I'm curious to know whether anyone who wanders here does any programming!

I've not done much myself - I was a web-oriented guy years ago but mostly lost interest - but now I'm trying to get into Java with the outlook of developing Android apps, eventually.

What language(s) do you code in? Working on any personal projects? Feel free to share what you're working on!

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(This post was last modified: 13/12/2015 11:12 PM by trademark91.)

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I'm mainly programming in Java and C++. Personal projects? I started a book library program (think calibre) but that didn't get very far, like most other personal projects. Heh. It's difficult to stay focused on personal projects. You get bored or find something more interesting all the time.

(This post was last modified: 15/12/2015 09:42 PM by Davis.)

Whatever has a good IDE, C# is nice for this, I'd recommend it.

I don't program too much, still in the learning phase (which is to say, not focused at all on any specific project or work).

I have wanted to make a game though and made some leaps with unity, but with the lack of art assets, I don't bother doing anything.

(This post was last modified: 16/12/2015 10:28 PM by Tetris999.)

(13/12/2015 04:24 PM)S7* Wrote:  I was a web-oriented guy years ago but mostly lost interest - but now I'm trying to get into Java with the outlook of developing Android apps, eventually.

With all the rage about HTML5 these days, the two may be closer than you think (web and app development that is).
A number of tools exist to, in fact, turn a web app into a "native" app.

(14/12/2015 08:59 AM)Joom Wrote:  I'm gonna need to learn C++. I'm wanting to get into low level emulation development so that I can better understand how emulators work and improve upon them.

If you're looking to understand how emulators work, you're better off starting with system/hardware design (i.e. CPU/GPU architectures etc).  Emulators ultimately are software implementations of the hardware (modern console emulators less so, due to low level emulation being very slow).  Whilst you could try to interpret emulator code to understand how the console works, it makes a lot more sense to just learn the console hardware itself directly.
If, on the other hand, you're looking to contribute, C++ knowledge is fine, but you probably won't be contributing to the core unless you understand how the console works.

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(17/12/2015 05:39 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  With all the rage about HTML5 these days, the two may be closer than you think (web and app development that is).
A number of tools exist to, in fact, turn a web app into a "native" app.

I'm aware of Cordova and I'll probably play around with it eventually but I'm more interested in working with languages used for true native development for the time being.