The Programming Thread

Very good! More people should do this.

Lol, I came across quite a strange part in my code for the EMC Text Adventure Visualiser.
(stripped of newlines and comments, so it's more obvious what's going on)

Code:

rx *= 2; ry *= 2
canrun = true
rx /= 2; ry /= 2

Hm, I think I can remove the first and the third of those lines.
(yeah sorry, GML allows omitting semicolons and when I got started with it I had not yet used any language that used them, so I got used to not using them; they're obviously necessary when putting multiple lines on the same line, though)

Hi!
Does anyone know how to create a web application? I want to have the user interact with radio buttons and checkboxes. The program should do some calculations based on the set values, and display a result. Preferably live if desired, although requiring a button press is okay if that is a lot simpler.

Unless there are some more qualified people who want to try this I would like to give this a shot.
(although it has been a year since I had to write web based code, since I switched jobs, but it would be good to refresh it)

Thanks for the reply!
But I'd like to try it myself, I just couldn't find what to use. JavaScript? HTML5? Something else I can't think of? I have experience programming Windows applications and I have experience coding simple web pages, but I have never made an application on the web, except when using GameMaker Studio and it's HTML5 export (but GameMaker is definitely not suitable for this, as it doesn't support the HTML elements like radio buttons and checkboxes). I think I could work it out though, if someone can point me towards a suitable combination of languages.

In that case I would indeed go for just Javascript combined with HTML. Just adding an "onchange" event to your input fields that call a javascript function to calculate would make it calculate live without having to press a button or anything. Guessing we are going a bit of topic or too detailed for this thread but do let me know if you need any more help or if it's finished, seems interesting.

I've wanted to ask this earlier but I've forgotten:

Anyone here skilled with programming in ASM?

No, but I know people who are.

Not part of the EMC community, RIP

Thanks!
I'll get started with it.

For what architecture?
But no, I'm not.

JavaScript can handle that easily. If you don't need a serverside language then don't use one. Server side should be for procesisng data that the client cannot be trusted to know or process correctly. As long as you don't mind the client being able to see your code or data that you're processing, just use JS. Drop me a PM if you're struggling.

I can do this in C# and Swift, but not in web languages.

It's good to expand your skillset/repertoire!

I got the JavaScript working.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(){
    char language[6] = C code
    for (int i=0; i<10; i++){
        printf("I have been working on %s!\n", language);
        printf("and I will say it %d more times!\n", 10-i);
    }

    return(0);
}

(I hope this is right, not like I tested it or optimized it.)

Do you use assembly language just for fun, or is it still relevant for something? I assume you're not coding for decades old machines?