It’s three weeks into this term, meaning it’s time to start thinking about coursework again. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been completing tutorials for the modules that will contribute to the coursework, and I’ve been thinking about what to do for each piece, but it’s time to get things together and actually decide what I’m going to do. This term I have two projects to complete, one a scene in OpenGL, the other a pseudo 3D game using 2D sprites on the PS2. Continue reading »
Yesterday I wrote about how getting a notepad has made a huge difference to my programming. This post will follow on by looking at various ways of improving your plans and programs, without even touching a computer. These are all techniques which have helped me in the past, or I intend to try in the future. If you have another method to add, drop me an email or leave a comment and I’ll add a follow-up post next week to share everyone’s ideas. Continue reading »
“When you fail to prepare you prepare to fail” –Every guidance teacher in the world ever.
Whilst the importance of planning out a program before beginning to write it has been stressed to me over and over again, it wasn’t until I struggled through a project last year without any prior design work that I actually took this seriously. So this university term I’ve made a huge change to the way I work, and all it took was to buy a notepad.
So I spent most of my Christmas holidays programming a blogging engine and community site. It was going alright, and with a little more work I could have had it usable, and yet, I’m now sitting with a WordPress blog and no intention of going back.
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