“AI is taking our jobs!” I seem to hear some variation of that every other week. Big claims that software developers are about to become obsolete, and that anyone can code using AI. If you’ve been mastering the craft of software for decades like I have, then the thought of all that skill being rendered […]
I’m going to show you 4 different ways to convert between big-endian, little endian, and vice versa, starting with the slowest because it’s also the easiest to understand. I’m also going to reveal a gotcha that can really trip you up. And, I’ll show you the best-practise for making endianness handling code work on all […]
Yes, it’s finally done! The CMake Tutorial has taken me ages to complete, and a crazy amount of research. Now it’s finished, the “pre-release” label is gone, and its ready make you a CMake master starting now.What’s in The CMake Tutorial?So what’s in the tutorial? Everything you need to learn in order to go from […]
How well do you know the C programming language? Test yourself with the short quiz above. The video includes explanations for the answers, so you might just learn something too…Let us know how you did in the comments. Feedback about the quiz is welcome too.
CMake, or Visual Studio projects? Which is easier? Which is better? Which should you use? Lets answer those questions by building some actual codeHere’s what I’m going to do: I’ll build the same code using both build systems And, I’ll try to get both build systems to do roughly the same thing, within reasonable limits […]
So, you’ve set up a cross-compiler, and have built some Amiga software. Now you need a fast and efficient way to copy them to an Amiga for testing. USB flash drives are tedious and slow. We’re developers and sometimes need to test multiple versions an hour. If you’re some kind of wizard, then you could set […]
Which build system should you use: CMake? Or Ninja? That’s actually a rather weird question, but it’s a question that gets asked all the same. So let’s answer it…For a full answer, watch the video. In brief: Ninja is designed with one goal in mind: speed. To achieve maximum build speed, they’ve traded scriptability for speed. […]
In the previous video I showed you how to set up an Amiga cross-compiler on your machine. The next step to setup a good code editor or Integrated Development Environment (IDE). My preferred editor and IDE is currently VS Code, and I’m going to show you how to set it up for cross-compiling to AmigaOS. […]
The second to last chapter of The CMake Tutorial is done! It’s now 93% complete, and I have to say that it’s much bigger and more comprehensive than I originally planned (179 pages of sharp, no-fluff content).That’s because I wanted to cover everything a developer would need to go from zero CMake knowledge to being […]
I had a few people ask me to explain endianness in computing, because they found it confusing- They knew that some processors are little-endian, while others are big-endian, but couldn’t get their heads around what that means, and how to deal with it. So, I’m going to explain what endianness is, why you probably own’t need […]
