On.Programming

For most of us, programming (or more generally – software development) is all the life is about.

IT Hares are not different. And they have more than just quite a few bits to share about programming…

Avoiding Ugly Afterthoughts. Part a. From Writing for Cross-Platform, to Writing for Debugging and Production Post-Mortem, with Error Handling in between

March 28, 2016 by “No Bugs” Bunny

An Ugly Afterthought

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It is strongly recommended to have your build server to compile your game for at least two sufficiently-different platforms from the very beginning

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If allocation of 50 bytes causes an “out of memory” error, we’re probably already long dead because of unacceptable swapping. And even if we disabled swap file – chances that we will recover from this condition, are infinitesimally small

Filed under: Book: D&D of MOGs1st beta of Vol. IV-VIOn.System Architecture(Re)ActorsOn.ProgrammingDebugging

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Once Again on TCP vs UDP

March 21, 2016 by “No Bugs” Bunny

Themis weighing TCP vs UDP

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The choice of TCP over UDP (or vice versa) might not always be obvious. In a sense, replacing TCP with UDP is trading off reliability for interactivity.

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The most critical factor in selection of TCP over UDP or vice versa is usually related to acceptable delays

Filed under: On.ProgrammingNetwork Programming

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Unity 5 vs UE4 vs Photon vs DIY for MMO

February 22, 2016 by “No Bugs” Bunny

Three-way shootout: Unity vs UE vs Photon

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You can still use HLAPI despite its shortcomings

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If you're using one of the engines above (and not your own one), and your game requires Client-Driven Development Flow, you may want to start with a single-player Unity 5, or with a single-player UE4.

Filed under: Book: D&D of MOGs1st beta of Vol. I-IIIOn.System ArchitectureDistributed systems(Re)ActorsOn.ProgrammingNetwork Programming

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IDL: Encodings, Mappings, and Backward Compatibility

February 15, 2016 by “No Bugs” Bunny

signing IDL contract

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Modifying generated code usually qualifies as a Really Bad Idea

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How much can be gained by each of such specialized encodings – still depends on the game, but if you can try-and-test a dozen of different encodings within a few hours – it will usually allow you to learn quite a few things about your traffic (and to optimize things both visually and traffic-wise too).

Filed under: Book: D&D of MOGs1st beta of Vol. I-IIIOn.System ArchitectureDistributed systemsOn.ProgrammingNetwork Programming

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