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
Category Archives: IDE
BITPROX Development Environment 1.0
The first (that I’m aware of) commercial IDE specifically for D has officially been released in version 1.0 form. According to the website, it only supports development with D2 (and specifically mentions support for DMD 2.046). You can download 10-day … Continue reading →
Visual D 0.3.9
Rainer has announced a new release of Visual D, the Visual Studio plugin for D. He’s actually put out a few releases since his original announcement, with incremental updates in each. For the latest features, see the project page at … Continue reading →
Installing Visual D Without Buying Visual Studio
I haven’t owned a copy of Visual Studio since VS 6.0. I’ve kept one version or another of the Express edition installed for those occasions when I needed to view some VS project files, but I haven’t used it for … Continue reading →
Visual D
Rainer Schuetze has taken the D community by surprise with the announcement of Visual D, a plugin for Visual Studio that’s actually coded in D. From the announcement: * Project management o all DMD command line options accessible o support … Continue reading →
D-IDE
IIRC, I saw an announcement some time ago about D-IDE, but never got around to posting about it here on the blog. I was recently reminded of the project, so I’ve added a link to it in the right sidebar, … Continue reading →