• Programming

    My advice for undergraduate CS majors

    by  • January 29, 2012 • News, Programming • 1 Comment

    This won’t be a story about how I had a great idea and became the next Mark Zuckerberg, because frankly—I didn’t. By no means do I consider myself, or my current position extraordinary. I see myself as an average person with a passion for software development, who used this passion to succeed in university, something that anybody can do if they try. Sure, this path may be more difficult depending on what school you go to, what people you know, or what opportunities you were given, but I believe anyone who puts in the time and effort can excel in the software industry.…

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    d3, wow Forum Readers Currently Bugged

    by  • September 26, 2011 • News, Programming • 0 Comments

    Blizzard recently updated the HTML of the pagination so the threads are currently only able to download the first page. I have posted a fix to the App Hub and the update should be available in the next few days. I apologize for the inconvenience!

    I am working on a change in the underlying engine so that the HTML configuration can be downloaded on the fly from my server rather than being hard-coded in the app. Additionally, I plan on adding functionality to allow you to directly access the URL of each forum and thread, so if this happens in the future you will be able to copy and paste the value into the web browser and view it manually.…

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    WoW Forum Reader 2.0

    by  • September 17, 2011 • News, Programming • 0 Comments

    See the project page for all of the screen shots and information on the app.

    Last week I released a new version of my app, WoW Forum Reader. I spent a lot of time overhauling the main UI to make interacting with the app more straight forward and fun. Here’s a list of features added in 2.0:

    • Blue post tracker
    • Realm forums added
    • Favorites list for forums
    • Context menus on forums and threads (hold down on an item for it to pop up)
    • A brand new UI for the front page
    See the screenshots below for the latest changes.
    The opening screen now consists of 3 panorama items.…
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