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Someone on CP recently pointed out a book on The Pragmatic Bookshelf[^]. I didn't know them and apart from that one book this person pointed out to me I'm not sure if they have a lot I'm interested in.
I did find a rather 'odd' category they have though, the Seven in seven[^] category. Basically you're going to learn seven things (languages, databases, etc.) in seven weeks. There's only five books in that category (that's still 35 weeks of reading), but I'm wondering if it will really get you on another level. Sure, you can't learn a language in a week and be productive with it, but you can learn some of the things that make a certain language unique and compare that language feature to the features in the language you're currently working with. May be pretty interesting.
Any thoughts? Perhaps someone even read one of those books?
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Sander Rossel wrote: Sure, you can't learn a language in a week and be productive with it
I'd disagree, I think.
You can learn a language like C# or VB in an afternoon, if you have a good background. C++ would be a day or two, maybe a week.
What you can't do is learn the framework that it depends on - that's going to take ages to be productive in.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That's why I added the "and be productive with it" part 
I already knew some JavaScript when I started my new job two months ago. I'm still struggling with the libraries (jQuery, jQuery UI, Knockout, soon starting AngularJS). I get stuff done, but it takes me twice as long as it would in C# or VB (WinForms). But perhaps that's also due to the nature of JavaScript, always having to look up the types of variables, where they are declared, etc. 
And try learning Haskell in an afternoon or even a week, that's a language they cover 
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public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
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throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Sorry, I wrote an article and you replied it didn't have source code in it. I included a zip file, but the article was closed and the link to it was broken. So, I resubmitted it. For some reason, 2nd time was a charm and you can download the source. The article is now at: Performance Solving "WonderWord" Puzzle[^]
I actually don't know how to send personal messages, but I knew you submitted a bunch of code, so I hijacked this thread. The article does have a link to download the source now, so if you'd like to see it...
I already got one criticism that's valid, and not sure what to do to fix that.
Oh, yea, I think you are spot on in this thread.
OriginalGriff wrote: C++ would be a day or two, maybe a week.
What you can't do is learn the framework that it depends on - that's going to take ages to be productive in.
My problem is my memory. I learned C++ in a few days over a decade ago, so remembering the symbols and what they mean is hard. I also like the amenities C# provides, like string. Single dimension character arrays, using offsets to make it look two dimensional, I remember that, but I don't miss it.
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If you take a book such as Seven languages in seven weeks (which is a good one, by the way) I think it's not so much about making the reader productive in seven new languages in 35 days as it is about highlighting the differences and showing where their strengths are, whilst letting him/her get a feel for the language. It's about broadening horizons.
Try Hovercraft for Android, voted "a game" by players.
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Exactly. I'll bookmark it to read it sometime
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Good one! 
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Unreal Engine is now free[^].
I've played a bit with Unity, and always thought UE looked better and had more low-level capabilities (that bit might just be illusion, though), but I didn't want to pay $20/month for a hobby that I dabble in for a couple hours every other week.
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Drat. The download button does not work for me. Probably some browser or compatibility stuff.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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I used to drool over that stuff... now I have a family 
That rabbit hole is too deep for me.
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I spent far too long trying to click on the Download link at the top of that article, before realising it was an image!
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Nice! I played a bit around with Unity last year. Gonna have to check this one out this year 
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Don't do it!!! 
I spent half my career in games, and finally broke free about four years ago. Now I have free time, no stress, and a great job...
(Actually, I still play about with game ideas in my spare time, but I wouldn't recommend it as a career  )
Days spent at sea are not deducted from one's alloted span - Phoenician proverb
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Have a look at my sig, and give it another reality ! 
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I have always wanted to develop a hexagon-mapped war-game but never had the time. I have done quite a bit of research over the years but just couldn't get a grasp of the graphics knowledge required until XNA came along. However, Microsoft dropped XNA to return to DirectX development.
Nonetheless, I am dabbling again with a new community release of XNA (4.4 for VS 2013) and the FlatRedBall game engine for 2D graphics.
Maybe I'll get a little further this time around...
Steve Naidamast
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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I agree that the monthly surcharge for a hobby was too steep. I played a lot with the old 2226 engine over the last few months, and found it very cool. As a programmer, I found the language-level support for the state system to be a very interesting bit of design, and pretty much unique (I couldn't find another language that had an equivalent).
Earlier this month I set it aside and decided to switch to Unity3d because it was well documented (that ancient 2226 engine is still severely lacking in docs), modern, integrates with blender, and is free. When I get done learning Unity3d, I may have to switch back and see how they've improved it
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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So I just decided to just get on with it and install Haskell and get it to work on my laptop. Been planning to do this for a while now as I need it for school.
So no more procrastination, and just get to it already!
I find the Haskell website, read around a bit, go to the downloads page and... Not found. Refresh, but still nothing. Try to go back to the homepage, nothing. Haskell has been wiped off the face of the internet (well, except this post I guess) 
I guess I'll just get back to procrastinating then
Edit:
And it's back and I'm up and running and no longer procrastinating!
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public void DoWork()
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throw new NotSupportedException();
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Are you talking about that?
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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Yes, exactly! Now there's nothing standing between me and sweet, beautiful, pure functional code
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Sander Rossel wrote: sweet, beautiful, pure functional code
Only complete eggheads can write something like that and mean it
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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Eggheads can't write sweet, beautiful, pure functional code...
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public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
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throw new NotSupportedException();
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Sure they can. And they even like it.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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Look at this great job![^] And how do you like the new design, getting rid of that old 1977 look?
I'm away now. I'm going to put on the oldfashioned armor, load Star Wars Battlefront and shoot a few rebels
Edit: A victory for the Empire!
We took Tatooine, I got 26 rebels and they did not once get me. Only once it got a little hot when I came out of a building and had half of the Rebel Alliance coming towards me. Nothing a thermal detonator can't solve.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
modified 2-Mar-15 15:35pm.
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