If people start to deposit code (I don't know if graphics / sound uploading would be feasible or if people would want to donate anything) then this would encourage others perhaps to suggest improvements.
In this way there could be a free flow of ideas like on csa.programmer but it would be a more readily accessible permanent record which programmers could access.

I would be prepared to donate a piece of code which I admit is quite primitive but it may encourage others to follow suite.
There would not need to be any pressure for coders to donate code which they have spent hours working out only for others to poach.

In other words, it would be an area to which people would voluntarily donate for the benefit of others whilst keeping anything commercially sensitive or precious to themselves.
The purpose would simply be to guide others and stimulate their own creativity.

What do you think AA guys 9or anybody else)/?

Regards,

Andrew

How about having an area where we can post fragments of gaming-related code (anything from graphics plotting to say, sorting routines or pseudo-code structures). This could become resource area that people have been calling for.
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What do you think AA guys or anybody else)?

This is part of what we had planned for Coder's Cauldron, so I think I speak for all at Acorn Arcade when I say a resounding "yes!".

How do you see this working (directed at everyone)? I did some work on allowing files to be uploaded via a web browser, but alas Fresco is very broken in this respect (Oregano works, and I'm told so does WebsterXL). Handing out FTP accounts to everyone or emailing us the code to upload might all take time, as we've found in the past. So how about one big upload area that everyone shares (although only people with stuff to donate get the password)? Anyone who just wants to download can do some from a web browser.

Let us know your ideas on the subject!

Andrew

There's even a promise of a Visual IDE but someone said at the Drobe that this was dead already, maybe a little outside interest from programmers would kick-start it again.

One tiny problem though, part of the site is in German but surely that shouldn't discourage people from using it.

I advocated for a programming forum here on Acorn Arcade myself but that doesn't seem to get any attention, most programming/development discussions take place in the General forum.

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If Coders Cauldron doesn't accomodate this into its remit then maybe the TCR could?

Andrew

How many people think they would submit code to such a section, not including Andrew?

How many people think they would submit code to such a section, not including Andrew?

I would!

Colour depth converters, file handling utils, new number types for C++, overdraw reducers for tile-based games, etc.

Mark

Tutorials I would think are more suitable for IconBar unless specifically game-tailored.