Fantastic! I have your email, so we can begin collaboration. David Buck has offered to give continuing advice and guidance, should you need it.
I may start looking into Bloc and Woden, as well. I don't know how helpful I'll be, since I haven't done much programming in the past decade. Much thanks. Ben Coman wrote > Hi Richard, > > I like the way you've persevered to get it to this stage, so I'll be glad > to pitch in > now that its got some physicality to the project. > > I'm not currently familiar with Bloc and Woden. They are systems I've > been wanting to learn more about but I've not had a "need" to drive me to > it. > So I'd value some goal directed learning to help me focus on it. > > @all, what recipies are you using to kickoff your Visualworks to Pharo > ports? > I know I've seen several options mentioned before, but I can't pin them > down in the archives. > Also I imagine this area is improving over time, so looking for updated > info. > > cheers -ben > > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 05:44, Richard Kenneth Eng < > horrido.hobbies@ > > > wrote: > >> I guess I should provide some more information about the competition. If >> you visit jrmpc.ca, you will see what it is that David was coding under >> the section, "Competition Rules." >> >> Here are some screen shots: >> >> A 2D view: >> [image: 2d-view.png] >> >> An OpenGL view: >> [image: opengl-view.png] >> >> The OpenGL view is *only* for making videos of the Competition to show to >> the public. The teams will be working with the 2D view. >> >> Attached is the VisualWorks source that needs to be converted to Pharo. I >> imagine the real work is re-implementing the graphics using Bloc and >> Woden. >> The competition engine should be fairly portable (Famous Last Words). >> >> It's not *that* big of an application. After all, David did it in only >> six weeks, even with his really busy schedule. >> >> I suppose I could try to do it myself, but since I'm hardly a Pharo >> expert, it would take me much, much longer. Could I do it by September? >> Maybe. I don't know that I'd put money on me, though. >> >> R >> >> On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 11:21, Richard Kenneth Eng < >> > horrido.hobbies@ >> wrote: >> >>> As you know, the James Robertson Memorial Programming Competition (or >>> JRMPC) is proceeding. You may recall that the decision was made to use >>> VisualWorks for the competition. >>> >>> However, I now realize that it was the wrong decision. VisualWorks >>> presents a number of issues, such as: >>> >>> 1. licensing, esp. to minors (all high school students are minors) >>> 2. awkward installation >>> 3. poor community support – their forum is dead and their mailing >>> list is a PITA to use >>> 4. lack of GitHub support – GitHub rules the programming world now >>> 5. aging IDE and lack of innovation >>> >>> All of this makes for a bad image, which is disastrous from the >>> marketing >>> perspective. >>> >>> David Buck coded the competition in VisualWorks because he wasn't >>> familiar with Pharo. His code is quite functional and he says it's about >>> 80% complete. He started coding just six weeks ago! So the remaining 20% >>> shouldn't be arduous. >>> >>> Here are the things left to do: >>> >>> - complete the OpenGL rendering of the competition and video >>> recording >>> - add code to scan source code submitted by students to prevent >>> malware and cheating >>> - add code to allow full automation of the competition >>> >>> The OpenGL rendering and video recordings will make the competition look >>> much more attractive to the public. This is vital because the >>> competition >>> is a promotional and marketing event, and it has to look really good. >>> >>> I need a Pharo expert to take over from David and convert the code base >>> to Pharo, then finish the remaining 20%. This needs to be done by >>> September. >>> >>> I'd really hate to scrap the project when we've made so much progress >>> already. I just need one Pharoer who truly believes that this marketing >>> event is worthwhile. Please give it serious consideration. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >> > > > 2d-view.png (21K) > <http://forum.world.st/attachment/5093576/0/2d-view.png> > opengl-view.png (102K) > <http://forum.world.st/attachment/5093576/1/opengl-view.png> -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html
