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Posted January 01, 2015
I have some C++ knowledge and experience, can I participate?

I'd advise bitbucket for version control.
Post edited January 01, 2015 by jdsgn
Posted January 01, 2015
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jdsgn: I'd advise bitbucket for version control.
May I ask why? I'm not trying to be confrontational, I genuinely want to know. I've never heard of it you see. What does it have over, say, SVN or GitHub?
Posted January 01, 2015
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jdsgn: I'd advise bitbucket for version control.
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Wishbone: May I ask why? I'm not trying to be confrontational, I genuinely want to know. I've never heard of it you see. What does it have over, say, SVN or GitHub?
Absolutely nothing. I know GIT, I have a bitbucket account, I know that bitbucket works reliably. That's all I can ask for.
Posted January 01, 2015
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Wishbone: May I ask why? I'm not trying to be confrontational, I genuinely want to know. I've never heard of it you see. What does it have over, say, SVN or GitHub?
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jdsgn: Absolutely nothing. I know GIT, I have a bitbucket account, I know that bitbucket works reliably. That's all I can ask for.
So, basically you're advising everyone to use what you are using for no other reason than so that you don't have to do anything else? Hardly the best recommendation ;-)
Posted January 01, 2015
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Wishbone: I think we had an expectation way back when, that a large group of people would all go through the material simultaneously and do something interesting at the end, but that was probably unrealistic.

I think possibly the best way to approach it is to see it as an ongoing project/service, where people can join/leave as and when the demands of real life dictate it. As long as the tutorials and tasks stay available, new people can join and start from the beginning, working their way forward. Maybe "graduates" of the program will eventually form small project teams working on various games, again, as and when people have time. If each project uses a central repository for all the documents, code, graphics, etc., then others can pick it up if the original people disappear.
This sounds quite interesting.. I've always programmed alone but it would be nice to do something with other people.

The only thing is I'm not sure how much time I'd have, as I am working on a project of my own (that for once I want to actually get somewhere with) along with having work and life and stuff...
Posted January 01, 2015
This is a really cool concept you guys are (or were) working on. Wish I could join, but Im not that great at math. Also, I tried to learn a little C++ and Visual Basic almost 20 years ago and really got nowhere. Maybe its easier to learn now, but I doubt much has changed.

Anyways good luck if you get it going again!
Posted January 01, 2015
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jdsgn: Absolutely nothing. I know GIT, I have a bitbucket account, I know that bitbucket works reliably. That's all I can ask for.
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Wishbone: So, basically you're advising everyone to use what you are using for no other reason than so that you don't have to do anything else? Hardly the best recommendation ;-)
I wouldn't recommend it if I was unsatisfied with it. But basically, you're right. But it's just a suggestion, I'm free to make suggestions, right? (:

What version control would you recommend? Your username implies that you have a bit more programming experience than I have, anyway.
Btw, you prefer VHDL or Verilog? Or System C or something else?
Posted January 02, 2015
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jdsgn: What version control would you recommend?
Well I use GIT for home programming, SVN for professional stuff and TFS source control thingy when I aim to lose random snippets of code.
Posted January 02, 2015
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jdsgn: What version control would you recommend?
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Fenixp: Well I use GIT for home programming, SVN for professional stuff and TFS source control thingy when I aim to lose random snippets of code.
Never heard of TFS before. Just checked the Wiki article. Yey, I learned something today^^
Posted January 02, 2015
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Wishbone: So, basically you're advising everyone to use what you are using for no other reason than so that you don't have to do anything else? Hardly the best recommendation ;-)
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jdsgn: I wouldn't recommend it if I was unsatisfied with it. But basically, you're right. But it's just a suggestion, I'm free to make suggestions, right? (:
You certainly are. It's just nice to know what a given suggestion is based on.
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jdsgn: What version control would you recommend? Your username implies that you have a bit more programming experience than I have, anyway.
I must confess that I don't see how the name "Wishbone" suggests programming experience. I am a programmer by trade, but I mainly work with C# and SQL. At work I mostly use TFS, and hate it with a passion. It seems designed mostly to prevent anyone from doing any sensible work.

Of the version control systems I've worked with, my personal favorite is Subversion (SVN). With regards to hosting, we could use SourceForge. I assume anything the user group makes will be open source.

I've used Git a bit lately, and while it seems very solid, it is also harder to learn and more cumbersome to work with than SVN. It does have some very nice features though.
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jdsgn: Btw, you prefer VHDL or Verilog? Or System C or something else?
I understood precisely nothing of that. I could google those terms, but that would be cheating ;-)
Posted January 02, 2015
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jdsgn: I wouldn't recommend it if I was unsatisfied with it. But basically, you're right. But it's just a suggestion, I'm free to make suggestions, right? (:
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Wishbone: You certainly are. It's just nice to know what a given suggestion is based on.
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jdsgn: What version control would you recommend? Your username implies that you have a bit more programming experience than I have, anyway.
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Wishbone: I must confess that I don't see how the name "Wishbone" suggests programming experience. I am a programmer by trade, but I mainly work with C# and SQL. At work I mostly use TFS, and hate it with a passion. It seems designed mostly to prevent anyone from doing any sensible work.

Of the version control systems I've worked with, my personal favorite is Subversion (SVN). With regards to hosting, we could use SourceForge. I assume anything the user group makes will be open source.

I've used Git a bit lately, and while it seems very solid, it is also harder to learn and more cumbersome to work with than SVN. It does have some very nice features though.
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jdsgn: Btw, you prefer VHDL or Verilog? Or System C or something else?
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Wishbone: I understood precisely nothing of that. I could google those terms, but that would be cheating ;-)
I thought that choosing a username that is also the name of a bus system implies a certain affinity. From this I correctly concluded some programming experience and falsely concluded that you also have experience with hardware description languages. These three are all hardware description languages. They are used to generate RTLs and program FPGAs.
Posted January 02, 2015
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jdsgn: I thought that choosing a username that is also the name of a bus system implies a certain affinity. From this I correctly concluded some programming experience and falsely concluded that you also have experience with hardware description languages. These three are all hardware description languages. They are used to generate RTLs and program FPGAs.
Hehe, sorry ;-) My username came from here.
Posted January 02, 2015
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jdsgn: I thought that choosing a username that is also the name of a bus system implies a certain affinity. From this I correctly concluded some programming experience and falsely concluded that you also have experience with hardware description languages. These three are all hardware description languages. They are used to generate RTLs and program FPGAs.
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Wishbone: Hehe, sorry ;-) My username came from here.
XDDD now that was unexpected. We're you even aware that a Wishbone bus system exists?
Posted January 02, 2015
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Wishbone: Hehe, sorry ;-) My username came from here.
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jdsgn: XDDD now that was unexpected. We're you even aware that a Wishbone bus system exists?
Nope, never heard of it ;-)

I've never done any coding close enough to the hardware to know much about it. I had basic hardware architecture at school, but that's about it.
Posted January 02, 2015
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jdsgn: XDDD now that was unexpected. We're you even aware that a Wishbone bus system exists?
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Wishbone: Nope, never heard of it ;-)

I've never done any coding close enough to the hardware to know much about it. I had basic hardware architecture at school, but that's about it.
That's really funny now. That will teach me thinking I know everything about everyone. I apologize, I hope my ignorant stupidity did not offend you.
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