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Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

1. Select a particular experience to pursue.
2. Pursue that experience to completion. (Achievement unlocked!)
3. Reflect on that experience. Really soak it in. Maybe a blog post would be in order?
4. Return to Step 1, this time selecting a new experience.

This gist is a fork of the gist from this blog post.

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Pong

Gosu

Libraries to use with Gosu

• Hasu
• Metro
• Gamebox
• Chingu
• Chipmunk

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    :convert_options => { thumb: "-interlace Plane" }

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    :convert_options => {
      :medium => "-quality 80 -interlace Plane",
      :thumb => "-quality 80 -interlace Plane"
    }

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dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
    _imageNode = [[ASNetworkImageNode alloc] init];
    _imageNode.defaultImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"lightGrayPlaceholder"];
    _imageNode.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, _screenWidth - 2, _screenHeight * (5.0/12.0));
    _imageNode.cornerRadius = 2;
    _imageNode.delegate = self;

    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [self.view addSubview:_imageNode.view];
    });

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- (instancetype)initWithURLs:(NSDictionary *)urls
{
     _imageUrls = urls;          // something like @{@"thumb": "/smallImageUrl", @"/medium": ...}

    _multiplexImageNode = [[ASMultiplexImageNode alloc] initWithCache:nil downloader:[[ASBasicImageDownloader alloc] init]];
    _multiplexImageNode.downloadsIntermediateImages = YES;
    _multiplexImageNode.imageIdentifiers = @[ @"original", @"medium", @"thumb" ];
	…
}

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NSString *filename = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@“fileName.png” ofType:nil];
if (filename) {
 [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:filename];
}

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CALayer *layer = [[CALayer alloc] init];
layer.shadowColor = [UIColor purpleColor].CGColor;
layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5;
layer.shadowRadius = 5.0;
layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(1.0, 1.0);

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layer.shadowPath = CGPathCreateWithRect(layer.bounds, NULL);

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  int *array = (int *)calloc(1, sizeof(int) * 2);
  printf("The initial arrays location is %p\n", array);

  array[1] = 777;

  int size = sizeof(array)/sizeof(array[0]);
  for(int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
    printf("%d ", array[i]); // show the array
  }
  printf("\n");