> > We do get a couple of helpful ones (eg Razor) but in general, it's a > > case of "figure it out yourself, I did." > > Isn't that a little exaggerated?
>yeah, i think it was a little bit harsh - i for one, who often help >out people here definately have been sharing a lot of code and ideas >to fellow developers. some of these developers have turned into very >professional developers (pity they dont acknolwedge that) :)
The point being, I asked if anyone would donate a function or two and I had one response. I'm not disputing your many years of helping programmers out. Everyonoe appreciates that. OTOH I do see "RTFM" and "STFW" posts.
>i remember my first days back here in early 1999 - i got a few helpful >posts from Tom Zerucha, Dave Lippincott, Mitch Fawcett, Michael Davis, >Jun-Kiat Lam, Murray Dowling and many others. >hmm.. some names have died off the mailing lists since then - makes >you wonder what they are doing these days.. :) > This mailing list is packed with folks who give freely of their time > and energy to help others. >i agree. surely, i dont have time to post to palm-dev-forum, but, >i work 90+ hours a week, and i squeeze in the occasional time to >post some tips/assistance to developers - in my OWN TIME. no-one >pays me to post here, i get the maillist feed, and if i feel for it >i go ahead an answer.
As I said, I'm not disputing that, but if nobody minds, I will go back through old posts and sift out some functions to post on my site.
> There are lots of code examples in various places. For advice and
> snippets, you can search through the back articles on
> <http://www.escribe.com/computing>http://www.escribe.com/computing. For fully released packages, you
> can go to <http://www.palmopensource.com>http://www.palmopensource.com.
Yes, I realise that.
>each of us also have our own code examples on our websites. i for >one have had cube3d/burning available for quite some time; if anyone >wants it, it is pretty easy to find. i know the idea of putting it >all in a central location is nice - but, it takes time/effort which >none of us can spare.
Well, I wasn't after anyone's complete library of functions, but one or two from say 10 people would be quite handy to stick somewhere, don't you think?
>you'll also find out that there are more than one forum here :) >i have posted a bunch of helpful tips/hints on PNOlet development >using gcc on the pnolet-forum. people should really be looking in >the right place for stuff - not say "help me, urgent"
I have never said "help me, urgent". In fact, I have asked questions which haven't been answered, but I did look around to try and find answers elsewhere and never whinged.
>part of being a good programmer is being able to find stuff :)
I guess I shall go searching then.
This is not primarily to help me out (although it's always good to read others' work), but just an idea for something to help newcomers out. To give them a kick-start and to save a big search through lists like this. If I learn something as well, all the better.
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