I think a little toy raytracer is another great thing to try out. Just something that outputs bitmap graphics of spheres and does diffuse and specular reflection, couple light sources. Should be a relatively self-limited project if you don't go too crazy with it.
Challenging projects every programmer should try (2019)
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#12If you think you need a "factory pattern" to write Space Invaders, there is something wrong.
I'm close to absolutely certain no such design concept was involved in the original.
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#14I’m surprised an emulator (especially Game Boy) is considered harder than a little operating system. I guess that would make sense if you’re not familiar with ASM but an OS will force you to learn that too.
You can make a surprisingly usable OS with (relative) ease - because you can control all the features you choose to support (or not).
An emulator already has a "spec" you have to operate to.
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#15I wish every dev would try projects and things completely unrelated to computers. I enjoy being outside. These headlines “projects every dev should try” really annoy me. I try to put in enough effort at work, and that’s tough. But I have been messing with computers for over 20 years now.
I think it’s important that those who want a 9-5-only are able to get it, and those who want to make it their calling in life are also able to have that
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#16I wish every dev would try projects and things completely unrelated to computers. I enjoy being outside. These headlines “projects every dev should try” really annoy me. I try to put in enough effort at work, and that’s tough. But I have been messing with computers for over 20 years now.
Can you please elaborate what do you mean by " completely unrelated to computers" ?
Re: Challenging projects every programmer should try (2019)
#17I think a little toy raytracer is another great thing to try out. Just something that outputs bitmap graphics of spheres and does diffuse and specular reflection, couple light sources. Should be a relatively self-limited project if you don't go too crazy with it.
That is in the sequel! “More challenging projects every programmer should try”
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#18I think a little toy raytracer is another great thing to try out. Just something that outputs bitmap graphics of spheres and does diffuse and specular reflection, couple light sources. Should be a relatively self-limited project if you don't go too crazy with it.
I went to a university with a great computer science & video games major, and while I didn’t finish out all the credits, I took a couple of the videogame classes; holy shit, you will never learn more about how to abuse geometry and data structures than trying to render graphics.
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#19I think a little toy raytracer is another great thing to try out. Just something that outputs bitmap graphics of spheres and does diffuse and specular reflection, couple light sources. Should be a relatively self-limited project if you don't go too crazy with it.
My friend did one of these in a weekend!
https://raytracing-iow.shuttleapp.rs
``` curl --request POST --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"height":10,"width":10}' https://raytracing-iow.shuttleapp.rs ```
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#20I think a little toy raytracer is another great thing to try out. Just something that outputs bitmap graphics of spheres and does diffuse and specular reflection, couple light sources. Should be a relatively self-limited project if you don't go too crazy with it.
Ray Tracing in One Weekend is a popular tutorial series for those interested in trying this out
https://raytracing.github.io/