Review: The Spec UI Framework

The Spec UI Framework by Johan Fabry
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OatmealBreakfasts Programs episode 1

This is the first hand hopefully not the only episode of OtmealBreakfast programs. Its hard to see the words in my in the video but, oh, well. Enjoy.

Berkeley Logo

Another programming language that I learned about from the book Dealers of Lightning is Logo. I have written a few lines of code and made a function but, never a working program. The logo interpreter I used was Berkeley logo. I wanted to read the 3 books on the Berkeley logo website but, only made it a few pages into the first book until I gave up logo for another programming language. What programming language that was is lost in history.

As I thought about logo I saw myself staging code, commiting code, and the upload the code to my remote git repository. Oh, I can dream can't I. I don't know what types of programs one can make with logo, but, someday I hope I make a program or 2 or 3 or. or 5.

Git is where dream are stored

Yes I was having fun follow the bit tutorials from Git Immersion that I found out about from a comment on a Stackoverflow post. I desperately need version control for my nonexistent project. Leaning how to use git makes me feel like a big time programmer without having to write a line of code.

I also saw mention in the Mercurial mentioned in the stackoverflow post. So that got me thinking that I need to try mercurial. I could try every version control system and that would keep me busy so that I would not feel bad about not writing programs. Then eventual I would feel bad but, it would take awhile.

As I mentioned before I am reading Learn ruby the hard way. And so I wanted to use git for the the projects towards the end of the book where the author want you to build a larger project. I hope I don't get so distracted  by lean how to use a git that I never write any code and it sits there unused like so many other programs I want to learn. Using git if fun though.

One day I hope to write an assembly language program

Now that I think about it I might have written about this before. So what, I will write about this subject any way. One programming language that I hope to be able to write a computer program in one day is assembly language. It does not matter what assembly language I just want to be able to say that I designed and wrote my own program using assembly language. Writing a program in machine language would be fun also but, I am not sure I would be able to accomplish that feat.

know about and using registers, the different parts of ram, things like that are exciting to me. I wish I could write a longer blog post to but, I can't think of anything else to write about assembly language. Oh, yes I can. I have installed, Nasm, Fasm, Masm, on my computer. I hope not written a program with any of those assemblers. Though I had the intention to when I installed them on computer. I would install them on my computer and then got to the website to look for tutorials. Open the IDE, or a text editor maybe write a hello world program; so I probably did write a program with one of the said assemblers I mentioned above; Then loose interest with the language after about a week. Its a familiar theme in my attempts to learn how to program.

My boring week.

I need to write more and I want to update this blog everyday. So I need to start writing blog posts again even it the are boring. As I staid above I want to write more. So what have I been doing over the past week. The same thing I always to read books about programming and never make any programs. Hoping that one day I will wake up and be able to magically code a program that will make me fabulously wealthy. Yeah, I don't see that happening in he near future but, I do have hope. he he.

I have been reading the book pro git. Yesterday I read about branches in git. And I found branches exciting. Now I want to lean to program so I can use get and upload my local repository to a remote server. Git almost makes me wish I could write programs.

I want to try ruby again

I read ruby article on rubysource and it talked about a book called learn ruby the hard way. Even though I said I wanted to only learn python I thought why not so I installed ruby and rails on my computer because I also want to see if I can make something with ruby rails. I hope I can get through learn ruby the hard way I will give it my best.

I will use notepad++ because in learn ruby the hard way it recommends using the program. I don't know why but, I got it into my head that I had to use an IDE to program but, using a text editor like notepad++ and the command prompt is fun so that's what I will use to program.

Of course the important thing is that I start making programs which I have not done yet but, I do have the tools to make programs.

I want to learn c

C is another programming language I want to lean. I want to use it with Allegro to make games. I don't know if I will ever learn it but, its a something I want to do learn a compiled language and make something with it. Heck I want to make anything with any programming language.

Cool website codecademy

I signed up for an account at codecademy today because I thought why not and because I want to see if I can get though all o the tutorials. I learned about the website from komando.com.  Yep, I am excited to see if I can make it. Am I up to the task. I will find out wont I.

Vim as Python IDE

Eventually I want to use Vim as my IDE for development with python. I don't know when eventually will be but, it will be. I want to use vim for something and using it as a python IDE. That's why I downloaded git so that I could try sontek.net's turning Vim into a python IDE. I found the link to that website at pyton.org/moin/vim . I tried some of the sontek.net turning python into an IDE but, did not finish it. I hope to get vim set up soon.

So that I can have the perfect programming IDE and still do no programming but, I will have a great IDE. Its better to have a great programming environment that to write code ):

What type of programs I will make

Or hope to make. Computer games are the programs I want to make. It seems impossible that I will ever be able to make computer games. That is my ultimate goal though. I wonder how long it will take me to make one. Next year, next month, the next decade. I have no idea.

What type of computer games do I want to make. I like sports games so those are the types of games I will make, hopefully, eventually. On to building programs, someday.

Thoughts

For over a year and a half since I stopped writing on this blog April 2010 I did not have much of a desire to program. I may have read a bit of a book about programming here and there. Then Late last year, or was it early this year. I decided that if I desired to learn how to program a computer I had better get serious.

With that decision made I then decided to learn python because I can create games with it and also I use it with blender. A also decided that I need to read about and program everyday. And I have kept me goal for the most part.

I  stated reading dive into python 3, then read Invent your own games with python, now I am reading how to design programs and using DrRacket, installed git. I have worked hard than I ever have before.

For example with how to design programs I don't just read the text and skip the exercises like I have done in the past. I am now working through the exercises and developing the programs. I get frustrated because sometime it will take me hours to design one function but, I am not giving up I will try until I can no longer make the examples. I believe that all the struggle will make programming easier later. And there are times I think things are to tough and I will never figure out how to make a function. In the end the functions get made and things work right. And it fun.

I also think it would be good for me to start a project of my own so I will be able to use and remember the things that I learn. Because I have spent years reading books and tutors; not that many though. And never made a project of my own. And that is the ultimate goal to make projects of my own. So I hope to start making my own stuff as soon as I can. Although it does not ever seem possible that I will ever be able to make an programs of my own.

GIt

I downloaded git about a week ago and could not wait to install it on my computer but, I did not get it set up and installed until yesterday. I had no idea what git existed until I read an article about setting up vim as an IDE for python. So then I had to find out what git was so I found a wikipedia article on it and now I now a little more about git. Then I found out about free places on line that host git and about the software that I had to install on my computer. I was so excited.

I seems like a waste to have git for me because I don't make any software so hopefully this will give me the motivation to start making something that I can use to fill up my git because having a git make me excited. I shall see if I can make some software.

Vim

I have had vim on my computer for awhile but, it just sat there unused and unlearned until recently when I went to the vim website looking for the documentation. I found the documentation but, I also found some books on vim. I decided to read A Byte of Vim so I went to the books web site and downloaded the pdf of the book.

Over the next 2 or 3 days I read most of the book or was it a week. I don't know exactly how long it took me to read the book but, I did take a look at most of the book. An to my surprise I learned some vim commands and that felt good. I learned how to open and save files, change the directory to which I opened or saved files. You get the idea. It was fun learning how to use vim.

I just thought well how did I get interested in wanted to learn how to use vim or how did I even learn about the program. And I figured out the answer. The first C++ I tried to used had vi as the text editor. It was some kind of Cygwin C++ compile. I never did learn how to use the compiler but, I did look at some vi tutorials. I did not learn many vi commands though. Vi did seem cool to me. So I probably found vim around that time. But never learned how to used the program until recently.

Sometime I think I will never be able

Sometimes I think I will never be able to write my own programs. After all I have tried for five years and have not succeeded yet. But the future could be different I suppose or it could be the same. I hope in the future that I can write my own programs and blog about them.

I am still trying to learn python

I am still trying to learn python and I am having a fun time. The is the longest I have ever spent learning a programming language because as I have mentioned many times before I switch from programming language to programming language. I know I can learn to write programs, I know it. Its something I have wanted to do and I will do it.

Whoo

I think eventually I will finish reading dive into python 3. I am so excited that I have stuck to learning a programming language. I know I can learn how to make small programs.

There is a boring post comming

I am so proud of myself I am still trying to read dive into python 3. Yes, for me. Usually by now I would have quit read the book and went on to learning and reading another programming language and book without of course finishing dive into python 3. I know I will be a below average programmer but, I want to be able to finish what I start.

Just a quick post

Today just a quick post to say that I am still trying to learn python. Gosh I am so exciting.

Noting interesting to talk about on the

I have noting exciting to write about programming. I am still reading dive into python 3. I am surprised at myself; I am still only trying to learn one programming language. Wow, this a boring post. Goodnight.