Something’s Cooking!

Just wanted to let you know that Nicholas, my editor, and I are working on a new long-term project. We’re super hyped about it and we hope it will turn into something that is fun for us and the readers! Expect to get to know more about the project and Nick sometime this week!

Grow With Google!

I’m super excited to announce that I have been accepted into the Grow With Google Challenge Scholarship. I will spend most of my time working on their courses and will learn as much as possible about Android Development. Wish me luck!

Saving With Serialization

We went over objects and their state in the last blog post but there is another concept that allows for the creation of more powerful programs. We dealt with changing an object’s state as well as changing its behavior depending on the state, but how do we save an object’s state? Well, that’s where Serialization comes in.

The Class, The Object, and The State Machine

What is a Class?

A Class is a structure that contains data. Data can come in a variety of forms. These include integers, strings, and sometimes even objects.

Happy New Year!

I’m extremely sad that I was not able to follow through on the 30 Day Challenge Project. Although I did write 100 lines of code for 30 days thus completing the challenge, I mostly just spent the days practicing Python and familiarizing myself with my Linux distro.

I’m still actively working on that previously teased post. Progress has been a bit slow lately (I expected it to be posted a week ago) because of work but we’re getting there! Stay tuned for the post and information about a side project that I’m starting to further boost my knowledge of Linux!

Winter Break!

Really excited to announce that I’ve finished up the last of my courses for the semester and I can spend a lot more time on my side projects! Expect a lot of updates for the rest of this month and a portion of next month!

Here’s a preview of what’s to come! I’m super excited!

Samus Aran Running Animation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Samus Aran Sprite

 

 

 

 

And here’s a code snippet:

if (player.GetState().IsKeyDown(Keys.Right))
{
player.CurrentAnimation = player.AnimationList[3];
player.direction = "right";
player.position.X += player.speed;
}

Thanks for reading!

DEVember Challenge Week 1

The Goal

Hey guys, earlier this week I made a post about me writing 100 lines of code a day for a month. I also took a day to plan the project that I wanted to work on for this particular challenge. 

DEVember Challenge

Hey guys, I recently found an interesting take on the “30 Day Challenge” trend and I’m really excited to announce that I will be starting my own!

Queue/Stack Data Structures

The Stack and Queue data structures are useful when you have a set of data that needs to be used in a specific order. The two structures only allow data to be altered if specific guidelines are followed.

Introduction

Hello, my name is Christopher Gambrell and I just wanted to take this time to let you know a little about myself. I am a third-year Computer Science major and I am extremely passionate about technology.