Month: November 2012
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My First Raspberry Pi Game ” Part 07 ” A green circle
Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Writing your first ever computer program on the Raspberry Pi. We’re going to write a game that tests your reactions – press a key when you see green, but don’t when you see red. Today we see some of what …
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Launching an OSGi app on the command line
I am a total beginner on this topic, but here is what I have found so far. Please correct me, advise me etc. in the comments. A colleague has written a program based on OSGi, which is a framework for obfuscating everything “modular” software, which I t…
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My First Raspberry Pi Game ” Part 06 ” A better class of waiting
Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Writing your first ever computer program on the Raspberry Pi. Today we wait, but better, while we show the ready screen we made last time. In the process we cover two of the most important things you need…
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My First Raspberry Pi Game ” Part 05 ” Say something
Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Writing your first ever computer program on the Raspberry Pi. Today we will write some writing on that blank screen we made last time. But first, a couple of tricks (we are doing magic after all). We’re g…
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Windows 8 Pro on an early 2009 iMac 21.5 (Core 2 Duo)
A couple of weeks back I thought I’d have a go writing a Windows Store App. To do this requires Windows 8. At the time I was running Windows 7 Home Premium on an early 2009 iMac 21.5 (Core 2 Duo). This had been installed using Boot Ca…
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Windows 8 Pro on an early 2009 iMac 21.5 (Core 2 Duo)
A couple of weeks back I thought I’d have a go writing a Windows Store App. To do this requires Windows 8. At the time I was running Windows 7 Home Premium on an early 2009 iMac 21.5 (Core 2 Duo). This had been installed using Boot Ca…
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My First Raspberry Pi Game ” Part 04 ” A small black screen
Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Writing your first ever computer program on the Raspberry Pi. Today we will get an actual window to appear, with nothing on it! Last time we wrote a magic spell describing the bare outline of what how our…
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Length of Open Source licenses
I have been choosing a license for my ficticious programming language, Pepper. One consideration is the complexity of the (combination of) license(s) used. Complexity may be related to length, so for your enjoyment, here are the lengths of some popular…
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My First Raspberry Pi Game ” Part 03 ” It’s like a magic spell
Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Writing your first ever computer program on the Raspberry Pi. Today we will write the very basic outline of our game. When we’ve finished it won’t actually do anything. In fact, it won’t even run. Writing…
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My First Raspberry Pi Game ” Part 02 ” Saying hello
Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Writing your first ever computer program on the Raspberry Pi. See Part 1 for how to get and set up the Pi. Today we will find out how to write a computer program, and how to run it. We’re going to write o…