There is a very short list of programming structures you have to learn to be reasonably comfortable in most modern object-oriented languages. Functions are one of them. In Understanding Functions, we learned that Functions are a way to bundle code statements together into a tight little unit that we can invoke (or “call”) any time [...] Keep Reading

There is a very short list of programming structures you have to learn to be reasonably comfortable in most modern object-oriented languages. Functions are one of them. Bang on De Drum All Day Here’s a secret about programmers: they are inherently lazy. The less typing a programmer can do, the better. Programming is all about [...] Keep Reading

There is a very short list of programming structures you have to learn to be reasonably comfortable in most modern object-oriented languages. Arrays are one of them. Loops are another. i covered both of these structures in the previous aptly-named articles Understanding Arrays and Understanding Loops. Now that we understand loops, and we understand arrays, [...] Keep Reading

There is a very short list of programming structures you have to learn to be reasonably comfortable in most modern object-oriented languages. Loops are one of them. It’s a great idea to back up and read Understanding Arrays if you haven’t already. The reason is that Loops and Arrays go hand-in-hand. Loops are the interface [...] Keep Reading

i keep a keen eye on the post-secondary education system here in Ontario. i’d LOVE to get to a place where we have a number of really fantastic schools teaching video game design and development, and Ontario’s where you gotta go when you’re considering a career in this stuff. But we’ve got a long way [...] Keep Reading