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August 2009 - Posts

Brain Freeze: Thinking about beginning programming classes

So far in my previous blog posts, I talked about the following items: Use of C, which is a requirement for the class Write and test your first program for security issues (Intro to C#) Use media in your programs (Designing Applications)    

Brain Freeze: Rethinking curriculum for beginning programmers

Chapman University has handed me a challenge: Create a first programming class for students who are going to be part of a new minor in Game Design.  Ok, not bad, oh wait, it also needs to get the students to a point where they can write programs
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VSTS 2010: Using the Directed Graph Diagram part 1 of however many I do till I get distracted again

  Now that VSTS 2010 is available through the CTP program, MSDNAA, BizSpark and MSDN, you can use it to deconstruct applications that you might need to take charge of.  My example is the XNA RPG . The image at the top of the article is an example

VS 2010 Game Design: For RPG with Deconstruction and Destruction

What’s a game without deconstruction and destruction?  Back in the dark ages when I attended college, there was a concept of Critical Deconstruction , and I thought to take one of the classes on it for my liberal arts General Education credit, something
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