D Bits Syndication Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:00:14 +0000 support@gamedev.net (GameDev.net) IP.Blog 60 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2254108-binding-d-to-c-part-two/
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,...]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:16:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2254108-binding-d-to-c-part-two/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2254003-binding-d-to-c/
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...]]> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:12:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2254003-binding-d-to-c/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2253918-dolce-and-da5teroids/
First, the whole idea of Dolce as a framework on top of Allegro to allow an absolute minimum amount of startup...]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 13:12:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2253918-dolce-and-da5teroids/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250969-dolce-gets-some-love/ Once 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... Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:11:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250969-dolce-gets-some-love/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250753-on-my-job-and-some-big-d-news/ Sun, 09 Oct 2011 06:09:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250753-on-my-job-and-some-big-d-news/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250590-dolce-refinements/ my last post, I showed the minimal amount of code needed to get something up and running with Dolce. And while it's a really small amount of code, something kept bugging me about the implementation. It just wasn't "D" enough.

Over...]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250590-dolce-refinements/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250524-dolce-and-overriding-methods-in-d/
In my initial implementation, it was necessary when making a game with Dolce to make all of the initialization and termination calls yourself. All of these calls are found in the...]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:33:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250524-dolce-and-overriding-methods-in-d/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250469-d-structs-vs-classes-and-a-simple-template-example/
D's classes have more in common with those of Java than C++. For starters, they're reference types. Whenever you need an instance of a class, you new it and it is...]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:13:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250469-d-structs-vs-classes-and-a-simple-template-example/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250459-dolce-progress-importing-d-modules-in-a-function-and-wysiwyg-strings/ Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:04:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250459-dolce-progress-importing-d-modules-in-a-function-and-wysiwyg-strings/ http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250310-ds-default-initializers/ Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:36:00 +0000 http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1140/entry-2250310-ds-default-initializers/