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08 November 2005

03 November 2005

01 November 2005

Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind?

by 1 other
Visual Studio can be one of the programmer's best friends, but over the years it has become increasingly pushy, domineering, and suffering from unsettling control issues. Should we just surrender to Visual Studio's insistence on writing our code for us? Or is Visual Studio sapping our programming intelligence rather than augmenting it? This talk dissects the code generated by Visual Studio

29 October 2005

27 October 2005

14 October 2005

Terra Nova: Nested Worlds

Python is a programming language often used to script games. Scripts are the bit of code where most game developers romp, it is the stuff separating the 'game engine' from the elves-in-tights that dance across your screen. Scripts make the elves dance and protect (somewhat) developers from the detail of the orcs-turning-creaking-cranks in the game engine.

Extending AJAX with the Flash/JavaScript Integration Kit

by 1 other
Want more control over the user experience? Because Flash makes graphical programming quick, easy, and attractive, and because JavaScript is very effective at manipulating HTML, they can be leveraged to focus on their strengths. Kris Hadlock shows you how to extend AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) by cross-communicating between Flash and JavaScript. Discover how this technique enables technologies to focus on specialized tasks, and helps create the ultimate user experience.

10 October 2005

Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

by 20 others
This is a dictionary of algorithms, algorithmic techniques, data structures, archetypical problems, and related definitions.