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Just before I started the project, I looked around the internet for some resources to see what I was getting myself into. There are so many awesome places to ge
by jenniferDewalt 13y ago
Just before I started the project, I looked around the internet for some resources to see what I was getting myself into. There are so many awesome places to get information out there. Stack Overflow, the Wikipedia, demos, tutorials, documentation. I spend about 10 hours a day working on the project and the vast majority of that time is me digging through those amazing resources.
- future_grad 13y agoJust curious, how do you fund working on these projects 10 hours a day? Good work on them. Perfect way to have a portfolio ready for the world.
- jenniferDewalt 13y agoI saved up some money so that I could learn to code full time.
- Scaevolus 13y agoDo you think your art background helped you develop the focus and dedication to work on projects for such long periods of time? Most programmers couldn't manage that.
- jenniferDewalt 13y agoAbsolutely! When making art, you often go through a 'research' phase where you make a lot of sketches, models, mock-up, etc. Most of it is garbage but at the end you've prepared yourself to tackle the real thing. I sometimes think of this project as a really intense version of that process.
- ihnorton 13y agoYou really should blog about this! 'Build one to throw away' is a common (very insufficiently applied, in my case) programming aphorism, but it would be neat to hear a take on it from an artist's perspective where you quite literally throw it away and there is no copy-paste between projects.
- jenniferDewalt 13y agoThat is a really great idea! I am definitely sticking that one in my queue.
- kpennell 13y agoI'm going to move to India to do just this.
- JackDanger 13y agoI second the interest in a blog post. Jennifer, it's rare that someone develops an art background before programming so I'd love to hear your thoughts on the similarities and differences.
- moron4hire 13y agoWhat on earth do you mean by this?
- kirklove 13y agoDo you have a list of your favorite resources. Would be great to see that path... Like I built this and used this to learn. Fantastic job btw. Kudos!
- jenniferDewalt 13y agoI don't have a formal list right now but I do have a folder full of random bookmarks which I'll do something with at some point. I always keep a window open with tabs to Stack Overflow, jQuery docs, Underscore docs, and Ruby on Rails Guides (if I am using Rails that day). I usually keep another window open with tabs to styling tools like http://www.colorhexa.com/ http://www.colorhexa.com/.