Category Archives: Coding project generator

Update for 7/2/2017

Happy Independence Day! Even if you don’t live in the US, just celebrate being independent anyway. Code console – I only worked on this a little last week and didn’t post any updates, but I’m getting impatient with myself, so … Continue reading

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Update for 6/25/2017

Code console – I got the project generator testing to work after hitting a snag, which I should create an issue for somewhere, and now I’m using test-driven development to write the basic generator code that will turn templates into … Continue reading

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Update for 6/18/2017

Code console – It doesn’t do anything yet, but I’ve posted the initial code for my first project generator. I’m working out how to do behavior-driven development on it with Mocha. I’m also investigating how to set up literate programming … Continue reading

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Update for 6/11/2017

Code console – I’ve learned the basics of Yeoman and associated tools, so this week I’ll try making a generator or two for my most common project types, and post them on GitHub. Whenever that’s done, I’ll post any relevant … Continue reading

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Update for 6/4/2017

Well that was a lot of procrastinating for such a short update. I’m sure I have some excuse, but I can’t think of it right now. Code console – I’ve been looking for programming project skeleton generators written by other … Continue reading

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Update for 5/28/2017

Productivity – Working on projects during dinner turned out to be the best idea I’ve had in a while. I worked on them many more hours than I have been, mostly on the code console. I’ll keep this schedule until … Continue reading

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Update for 5/21/2017

I’m experimenting with leaving out the Project/Life/Site Update headings, since it all kind of blends together in my mind into a series of life events, and sometimes for narrative purposes I want to mix the more stand-alone life events in … Continue reading

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Update for 5/14/2017

Project updates Media Comics – Thanks to an all-nighter on Sunday, I’ve posted the reading guide. It was supposed to be a quick project, but it lasted a week longer than intended, so I wanted to get it off my … Continue reading

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Update for 4/30/2017

Life updates Chapel – Last week I forgot to mention that at work the week before, our chapel speaker was Kim Phúc, the “napalm girl” from the famous Vietnam War photo, and she was funny and inspiring, especially her story … Continue reading

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Update for 4/2/2017

Life updates Life events seemed to dominate last week, so I’ll start with them. Car – I spent a worried Monday and Tuesday with my car left at the mechanic to assess a rusted, leaky brake line, wondering if I’d … Continue reading

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