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There is no good replacement for just giving out floppies without worrying about cost to this day. 8GB SD cards, a practical size to give out applications, phot
by cat_plus_plus 3y ago
There is no good replacement for just giving out floppies without worrying about cost to this day. 8GB SD cards, a practical size to give out applications, photos or videos, are about $6 each, so giving one to everyone in your class is a non-trivial expense. DVDs are too fragile and many don't have an optical drive at home these days. Online hosting requires remembering the URL and then an extra download step.
- spikej 3y agoThis is a real problem that doesn't get talked about much...
- jcadam 3y agoWhen I was in college, programming assignments were turned in with a code listing and a 3.5" floppy disk shoved in a paper folder. Kids these days just push to a code repo and call it good - they'll never know the joy of seeing "unreadable disk" scrawled in red on their code listing when they get their assignment back.
- charcircuit 3y agoThe standard is a printed QR code with a link. This is how I see digital stuff get bundled with stuff I buy.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoBurn onto CD-R and then print a logo with a URL [or QR code, pointing to URL of CD contents]? I recently started burning CD's again for my car's 6-disc changer... it's comforting having variety, but structured/patterned (I also use Pandora's random stations music service).