D Bits- Binding D to C Part Two January 31, 2012This is part two of a series on creating bindings to C libraries for the D programming language. In my previous post, I discussed the difference between dynamic and static bindings and some of the considerations to take into account when deciding which way to go. Here in part two,... […]
- Binding D to C January 8, 2012This is part one of a series on creating bindings to C libraries for the D programming language. This is a topic that has become near and dear to my heart. Derelict is the first, and only, open source project I've ever maintained. It's not a complicated thing. There's very little... […]
- Dolce and Da5teroids December 18, 2011So I've finally gotten started on some game code. In order to see if Dolce is actually useful or a waste of time, I decided to start by porting the A5teroids demo that ships with the Allegro 5 package. Here's what I've learned so far. First, the whole idea of Dolce as a framework on top of Allegro to allow an absolute minimum amount of startup […]
- Dolce Gets Some Love November 17, 2011Once the semester ended, I took a week to do nothing but play Dark Age of Camelot and get some much needed guitar practice in. Then I dove back in to the gym for some long overdue exercise. I also managed to pick up a few more private classes to fill some of the gaps in my schedule. Once I let off all that steam, I fired up... […]
- On My Job, and Some Big D News October 9, 2011Dolce is still very much alive, just getting little attention while I wrap up the second semester at the university. For anyone interested, I'm teaching in a special program where a local university here in Seoul is partnered with a university in America. The students do two semesters here in Korea before moving off to the States for three years. We... […]
- Binding D to C Part Two January 31, 2012
Monthly Archives: May 2007
HessianD
More web dev D goodness! HessianD is a D (of course) implementation of Caucho Technology‘s Hessian protocol. I’m familiar with Caucho’s Resin web app server, but had never noticed Hessian before. Caucho’s description of Hessian: The Hessian binary web service … Continue reading
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Wombat
If you’re into web app development, there’s a new D option for CGI: Wombat. In addition to having an incredibly cool name, the project makes use of two D features to allow the use of D code for the presentation … Continue reading
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The Audacity to Code
Shame on me. Somehow I completely missed the fact that Kirk McDonald, author of Pyd, has a D-related blog. Be sure to add The Audacity to Code to your feed readers. Maybe that will motivate him to post more EDIT: … Continue reading
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Q & A: Eric Anderton
This month’s Q&A victim is Eric Anderton. Around the D community he is most commonly known as ‘Pragma’. His most well-known project is DDL (D Dynamic Libraries), but he is also the maintainer of Enki, a frontend parser generator. Another … Continue reading
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Blog Upgrade
I’ve just finished upgrading to the latest version of WordPress. I had to do a full wipe this time, rather than simply overwriting existing files, so the potential for errors exists. If you see any, just let me know. Also, … Continue reading
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