Adam Sampson's ag0700 bookmarkshttps://bookmarks.offog.org/ats/ag0700Adam Sampson2016-08-28T11:10:33ZLong Names Are Long – journal.stuffwithstuff.comhttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fjournal.stuffwithstuff.com%2F2016%2F06%2F16%2Flong-names-are-long%2F2016-08-28T11:10:33ZAdvice on short variable names. (This is basically the same as the Google style guide suggests, which shouldn't be surprising given the author works at Google...)Character Encodings For Modern Programmershttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.gatunka.com%2F2014%2F04%2F25%2Fcharacter-encodings-for-modern-programmers%2F2016-03-19T17:40:29ZA pretty good overview, with some detail of the complete nightmare that dealing with text is on Windows.ARMwikihttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heyrick.co.uk%2Farmwiki%2FMain_Page2016-01-22T23:58:31ZAs the title suggests. Has an "early ARM" (i.e. Acorn) focus, but still a useful reference for 32-bit ARM in general.A successful Git branching model » nvie.comhttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnvie.com%2Fposts%2Fa-successful-git-branching-model%2F2015-05-03T01:03:19ZNothing especially novel about the model, but this is a nice explanation with diagrams.The bell has tolled for rand() | Explicit C++https://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcpp.indi.frih.net%2Fblog%2F2014%2F12%2Fthe-bell-has-tolled-for-rand%2F2015-03-22T21:05:19ZWhat to use instead of rand().The real benefit of Agile - Michael Brunton-Spallhttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brunton-spall.co.uk%2Fpost%2F2014%2F06%2F24%2Fthe-real-benefit-of-agile%2F2015-03-13T21:34:06Z"Doing agile badly is cheaper than doing waterfall badly". Short and sweet.Game Programming Patternshttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgameprogrammingpatterns.com%2F2015-03-13T21:08:51ZA relatively small collection of design patterns for games implementation, including reevaluation of some of the Gang of Four patterns. Good content; students will probably find this an interesting read. (The writing style is a bit cutesy, though!)Inside Spacewar! — A Software Archeological Approachhttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.masswerk.at%2Fspacewar%2Finside%2F2015-03-05T17:44:17ZExtremely comprehensive study of the Spacewar code. I might describe this as a software graphological analysis rather than an archeological one, since one of the most interesting parts is the examination of different programmers' styles...Spacewar!https://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.masswerk.at%2Fspacewar%2F2015-03-05T17:43:32ZAn excellent Javascript emulation of several versions of Spacewar. Very nicely done.mGBAhttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fendrift.com%2Fmgba%2F2015-01-06T16:48:24ZAnother GBA emulator with debugging facilities -- might be worth looking at as an alternative to VBA for AG0700 students (particularly those not on Windows).Notes on calculating constants in SSE registers - The Old New Thing - Site Home - MSDN Blogshttps://bookmarks.offog.org/edit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.msdn.com%2Fb%2Foldnewthing%2Farchive%2F2014%2F12%2F15%2F10580665.aspx2015-01-03T18:35:48ZOptimising instruction sequences for loading SSE constants.