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  • How do I implement powerups for my Breakout clone?

    - by Eva
    I'm making a simple Breakout clone in Python that will have very many powerups/powerdowns (so far I came up with 26). Some will affect the paddle (paddle missile, two paddles, short paddle, etc.), some will affect the ball (slow ball, destructo-ball, invisible ball, etc.), some will affect the bricks (brick scramble, move up, bricks indestructible, etc.), and some will affect other game aspects (extra life, more points, less points, etc.). I'm pretty sure I have the code to draw the falling powerups and test for collisions with the paddle down, but I'm confused about how to code the effects of the powerups. Since there are very many powerups, it seemed inefficient to add specific methods to each component as done in this tutorial. However, I can't think of an other ways to implement the powerups. I found a page that hints at some way to design powerup behavior using classes, but I'm at a loss for how to do that. (A short example would help.) Please give me a short code example of another way to implement the effects of the powerups.

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  • And if I ask the job interviewer for reasons to join the company?

    - by Oscar
    In job interviews I am frequently asked if I know the company, explain why do I think I would be the best choice for this company, etc and I have never liked this kinds of questions. Using your experiences in job interviewing, what do you think it would happen if I ask the interviewer to explain me why he think the company is the best company for me and why I should accept their answer? Do you think it would be a good think or bad thing to do? Edit: the idea of the question would not be to "challenge" the interviewer. The idea of the question would be to see what he thinks about the company, what values he thinks are given importance inside the company and what are the strong points of the company.

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  • Pwn2Own 2011 : BlackBerry et l'iPhone 4 vaincus lors du concours de hacking, les produits Google demeurent intouchés

    Pwn2Own 2011 : BlackBerry et l'iPhone 4 vaincus lors du concours de hacking, les produits Google demeurent intouchés Mise à jour du 11.03.2011 par Katleen Pour sa deuxième journée, le Pwn2Own a encore fait quelques victimes, mais en a aussi épargné certains. Les victimes potentielles de la journée étaient les systèmes d'exploitation mobile mais aussi Firefox (3.6), le navigateur qui n'avait pas été malmené hier. Seulement, Sam Dash, qui devait lui régler son compte, ne s'est pas présenté au concours. "Je ne peux pas écrire une code d'exploitation viable" pour ce challenge, s'est-il justifié. En revanche, l'iPhone 4 et le BlackBerry Torch sont tombés. Pour le s...

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  • Is "convention over configuration" not violating basic programming principles?

    - by Geerten
    I was looking at the WPF MVVM framework Caliburn.Micro and read that a lot of standard things are based on naming conventions. For example, automatic binding of properties in the View to properties in the ViewModel. Although this seems to be convenient (removes some boilerplate code), my first instinct reaction is that it isn't completely obvious to a new programmer that will read this code. In other words, the functionality of the application is not completely explained by its own code, but also by the documentation of the framework. EDIT: So this approach is called convention over configuration. Since I could not find any questions concerning this, I altered my question: My question is: Is convention over configuration a correct way of simplifying things, or is it violating some programming principles (and if so, which ones)?

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  • Help on PHP CURL script [closed]

    - by Sumeet Jain
    This script uses a cookie.txt in the same folder chmoded to 777... The problem i am facing is i hav many accounts to login... Say if i hav 5 accounts...i created cookie1.txt,cookie2.txt an so on.. then the script worked..with the post data But i want this to be always logged in and post data.. Can anyone tell me how to do this????? Code which works for login and post data is http://pastebin.com/zn3gfdF2 Code which i require should be something like this ( i tried with using the same cookie.txt but i guess it expires :( ) http://pastebin.com/45bRENLN Please help me with dealing with cookies... Or suggest how to modify the code without using cookie files...

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  • In what stage of development should comments be written?

    - by CurtisHx
    I'm a student working an internship at a larger company, writing small business apps in C#. I've noticed that I don't comment my code as I write it. Rather, I comment my code when I'm in the debugging stage of development. As I'm tracking down bugs, I'll run across a block that makes me think "hmm...that might confuse someone in the future. I'd better comment that", and I'll add the appropriate comments. All of my comments are done this way. Is this an appropriate way of commenting? Should comments be written as the code is written? Or does it really matter when the comments are written, as long as they adequately explain why this block is used?

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  • Learning the nuances of a language (C++)

    - by prelic
    So I'm a recent college graduate, and I really enjoy working in C++; I worked with it a lot in school, and would like to pursue a career writing in C or C++. The problem I'm having is that I'm trying to learn the nuances of C++. I'm not talking about the basics, or even advanced concepts like templates, namespaces, etc...I'm talking about the real nitty-gritty stuff like undefined behavior and stuff like that. When I'm interviewing, and they put a bizarre piece of C++ code in front of me, and ask me what the output will be, I want to be able to nail those questions. Obviously experience is a great way to learn, but when I write code for practice, I [obviously] know what it does. Reading open-source projects have been good practice, but I find that there tends to be an enormous learning curve just understanding the organization of the code (because the projects tend to be large). So basically what I'm asking is, what should I do now? Any tips are greatly appreciated!

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  • Android 2.2 repéré sur le Net, la prochaine version de l'OS mobile de Google pourrait arriver offici

    Android 2.2 repéré sur le Net La prochaine version de l'OS mobile de Google pourrait arriver officiellement en mai "Froyo", nom de code de la future version d'Android, a été repéré sur le Net. Google serait donc en train de tester Android 2.2 en interne. C'est en tout cas ce que croit savoir Android and Me, un site spécialisé - entre autre - dans la mesure du trafic d'Android. [IMG]http://ftp-developpez.com/gordon-fowler/android22.png[/IMG] Cette nouvelle version proposera un compilateur JIT (pour Just In Time), une méthode qui permet la compilation en temps réel d'un code vers le code natif de l'appareil et de garder le résultat en ...

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  • Checking collision of bullets and Asteroids

    - by Moaz ELdeen
    I'm trying to detect collision between two list of bullets and asteroids. The code works fine, but when the bullet intersects with an asteroid, and that bullet passes through another asteroid, the code gives an assertion, and it says about it can't increment the iterator. I'm sure there is a small bug in that code, but I can't find it. for (list<Bullet>::iterator itr_bullet = ship.m_Bullets.begin(); itr_bullet!=ship.m_Bullets.end();) { for (list<Asteroid>::iterator itr_astroid = asteroids.begin(); itr_astroid!=asteroids.end(); itr_astroid++) { if(checkCollision(itr_bullet->getCenter(),itr_astroid->getCenter(), itr_bullet->getRadius(), itr_astroid->getRadius())) { itr_astroid = asteroids.erase(itr_astroid); } } itr_bullet++; }

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  • Human powered document processing

    - by Denivic
    I want to create a "Human powered document processing" website in a formed as a gaming mechanic that will prompt volunteers to weed out text missed by OCR (optical character reader) The challenge is that the OCR output often contains errors and omissions, which hampers searches. Manual corrections is needed to weed out these mistakes, so that the text become machine readable.. I want to accomplish these task by splitting dull repetitive task into tiny microtasks and distributing then to register contributors on my site. I want to digitalized pedigree books into an online database. I want to recreate recaptcha and http://www.digitalkoot.fi/en/splash all roll into one.. Help!!!! What programing languages is best needed to create a recapctch type website and is there any open source project similar to this I can use? I need a some directions to begin this project, so all and any help will be great.

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  • How to run/test JavaScript? [closed]

    - by user702
    I'm reading David Flanagan's "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th ed". It only actually tells users how to run JS code on page 311, where users are told of the following solutions: "Client-side JavaScript code is embedded within HTML documents in four ways: Inline, between a pair of <script> and </script> tags From an external file specified by the src attribute in a <script> tag In an HTML event handler attribute, such as onclick or onmouseover In a URL that uses the special javascript: protocol." I was wondering what professional JS developers use to write and test their code: Do they use a good text editor with syntax high-lighting + autocompletion, hit F5 in the browser to reload the page every time they make a change, and use some add-on in the browser to investigate errors? Or are there full-fledged IDE's similar to MS VisualStudio for non-web languages?

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  • Apps Foundry Contest : 36h pour créer une application mobile, les gagnants présenteront leur création devant 600 décideurs IT

    Apps Foundry Contest : 36h pour créer une application mobile Les gagnants présenteront leur création devant 600 décideurs IT Le développement mobile prend de l'ampleur. Mais malgré la montée en puissance d'Android et la progression continue de l'App Store et des autres galeries d'applications, les « best practices » dans la conception et le développement mobile sont encore peu établies. C'est en tout cas l'avis des co-organisateurs de l'Apps Foundry Contest, un challenge qui se tiendra au mois de juin et qui proposera de créer une application mobile, sur la plateforme de son choix, en 36 heures chrono. Ces organisateurs savent a priori de quoi ils parlent. Le concours est p...

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  • Is it OK to mix C and C++ in an interview?

    - by John Pell
    If I am asked in an interview to write down some code, should I completely stick with C++ or is it acceptable to "mix" the two to write easy code as it comes to my mind? I'll explain it: if I'm asked to create a "stack" data type, a C++ class is perfectly suited, while if I need to parse some strings a strtok/sscanf is far easier than STL. On the other hand, if I need a generic container STL and templates are the way to go. Everything can be done in C or in C++, but in an interview I can't code everything or remember every standard/STL function. What is an acceptable tradeoff?

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  • Fast language for problem solving? [closed]

    - by Friend of Kim
    I learned PHP to make websites. After some years I've started using programming for solving what is difficult tasks for my level. Now I want to make a program that solves equations. (I want to write it myself, not use an API. Because I'm doing this for the sake of the challenge, not for the result..) Because of this, I'm going to learn a new and faster/better language. It's going to be C++, Java, Python or C#. What are the benefits of each language, and which language is best for speed compared to speed of writing and readability? Using C would be lightning fast, but the lack of OO is making for more complex code and reduces the readability, for example..

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  • How much data validation is too much? [closed]

    - by adbertram
    Possible Duplicate: Data input validation - Where? How much? I'm a new PHP developer and am into Powershell quite a bit but this question is language agnostic. I've been questioning my code quite a bit lately thinking about how many nets I should setup to catch exceptions, verify results, etc. I realize that I could go crazy trying to verify each and every line of code but at the same time I want the code as resilient as possible. I'm not talking about user input but verifying output from methods. Is there some standard or rule of thumb to go by when deciding when and where to do data validation?

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  • php request youtube video is not working [closed]

    - by m3tsys
    what is wrong to this code? header('Content-type: application/x-shockwave-flash'); $video_id = $_REQUEST['id']; $content = readfile("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$video_id"); echo $content; or header('Content-type: application/x-shockwave-flash'); $video_id = $_REQUEST['id']; $content = readfile("http://localhost/embed/player.swf?file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$video_id"); echo $content; Why this code is not working? How should look the code?

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  • Event Aggregator.. not getting a response, how to determine completion?

    - by Duncan_m
    I'm rewriting a vehicle tracking application, a google maps based thing.. The users are able to search for a vehicle by typing a few characters of the vehicles "callsign". My application is based around a sort of "event bus" within Backbone.. when a search occurs I send a message on the bus saying something like "does anyone match this?".. If a marker matches the search term it responds with a sort of "yes, I match!".. My challenge arises when no-one matches, I get no response.. it feels a little hacky to "wait a little while" and check if a response has been recieved.. The application is based around Backbone.js and using the Event Aggregator pattern described in the answer to this question on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7708195/access-function-in-one-view-from-another-in-backbone-js Is there a well defined design pattern that might assist me here? Sending a request for a response and not getting any responses?

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  • Centralizing Chart of Accounts Management Across Oracle ERP and EPM Applications with Oracle Hyperion Data Relationship Management

    Most enterprises today have multiple GL/ERP systems - each with their own set of accounts, structures and systems for financial and management reporting. Mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations inject constant change into the process - through new accounts, entities, and locations. Accommodating an organization's unique view of the business while still maintaining accurate collection, measurement and reporting at the corporate level makes synchronization of chart of accounts across multiple systems a challenge. In this podcast, you'll hear about how Oracle Hyperion Data Relationship Management allows you centralize and align different financial perspectives into your corporate reporting standards. This end-user oriented, technology agnostic hierarchy management solution enables organizations to coordinate the management of chart of accounts across the enterprise and save a significant amount of time and effort.

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  • VB 2010 LOGIN 3-TIMES LOOP [migrated]

    - by stargaze07
    How to put a loop on my log in code it's like the program will end if the user inputs a wrong password/username for the third time? At this point I'm having a hard time putting the loop code. This is my LogIn Code in VB 2010 Private Sub btnLogIn_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnLogIn.Click Me.Refresh() Dim login = Me.TblUserTableAdapter1.UsernamePasswordString(txtUser.Text, txtPass.Text) If login Is Nothing Then MessageBox.Show("Incorrect login details", "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error) Else Dim ok As DialogResult ok = MessageBox.Show("Login Successful", "Dantiña's Catering Maintenance System", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information) MMenu.Show() MMenu.lblName.Text = "Welcome " & Me.txtUser.Text & " !" If txtPass.Text <> "admin" Then MMenu.Button1.Enabled = False ProdMaintenance.GroupBox1.Visible = True MMenu.Button2.Enabled = True MMenu.Button3.Enabled = True MMenu.Button4.Enabled = True Else MMenu.Button1.Enabled = True ProdMaintenance.GroupBox1.Visible = True MMenu.Button2.Enabled = True MMenu.Button3.Enabled = True MMenu.Button4.Enabled = True End If Me.Refresh() Me.Hide() End If End Sub

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  • Amnesic Environment

    - by Mike Clark
    My team is looking for a technical term which may or may not exist. We are trying to describe an environment, such as a database, which has been built up over time with little or documentation about the change process that has gone into it. Generally these are legacy systems who's original developers have long since moved on and they are in such a tangled and unmanageable state that the only way to recreate the environment, say for testing purposes, is to copy it and do your best guess at re-configuring it for its new purpose. So far the best term we have come up with is Amnesic, such as "setting up the new test environment is going to be a challenge because it is an amnesic db." However, we are still not quite happy with the term and were wondering if a better and/or more accepted term for this situation exists.

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  • Jumping around to work on different features when you get stuck, is it a source of project failures?

    - by codecompleting
    On personal projects (or work), if one gets stuck on a problem, or waiting to figure out a solution to the problem, if you jump to another section of your code, don't you think it will be a good reason your application will be buggy or worse yet never get completed? Assuming you are not using git and code each feature to a specific branch, things can get out of hand since you have 3 different features you are working on, and you have unresolved issues in each. So when you get done to work, you get stressed out because you have these hanging issues and half-baked code lingering about. What's the best way to avoid this problem? (if you have it) I'm guessing using something like git and creating a branch per feature is the safest way to avoid this bad habit. Any other suggestions?

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  • Writing the tests for FluentPath

    Writing the tests for FluentPath is a challenge. The library is a wrapper around a legacy API (System.IO) that wasnt designed to be easily testable. If it were more testable, the sensible testing methodology would be to tell System.IO to act against a mock file system, which would enable me to verify that my code is doing the expected file system operations without having to manipulate the actual, physical file system: what we are testing here is FluentPath, not System.IO. Unfortunately, that...Did you know that DotNetSlackers also publishes .net articles written by top known .net Authors? We already have over 80 articles in several categories including Silverlight. Take a look: here.

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  • Android Java: Way to effectively pause system time while debugging?

    - by TheMaster42
    In my project, I call nanoTime and use that to get a deltaTime which I pass to my entities and animations. However, while debugging (for example, stepping through my code), the system time on my phone is happily chugging along, so it's impossible to look at, say, two sequential frames of data in the debugger (since by the time I'm done looking at the first frame, the system time has continued to move ahead by seconds or even minutes). Is there a programming practice or method to pause the system clock (or a way for my code to intercept and fake my deltaTime) whenever I pause execution from the debugger? Additional Information: I'm using Eclipse Classic with the ADT plugin and a Samsung SII, coding in Java. My code invoking nanoTime: http://pastebin.com/0ZciyBtN I do all display via a Canvas object (2D sprites and animations).

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  • What things need to be considered when redeveloping the whole UI for a web app?

    - by Robin
    I am the lead developer on a thick client web app (Java swing) which we're looking at recreating as a web app. We're part way through some initial work, have chosen a framework on the server and integrated with our previous backend code. We're just starting to get into the client side of things, looking at javascript frameworks etc. The previous system was pretty sensibly architected so the logic is already serverside. The challenge ahead of us is really about redeveloping the user interface rather than anything else. What would be the list of things to consider in redeveloping the entire user interface for any application? I'm trying to get an idea of how large a task might still be ahead of me and the team.

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  • Windows Phone 7 Networked Game

    - by Craig
    Im creating a multiplayer asteroids type game for the Windows Phone 7, 2 players can challenge each other over who will get the highest score. On each players phone the opponent is displayed and both go about shooting asteroids and enemies. In an assignment I have due I would like to talk about the packet design, what would be the least amount of info that I can send over the connection? Instead of constantly having to send each players position, asteroid position, bullet position and enemy position etc. Or would all that data constantly need to be sent?

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