Radamanthus Batnag » Uncategorized http://rad.batnag.org Random thoughts on web and indie game development. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:27:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 new Project http://rad.batnag.org/2012/12/new-project/ http://rad.batnag.org/2012/12/new-project/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:47:42 +0000 rad http://rad.batnag.org/?p=186 I am working on a web-based slideshow editor similar to https://github.com/tantaman/Strut. I’m using CoffeeScript and Jasmine.

Why not just fork Strut?

Yes, I may eventually do that. Actually, I forked it: see https://github.com/radamanthus/Strut. But when I looked at the code I realized I do not know enough Javascript or Coffeescript to understand it. And the existing code in that project is turning out to be a baggage to my learning process.

So I’ll start learning by working on a blank slate. It’s easier to learn when there’s nothing to break.

It also means more stuff to study, but that’s ok. I figured I really want to learn the nitty-gritty of these stuff anyway.

Right now I have my own HTML/CSS/JS-only single-page app. It has Guard installed, so the coffee files are recompiled to js automatically everytime I save changes on them.
I have a Rake task that compiles the SCSS files to CSS. And Jasmine is configured to watch and load my CoffeeScript spec files in /spec.

I could have more easily done all of the above by setting up a Rails 3.2 project and letting sprockets do all that work for me.
But, doing things the no-Rails-way meant the project is standalone and can be more easily embedded in another project that isn’t using Rails.
And, I got to understand the Rails asset pipeline more.

To summarize: I’m enjoying this project so far, and I’m learning a lot. There’s no usable output yet, though. It’ll be that way for a few more weeks at least.

Stay tuned.

]]> http://rad.batnag.org/2012/12/new-project/feed/ 0 Bawal ang Wangwang is Cool, But We Can Do Awesome http://rad.batnag.org/2010/08/bawal-ang-wangwang-is-cool-but-we-can-do-awesome/ http://rad.batnag.org/2010/08/bawal-ang-wangwang-is-cool-but-we-can-do-awesome/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:49:15 +0000 rad http://rad.batnag.org/?p=141 Bawal ang Wangwang is cool, but here are two awesome yet easily doable projects for the PNoy administration.

Cool
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/197939/dept-of-finance-launches-crowdsourcing-website

Awesome
Put all docs of the DOF and DBM into Scribd.
Crowdsource the work, too, to save money. I’m sure all the students who volunteered in Ondoy relief efforts will work on this, too.

Cool
Bawal ang Wangwang

Awesome
Put the performance documents of the PNP – from the regional offices down to the sub-station level – into GoogleDocs. Crime rates, conviction rates, everything. Put it as a spreadsheet for easy third-party analysis. After the Mendoza incident, I’m pretty sure a lot of IT folks will come up with ways to slice and dice the data.

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Take a look at these dates:

Rails3 beta1 release date: Feb 5, 2010

Starcraft 2 beta release date: Feb 17, 2010

Rails 3 RC release date: July 26, 2010

Starcraft 2 release: July 27, 2010

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