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6 replies on 1 page. Most recent reply: Feb 19, 2013 6:12 PM by Derek Wyatt

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Stig Brautaset

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Hints about which code snippets to implement Posted: Feb 18, 2013 7:40 PM
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I'm trying to follow along and implement the code examples, but it's not always trivial. Sometimes it can be a bit difficult to know which code examples are there just to demonstrate something, and which show changes we need to implement to be able to get later examples to work. It would be good to have some more solid hints about this.


Derek Wyatt

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Re: Hints about which code snippets to implement Posted: Feb 19, 2013 3:03 AM
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Can you give me an example of where the confusion lies?

Dan Luu

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Re: Hints about which code snippets to implement Posted: Feb 19, 2013 8:47 AM
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Speaking only for myself, it wasn't obvious to me that the MyActorSpec example from 6.5 was just an abstract example, until I actually typed it up.

Stig Brautaset

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Re: Hints about which code snippets to implement Posted: Feb 19, 2013 12:31 PM
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For me the biggest confusion so far is the UserGuardianStrategyConfigurator implementation starting on page 185.

Derek Wyatt

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Re: Hints about which code snippets to implement Posted: Feb 19, 2013 1:14 PM
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OK, thanks.

Do you think that the release of the accompanying source code would solve the issue, or does it still require some work to be done in the book?

(The source code should be coming out soon -- it just needs to be vetted, cleaned up, and so forth)

Stig Brautaset

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Re: Hints about which code snippets to implement Posted: Feb 19, 2013 1:30 PM
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I normally prefer to follow along with the book and make the changes myself, rather than rely on downloadable source, to make sure I understand what's going on. As such I tend to use the downloadable source as a last resort. My preference would therefore be for the book to be a little clearer, but it's not a deal breaker.

Derek Wyatt

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Re: Hints about which code snippets to implement Posted: Feb 19, 2013 6:12 PM
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Alrighty. I'll see what I can do about calling out the different bits and pieces.

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