[projectaon] Re: Help needed with LW programs
- From: James Durrant <james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:02:12 +0000
Yes that is absolutely fine :)I am more than happy to co-ordinate and feed back
to this list, etc as you suggest.
Fatigue is a problem, but something I have to deal with all the time at work as
a Business Analyst, so hopefully I'll motivate some projects to fruition, and
others will in turn motivate me :)
Good news on my project - I finally got around to the re-engineering of the
core (essentially, I was listing items by name before, but it was getting
difficult to track their effects, so I now have a separate items file, and
reference them by number) I'm finishing off the additional code needed to
complete book 1 - most of this is generic, so feeds into later books.
I want to reformat my battle page - Simon will probably agree it is a little
"klunky" at the moment - but that is not essential to testing, so I will launch
before that is done.
After that, I'm using an Excel spreadsheet which generates CSV files to contain
the core rules for the books, so if I do get tired another keen soul can get
90+% of books 3-5 done without having to touch code :)
My code is in Visual Basic 6, reasonably laid out, and with a few comments (I
forget easily!) so should be reasonably easy to pick up - I am more than happy
to host it in the same place as the executable. What I would really love is
for somebody to convert the code to a web interface - this should be possible
in theory :)
I'm not going down the "cheat options" route on this one - it is designed to
make me stick to the rules and learn the best path through the books! I just
get bored remembering to add 1 END per page, etc.
> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:48:33 -0800> From: blake.jon@xxxxxxxxx> To:
> projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [projectaon] Re: Help needed with LW
> programs> > On Feb 7, 2008 2:17 AM, James Durrant
> <james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> > > Many thanks for this :)> >> > I
> found it a little confusing to work out how to request an account to host> >
> the program - do I just e-mail here?> > I'll get on that.> > James, is it OK
> if I start giving out your Project Aon email address> (which I'm about to
> create and will forward to this email address that> you're subscribed to the
> list under) to software developers? What I> have in mind is that you would do
> whatever you feel best to facilitate> their work and keep this mailing list
> updated (monthly or so) on how> each project is going. You'd be the guy to
> make sure they get what> they need by, for example, yanking my chain to
> create a web account or> whatever. Simple, right? :)> > One problem that we
> have is developer fatigue. It happened to me with> the original StatsKeeper,
> so I'm careful not to cast blame. Developers> get caught up in the fun of
> creating something new, but about the time> the first version is complete
> things stop being fun. Maintenance is a> pain.> > With this in mind, we need
> to be better about getting source code so> that if a developer disappears,
> we're not left in the lurch. Someone> else might have the skills, time, and
> motivation to pick up the torch.> > Thoughts?> > --> Jon> > ~~~~~~> Manage
> your subscription at //www.freelists.org/list/projectaon> >
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