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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
Clever Routines
Post your unreleased clever routines here...
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1648 |
Yo dudes! Thumbs up for saying your honest opinion, and I must say I agree with you both. I thought a lot about just using some Wiki system first, and perhaps I should just do that. I have not excluded that option.
I needed to learn to code some things in php and saw this as a good occasion. That's why I did it this way for now, but that doesn't really mean I couldn't just switch to some wiki system anyway. As I said, I'll look more into that.
However, no matter what solution will be there in the end, I'll do my best to have the features people want, so don't worry. |
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Wisdom
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 90 |
The design is surely nice, but as it is already pointed out, a Wiki might suit this work better.
In the Wiki case, some strict guidelines for entering content will be needed, as Wikis are usually open to be abused in content organization and quality wise.
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1648 |
Hello again dudes..
Just to be sure.. What exactly are the features of wikis that you want? Jackasser mentioned BBcode support (which was easy to implement.. I have a working editor and parser for that here now.. not online on that site yet though). Wisdom mentioned ease to edit for anyone (and that is how it is gonna be in the end here anyway).
I looked a bit at some wiki systems but found them quite bloated for this purpose.
And again.. Design yes, but you don't need to worry that I have prio on design. Functionality is what we are after of course. |
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Jayce
Account closed
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 39 |
the way i see this:
You can have several categories where a piece of code can belong to (1toN, for example : Graphic mode, NMI timing, SID, Drivecode etc etc)
Categories are maintained by a few people, to prevent chaos and to much categories with the same goal.
You can add a piece of code in both text with comment or file, and then users can give comments on that particular piece of code, add a screen shot. Add a revised version of that same piece of code for better interaction
BBcode can be handy, but not 100% obligatory for the function (bold, italic, img and url will do just fine i guess)
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JackAsser
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 2014 |
My vision is to be able to write aritcles/tutorials for a particular feature, not only comment source code.
Source code comments are nice but you can't have any form of elaborated reasoning in the source itself imo.
A classic example:
bit $dc03 ; Ack any pending CIA IRQs
bit $dd03
Sure, the comment tells us what the bit $dc03 do, but it surly doesn't tell us WHY there actually can be any pending IRQs etc.
So, Frantic, what I mean is that a wiki would let me write articles using the full wiki-support (bloated or not). However if your system also supports writing articles all is fine for me atleast. :D Keep it up! It's good!
/Andreas
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1648 |
I think tutorials and not just commented sources are a good idea too if people are willing to contribute that (and Jackasser obviously is..)
ok.. so multiple categories and bbcode it is. Will fix that sometime during this week. |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1048 |
I often make a word doc with descriptions and diagrams to keep track of my ideas'n'stuff when developing a routine. And in addition there is usually some other pieces of data needed for making the routine work, like gfx and precalculated data. So basically it would be nice if it was possible to upload a zip-file full of bits'n'pieces in relation to each routine.
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1648 |
@cruzer: I'll think a bit more about that. Perhaps I'll include that too. But, on the other hand it is also nice if ppl take the time to put their stuff in directly readable format. Hmm.. oh well. It's a good idea nevertheless. |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
my vote goes beside using a (the) wiki engine, and some kind of mechanism preventing trolls to delete articles. The main feature shouldnt be the sourcecodes, but the articles explaining them. If a site can be set up using the wiki engine I'm all for that. |
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Frantic
Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1648 |
I think the only good way to prevent trolls from trolling on wikis is to have a good backup mechanism. They need to be quite open I guess. |
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