3 Grant Progess Reports 1-3: Sept - Nov
6 As you know I have received a TPF grant to write a SDL Perl Manual.<br />
7 <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_716654272"><br />
9 <a href="http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/2010q3-grant-proposal-manual-f.html">http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/2010q3-grant-proposal-manual-f.html</a><br />
11 <a href="http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/accepted-grants-for-2010q3.html">http://news.perlfoundation.org/2010/08/accepted-grants-for-2010q3.html</a><br />
13 I have been a bit busy with that and not been able to update my blog. Anyway here are some of the back dated Grant Updates. These updates where also posted on <a href="http://news.perlfoundation.org/">http://news.perlfoundation.org/</a><br />
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18 <div style="text-align: center;">REPORT 1: Sept 2010</div><br />
19 <ul><li>1st drafts <ul><li>Preface </li>
20 <li>Chapter 2: First SDL Application</li>
22 <li>Started work on Chapter 3: Drawing</li>
23 <li>Outlines for the first 7 chapters have been completed</li>
24 <li>Book build framework has been setup</li>
25 <li>Released SDL 2.514 (2.515 will be released on 16th of September) <ul><li>This code is the one that will be used in the book for chapter 02</li>
27 <li>Got more of the Drawing chapter done (It will be done by the end of the week) </li>
28 <li>Added several more code examples for other chapters</li>
29 </ul>Progress: 2.75 chapters / 11 chapters = approx 25%<br />
30 Kartik's work can be followed at:<br />
31 <ul><li><a href="http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual">http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual</a></li>
32 <li><a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.pdf">http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.pdf</a></li>
35 <div style="text-align: center;">REPORT 2: October 2010</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
36 </div><div style="text-align: left;">Since last time:<br />
37 <ul><li>We have released SDL 2.518 <ul><li>Game Loop support completed</li>
40 <ul><li>2nd Drafts for: <ul><li>Preface to Game Loop ( Chapter 0 - Chapter 04)</li>
42 <li>Chapters completed: 5/11 => 45%</li>
44 <ul><li>cfedde has made a script to extract code listings for readers to try examples with out having to retype them.</li>
46 <ul><li>I am receiving a lot more help from the community, most notable from cfedde for proofreading.</li>
47 <li>I will be fleshing out the next 6 chapters shortly and work will begin on them soon</li>
48 <li>I am pleased with the progress so far, and I feel the quality is improving due to the pacing.</li>
49 </ul>Our work can be seen at:<br />
50 <ul><li><a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.pdf">http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.pdf</a></li>
51 <li><a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.html">http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.html</a></li>
52 <li><a href="http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual">http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual</a></li>
54 <div style="text-align: center;">REPORT 3: November 2010</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
55 This is the progress so far:<br />
57 - SDL 2.523 Releases:<br />
58 - Adds stability and better memory management for the game loop<br />
60 - 2 chapters have been completed <br />
61 - Pong Chapter (Contributed by garu)<br />
62 - Additional Modules<br />
63 - 1 extra chapter has been added<br />
64 - Puzz(le) Chapter (Contributed by Blaizer)<br />
66 - 2 Chapters are in the Works<br />
67 - Tetris Code has been mostly done (contributed by FROGGS)<br />
68 - Needs to be fixed <br />
69 - Needs write up<br />
70 - Sound and Music Effects code is done<br />
71 - Needs to be fixed<br />
72 - Needs write up<br />
74 Our work can be seen at:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.pdf">http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.pdf</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.html">http://sdlperl.ath.cx/releases/SDL_Manual.html</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual">http://github.com/PerlGameDev/SDL_Manual</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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