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For a second I thought, "what weird, naughty name." They have been cleansed.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Just a URL: Member 16287991 - Professional Profile[^]
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Just a URL: Member 16287801 - Professional Profile[^]
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Clickbait crapsite: Member 16287814 - Professional Profile[^]
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Telegram: Member 16287816 - Professional Profile[^]
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minibasic[^]
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https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=16287802
Admins please add the clickety if you agree.
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Self-promotion at least, not up to our standards.
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Hi,
This is me (Malcolm Arthur McLean). Yes, obviously I want people to visit the MiniBasic website. The code itself isn't all that useful without the documentation, and I've spent a lot of time making the website look nice so MiniBasic is well-documented.
What happened was that I imported the project from github. And it came up with a rather spammy-looking webpage which was auto-generated from the repository. And I didn't know what to do. The Code Project help seemed to suggest that all you had to do was import the project. And the code is presumably zipped up, and the docs are on the website. Which is a github.io website. But it does look like spam.
You can also get a hard copy of the documentation and code. So for a small interpreter, MiniBasic is really well documentented.
I've written some text now to replace the auto-generated page.
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Apologies for any confusion. First off, thanks for trying to share your projects with CodeProject.
When we created the ability to share your projects, our intention was to actually import peoples projects that were either already full-fledged CodeProject articles, or could be edited to be full-fledged articles. Unfortunately, submissions don't generally work out this way.
Links back to your MiniBasic website aside, your submission did not match our article guidelines. I've removed the submission and emailed you some helpful links on what we're looking for in a CodeProject submission. Please let me know if you don't receive it, or have questions.
If you want to edit a project you've imported, please follow this FAQ on how to do so:
CodeProject Article FAQ - Part 3: How to Use the CodeProject Article Editor[^]
As for spam, I would recommend not submitting your first articles and including links to your website. You are, however, always welcome to upload a full copy of the source code, then put a link below that, which goes to your website and is a link to the latest code.
Additionally, I can see you submitted a Tip for consideration. I actually think your other project you submitted, would be better suited as a tip on CodeProject. If you were willing, I could remove your project submission, and submit it as a Tip instead on your behalf.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Yes, thanks for getting back.
It's a bit overwhelming at first. I think the option to import a github project is a bit confusing for someone new, because it creates the impression that what you are looking for is bona fide projects, and the mechanics of getting it linked github are a bit overwhelming - github send you a two factor authorisation code on their part, so the priority is to see that the mechanics are in place.
In the case of Mini Basic, it has a very short github md, which doesn't look like spam, because on the github site, you can see the code in front of you. And you can grab that if that is what you want, or you can follow the link to the website if you want some docs on how to use it. But here it looks like spam. And it doesn't help that the docs are available as a printed book, and of course that has to be charged for. But that doesn't mean that Mini Basic is some sort of fraud, or even a commercial product. It's just very well documented and a lot of effort has been put into making sure that people are able to use it. But it looked exactly like a spam link, and I tried to edit it to remove the "buy now" link, and somehow that didn't work.
So apologies. But it's newness.
And yes, the IEEE 754 codes would make a better fit for a tip than an article, I realised that after doing a bit more exploration. However you still want a link to github in case a bug is found and they need updating.
And all my hobby programming stuff is free to anyone, and I've got some really great material I can share.
And I've got a serious illness, which is bad news for me, but it means I'm now excused work, and I no longer have to write code that makes money, and I'm full time on hobby programming.
And thanks again for taking time to look at this.
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Yes, I can see what happened now with Mini Basic. I think if you want to share the code for that, you'd have to rethink the approach.
I think what we could do is include a link to the IEEE 754 tip to GitHub, and I can post it as a tip for you. That way, people still get the benefit of bug fixes, and it gets approved for the site. Shall I proceed?
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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Yes. The whole point of git is that you have repositories in contact with each other, so bug fixes precolate through. Which you don't get if people cut and and paste code. And its hard to get weird hardware to give those routines a real thorough test.
With MiniBasic - it can be used as a programming language, but because it's Basic its clumsy to express simple branching, and because it's restricted to one input and one output stream, there's very little you can do with it except play with it as a toy. But the point is that the source is very simple and clean, and so it can easily be modified. So it's bascially a good fit for Code Project. But exactly how to integrate it I think we need to consider.
So go ahead with the IEE 754 tips please.
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