And, we’re back for another semester of poking and prodding the Microsoft Source Server for use with the Mozilla debug symbols.
First order of business is to clean up as much of the symbolstore.py patch as possible and then the next step would be to start writing a pdbstr.exe replacement that can be distributed. Also, [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Starting up again with Source Server
Posted in dps911, open-source, source server on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Open Source code reading/writing
Posted in code hunting, open-source on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the first class of my BTP600 Design Patterns class. The teacher talked about how there are 3 ways to go about learning to write larger, non-trivial programs.
Try + Fail + Fix
Read the code of other (superstar) coders to see how they did it well
Design Patterns
I like this class. It’s very hard [...]
IRC Chat purpose and atmosphere
Posted in irc, mozilla, open-source on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Something that I have come to appreciate about Mozilla is that its chat channels on IRC are incredibly positive, helpful and relevant. As there are so many areas in developing and using Mozilla projects, several channels exist that allow you to join a channel when it is specific to your area of discussion.
Recently I [...]
New Year, New To-Do list
Posted in open-source on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the first day back in the hallowed halls of S@Y. I managed to clear up the conflict signing up for DPS911 and am now officially registered.
I’ve gotten some great feedback on the bug I filed for the source server so there’s lots to get started on. First rewriting the patch better [...]
