Sorry for the terrible delay on the Haiku Tutorials

Images (+audio, +video) for demo package

Hi there!

I'm wrapping up the demo packages that were started as GCI projects.
I think we could use some more high quality photos. If there are some 
photography geeks around that have original, beautiful material that 
they would like to donate, please upload a few of your best shots and 
announce the link here or mail me privately.

The same applies to musicians and filmmakers for the audio and video 
demo packages. Smaller clips are better for the packages not to become 
unpractically huge.

Be aware that the files will be freely distibuted under a Creative 
Commons - Share Alike license.

Thanks!
Regards,
Humdinger

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Tired of waiting

No, it's not what you think. :)
I'm tired of waiting and not doing anything about Haiku (or BeOS for
that matter because I waited hoping for Be inc to pull it off in those
days). That I'd just 'do my part' after Haiku is 99% polished and
perfect and only then would I help by testing out almost completed
software or promoting the Haiku idea to the masses. I decided I'm
actually going to 'do' this programming thing and learn how to create
something. So I picked up the Gaddis C++ book that was untouched (it
was for a college course years ago and I just wasn't into it at the
time) and worked on the exercises.
If you are just starting out and just read a book that's full of
#<>{};, your mind just turns blank. But I forced myself to do all the
checkpoints, review questions and all the programming challenges for
each chapter and then I realized that this stuff wasn't so bad after
all. I also came up with my own commenting system so that I could keep
track of all those braces. For example, if the beginning of the loop
is: if (x >2) then after the closing brace I write // if if (x > 2)
Once I finish this book, the next step will be to get C++ Primer and
other books to really know C++.

Email registration problem?

Re: Tired of waiting

On 02/10/2011 05:48 PM, Ari Haviv wrote:
> No, it's not what you think. :)
> I'm tired of waiting and not doing anything about Haiku (or BeOS for
> that matter because I waited hoping for Be inc to pull it off in those
> days). That I'd just 'do my part' after Haiku is 99% polished and
> perfect and only then would I help by testing out almost completed
> software or promoting the Haiku idea to the masses. I decided I'm
> actually going to 'do' this programming thing and learn how to create
> something. So I picked up the Gaddis C++ book that was untouched (it
> was for a college course years ago and I just wasn't into it at the
> time) and worked on the exercises.
> If you are just starting out and just read a book that's full of
> #<>{};, your mind just turns blank. But I forced myself to do all the
> checkpoints, review questions and all the programming challenges for
> each chapter and then I realized that this stuff wasn't so bad after
> all. I also came up with my own commenting system so that I could keep
> track of all those braces. For example, if the beginning of the loop
> is: if (x >2) then after the closing brace I write // if if (x > 2)
> Once I finish this book, the next step will be to get C++ Primer and
> other books to really know C++.
If you want to get into C++, you may want to look at the "Learning to
Program with Haiku" series of lessons in PDF or dead-tree format. Not
only can you get the hang of hacking C++, but you can also do it while
learning to write code specifically for Haiku.

--Jon

Re: Tired of waiting

Re: Tired of waiting

> No, it's not what you think. :)
> I'm tired of waiting and not doing anything about Haiku (or BeOS for
> that matter because I waited hoping for Be inc to pull it off in 
> those
> days). That I'd just 'do my part' after Haiku is 99% polished and
> perfect and only then would I help by testing out almost completed
> software or promoting the Haiku idea to the masses. I decided I'm
> actually going to 'do' this programming thing and learn how to create
> something. So I picked up the Gaddis C++ book that was untouched (it
> was for a college course years ago and I just wasn't into it at the
> time) and worked on the exercises.
> If you are just starting out and just read a book that's full of
> #<>{};, your mind just turns blank. But I forced myself to do all the
> checkpoints, review questions and all the programming challenges for
> each chapter and then I realized that this stuff wasn't so bad after
> all. I also came up with my own commenting system so that I could 
> keep
> track of all those braces. For example, if the beginning of the loop
> is: if (x >2) then after the closing brace I write // if if (x > 2)
> Once I finish this book, the next step will be to get C++ Primer and
> other books to really know C++.
> 
   I am having a hell of a time with c/c++. I will be joinging you and 
when you finish with that book. 

   I'll buy it from ya. 

   Sean 

Re: Images (+audio, +video) for demo package

> Hi there!
> 
> I'm wrapping up the demo packages that were started as GCI projects.
> I think we could use some more high quality photos. If there are some 
> photography geeks around that have original, beautiful material that 
> they would like to donate, please upload a few of your best shots and 
> announce the link here or mail me privately.
> 
> The same applies to musicians and filmmakers for the audio and video 
> demo packages. Smaller clips are better for the packages not to 
> become 
> unpractically huge.
> 
> Be aware that the files will be freely distibuted under a Creative 
> Commons - Share Alike license.
> 
> Thanks!
> Regards,
> Humdinger
> 
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>       Deutsche Haiku News  -  Haiku Gazette
>         http://haiku-gazette.blogspot.com
> 

   Is the system sounds creation task still open ? I have a home studio 
full of gear to create all sorts of interesting stuff. 
  I hadn't decided to tackle it becuase I was looking for some input 
from the developers on what types of sounds they heard in there
  own minds ??? Organic, tecnical, musical ? 

   I have the tools and since nothing got done with it, it'd be nice to 
give haiku a voice. 

  Sean 

Re: Tired of waiting

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Sean Collins <smc.collins@...> wrote:

>> Once I finish this book, the next step will be to get C++ Primer and
>> other books to really know C++.
>>
>   I am having a hell of a time with c/c++. I will be joinging you and
> when you finish with that book.
>
>   I'll buy it from ya.
>
>   Sean
>
OK just so you know, I wrote all over the margins in pencil. After
every few pages in each chapter there are checkpoints. For example,
write this function or complete this program or predict the output. I
write them in the margins without being next to a computer and then I
check my answers in the back in the book. That forces me to think like
the compiler so by the time I write my 'real' programs at the end of
the chapter, I won't make any obvious mistakes.
After I finish the book I won't need it anymore because from whatI
understand, C++ Primer would be a better reference for all the
details.

Re: Tired of waiting

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Jon Yoder <darkwyrm@...> wrote:

> If you want to get into C++, you may want to look at the "Learning to
> Program with Haiku" series of lessons in PDF or dead-tree format. Not
> only can you get the hang of hacking C++, but you can also do it while
> learning to write code specifically for Haiku.
>
> --Jon
>
OK this is a different dialect. I'm used to
cout << numBeers << " bottles of beer on the wall. " << numBeers << "
bottles of beer." << endl;