Here are your Journal Land entries from the period of 7/8 - 7/15.

Featured GDNet+ Journal Entry

Ramblings of a partialy sane programmer - blewisjr expresses his opinion of while C isn't the best language to learn over C++, programmers should still at some point learn C so they can better appreciate and understand today's higher-level languages.

Featured Member Journal Entry

The Code Zone Bargain Basement Blog - johnhattan found a nifty library that adds touch-friendly controls to what are usually not touch-friendly controls in AS3, which he has found to be extremely useful in his mobile apps. He also discusses the importance of making sure people know they need to scroll a text window to see all the content contained within it.

Check out the latest journals from Polar1080, Winged Doom, RetLee, T e c h l o r d, and YellPika!

Project Updates

• Cam's DevLog - CamJackson has gotten started on a new project - very little details at this stage. He's also primarily posting on his own blog. Don't forget about us Cam!
• The Bag of Holding - ApochPiQ is rewriting his compiler... again! Check out the details in what's coming for Epoch R12 that will feature the new compiler
• A non-programmer's programs - szecs has an update on the progress of his modeler and is also looking for an image loader library for C. Any suggestions?
• /* Why you crying? */ - JTippetts is also doing some refactoring of his Accidental Noise Library, the basis for his procedural generation experiments. He details the changes and the reasoning behind the refactorization. Rats, I looked up that word and was hoping it wasn't a real one...
• Walking Towards The Sun - freeworld is still looking for an artist for his project (have you tried Help Wanted?) and has a video of the rough idea
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  • kseh's blog - some more Flash game mini reviews!
  • New Old Things - Endurion's latest progression in making a Commodore64 game involves adding items to the game world for the character to collect and use
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    • Journal of Aardvajk - congrats to Aardvajk on his new C++ programming gig! Good luck!
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