Comments on: Buckaroo Banzai vs. Search & Replace http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/2657.html Data is ones and zeroes | Software is ones and zeroes and hard work. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Balogh http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/2657.html#comment-2787 Jeff Balogh Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:37:48 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/?p=2657#comment-2787 Do you still need help with the CSS? That I can do. The first time around you were asking for design, which is not my forte. Do you still need help with the CSS? That I can do. The first time around you were asking for design, which is not my forte.

]]> By: Matt Doar http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/2657.html#comment-2786 Matt Doar Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:23:19 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/?p=2657#comment-2786 Which ones does SCons fail? (b) and (c) maybe? Which ones does SCons fail? (b) and (c) maybe?

]]> By: Greg Wilson http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/2657.html#comment-2785 Greg Wilson Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:03:26 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/?p=2657#comment-2785 Thanks for your comment on my blog. I'd be happy to teach something else, as long as (a) it's easily available on Windows and Mac as well as in widely-used Linux distros, (b) there's good integration with IDEs, (c) it's well documented, (d) it likely has a long life, (e) it's easy for newbies to use, and and (f) someone is willing to write up the lecture. CONS, SCons, and Rake all fail at least two of these tests; CMake comes closer. Would you be willing to tackle (f)? p.s. a bit of history: SCons was actually produced as part of the original Software Carpentry project back in 2000-01. Thanks for your comment on my blog. I’d be happy to teach something else, as long as (a) it’s easily available on Windows and Mac as well as in widely-used Linux distros, (b) there’s good integration with IDEs, (c) it’s well documented, (d) it likely has a long life, (e) it’s easy for newbies to use, and and (f) someone is willing to write up the lecture. CONS, SCons, and Rake all fail at least two of these tests; CMake comes closer. Would you be willing to tackle (f)?

p.s. a bit of history: SCons was actually produced as part of the original Software Carpentry project back in 2000-01.

]]> By: Joseph Lisee http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/2657.html#comment-2784 Joseph Lisee Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:14:15 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/?p=2657#comment-2784 I am a graduate student in robotics with a good amount of software experience (see website). While gaining that that experience I have dealt with a lot of people, including my self, who can really benefit from the program you are creating here. So I am really glad you are creating it. After looking over your slides, I feel that in #5 automated builds you are doing your students a disservice by teaching them just make, or even make at all. Its great to know the concepts behind automating build systems: file dependency, compiler/linker command generation, and system/environment introspection. Showing how Make does this is a decent way to teach that, but if you are trying to teach them best practices for building software, you should teach them a tool like CMake or SCons. Both save the user tons of time compared to make, and provide lots of useful features. CMake even has a GUI for configuring its build parameters, and generates build files that can be opened by every major IDE (VS, Xcode, Eclipse, Code Blocks) or run with make. I am a graduate student in robotics with a good amount of software experience (see website). While gaining that that experience I have dealt with a lot of people, including my self, who can really benefit from the program you are creating here. So I am really glad you are creating it.

After looking over your slides, I feel that in #5 automated builds you are doing your students a disservice by teaching them just make, or even make at all. Its great to know the concepts behind automating build systems: file dependency, compiler/linker command generation, and system/environment introspection. Showing how Make does this is a decent way to teach that, but if you are trying to teach them best practices for building software, you should teach them a tool like CMake or SCons. Both save the user tons of time compared to make, and provide lots of useful features. CMake even has a GUI for configuring its build parameters, and generates build files that can be opened by every major IDE (VS, Xcode, Eclipse, Code Blocks) or run with make.

]]> By: Handling Anonymous Users Is Proving Difficult at Basie Blog http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/2657.html#comment-2783 Handling Anonymous Users Is Proving Difficult at Basie Blog Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:03:26 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/?p=2657#comment-2783 [...] life is never that easy. The problem we face is that Django doesn’t handle the anonymous user the same way it handles [...] [...] life is never that easy. The problem we face is that Django doesn’t handle the anonymous user the same way it handles [...]

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