps' directory. You'll probably still have to download some stuff, but the amount of stuff to download should be much less (depending on what games you and your friend have in common).
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Commented 14 years ago2009-11-07 03:37:25 UTC
in journal: #6188Comment #52553
Borderlands shits all over GTA4 While GTA4 is an amazing technical achievement, the gameplay leaves much to be desired. Borderlands is the obvious choice, TJB.
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Commented 14 years ago2009-10-25 09:06:54 UTC
in journal: #6152Comment #60462
Scribblenauts is an interesting idea but most of the reviews are correct that too much freedom can actually be a bad thing. That, and the controls are horrible. I didn't find it fun at all, but maybe it's just me.
As for a video card, you can't go wrong with the old 8800 series. If you want a newer model, try the GTX260 for good bang-for-your-buck. Nvidia, of course.
Commented 14 years ago2009-10-24 13:02:28 UTC
in journal: #6149Comment #48940
Shouldn't be an issue if you have an Nvidia card. I've had a copy for a while but I didn't want to install it until it was officially out so I could have full driver support, and also I don't want to cripple my computer during the uni semester.
Commented 14 years ago2009-10-23 11:19:14 UTC
in journal: #6143Comment #53428
Megabit, kilobyte. Nope, I got it right. I'm on 1.5Mbit and I cap out at just around 150kbps. Download overheads means that you usually drop down to about 80% of your theoretical maximum download speed.
Commented 14 years ago2009-10-11 03:26:54 UTC
in journal: #6123Comment #54065
You're getting games for free, presumably when the owner would like you to pay money for it. Just because EA fucked up doesn't mean it's not piracy - you're exploiting a bug in the system. But feel free to download it and tell yourself that you haven't pirated it, if you're the type who enjoys placebos.
Commented 14 years ago2009-10-08 20:10:39 UTC
in news: Competition Done!Comment #99410
Yes, I don't really like the idea of community voting. There's too much bias involved and it's too easy to 'rig' the results, especially when we have a small user base.
Commented 14 years ago2009-10-08 01:56:22 UTC
in journal: #6113Comment #50397
Tito: MVC is a design pattern, but I wasn't referring to that directly. Yes, ASP.NET MVC is one framework that follows the pattern, but other frameworks include Ruby on Rails (ruby), Zend, CakePHP, (php), spring (java), etc etc.
For a site in ASP I'd use ASP MVC as it is the best MVC framework I've used. For PHP I was using CakePHP for a while but it has a few painful areas so I've switched to one called Kohana which I've found to be better.
Basically in terms of web coding, if you're not using MVC, you're doing it completely wrong. (And yes, this means that TWHL is completely wrong.)
I hear it smells funny over there.
If you have access to a copy of visual studio 2008 you should grab ASP.NET MVC and use some of their resources - even if you don't have a ASP.NET hosting service (just use it locally to learn MVC), ASP MVC is by far the best and easiest MVC framework to use, and it's a great one to start on because there are so many resources for it. C# is easy as cake, you can pick it up quite quickly. Also recommended is the book on ASP MVC by Steve Sanderson (easy to find in ebook form) to help you learn the basics.
If you don't wanna go that way you may have a bit more trouble figuring it out but there are lots of resources on the topic floating around the internet, but ASP MVC is by far the best way to get a concept of MVC. Once you get the basics down, you can move on and choose a framework for PHP. My favourite is Kohana (linked above), but you could also look at CodeIgniter, CakePHP, and others. The Wikipedia article might help, as well as various tutorials and documentation on the websites of the MVC frameworks themselves.
If you want to you can grab me on IRC and I can give you some pointers to start you off on MVC.
Use an MVC framework or DIE.
Also, Tito, please stop trying to respond to things you know nothing about.
No USB support?
Apple has full control over what applications you have?
Fuck you, Apple.
http://pastebin.com/m1db0e1c2
Stop making movies!
Am I asking for too much?
- Some maps are significantly laggy, but I guess people didn't really consider optimisation when only making one room. Goldsource is a dying engine, it would have been nice to see people make it look good without bringing it to it's knees.
Good series of maps overall. I hope to see further updates adding more polish! Also, what's the 'missing feature' in the hub map?Gotta ask: what was the assignment for?
Although it could be both.
I prefer the PS3's way of doing it, personally. Replacing batteries gives me the shits. When you have a rechargeable battery, you can always just plug it into the console to recharge, but on other consoles you have to go and buy some more batteries.
The article is so vaguely worded that it would lead some people to think that the PS3 controller is one-use-only. By the reasoning used in the article, you could pretty much put anything on the list, using the reason: "The quality of this product degrades over time."
...
This has to be a troll post. The PS3 controller is rechargeable.
Mirror's edge is good, but the combat scenes (where you MUST kill everyone) kinda ruin it.
The job is good - all the guys are really nice people and the working conditions are great. The code itself is one Java app, one VB.NET app, and the rest is C# or ASP.NET. Today will be day 9 on the job and so far I am happy with it. Also, we play Quake during lunch break
My uni course only went for 3 years, that might help explain why I'm graduating earlier than some other people.
While GTA4 is an amazing technical achievement, the gameplay leaves much to be desired. Borderlands is the obvious choice, TJB.
Also, Striker is an idiot for hating on gays.
As for a video card, you can't go wrong with the old 8800 series. If you want a newer model, try the GTX260 for good bang-for-your-buck. Nvidia, of course.
And, happy birthday!
I mean, seriously.
And less evil (looking at you, Grim!)
For a site in ASP I'd use ASP MVC as it is the best MVC framework I've used. For PHP I was using CakePHP for a while but it has a few painful areas so I've switched to one called Kohana which I've found to be better.
Basically in terms of web coding, if you're not using MVC, you're doing it completely wrong. (And yes, this means that TWHL is completely wrong.)