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-Migrating Sol's Tutorial of SDL to SDL_Perl
+Getting people to use SDL Perl: Docs, API, and Distribution
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-<div style="text-align: right;"><i>If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants. --Newton</i><br />
-</div><br />
-<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NnqjAQEn1Xo/SwBpohYidDI/AAAAAAAAAB4/51y9QJh5osI/s1600-h/solsch2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NnqjAQEn1Xo/SwBpohYidDI/AAAAAAAAAB4/51y9QJh5osI/s320/solsch2.png" /></a><br />
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-<h1><a href="http://sol.gfxile.net/gp/index.html">Sol's Tutorials</a> </h1><br />
-<p>When I was struggling with SDL C a while ago, someone recommended <a href="http://sol.gfxile.net/gp/index.html">Sol's Tutorial</a> to me. It had not only help me understand video in SDL, but I believe my code has improved using Sol's code style. I would like to pass these along to fellow SDL_Perl users too. So here is the <a href="http://github.com/kthakore/SDL_perl/blob/redesign/examples/sols/ch02.pl">Ch 02</a> code of Sol's Tutorial in SDL_Perl. It will be getting more and more Perly as our team hacks on it.  There is more to come!<br />
-</p><br />
-<p>To use this code you need the new Redesigned SDL_Perl Library </p><br />
-<h1>Getting SDL Dependencies </h1><br />
-Only If you are on Linux (debian/ubuntu) you need the following dependencies:<br />
+<h4><i>The road so far</i></h4><br />
+Things have been busy but fruitful. Our two core modules are getting to be a bit more stable. <a href="http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Alien-SDL+1.403">Alien::SDL 1.405</a> is behaving well. This foundational stability will start to show results in <a href="http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=SDL+2.405">SDL</a> too I believe. Most excitingly the main developer of frozen-bubble is reviewing our <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~kthakore/Games-FrozenBubble-2.202/lib/Games/FrozenBubble.pm">Games::FrozenBubble</a> port to CPAN. All good and well, but to keep this project going we need to improve.<br />
 <br />
-<pre>$ sudo apt-get install libsdl-net1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsmpeg-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev </pre><br />
-On Windows we recommend using <a href="http://strawberryperl.com/">Strawberry Perl</a>. It comes with SDL-1.2.13 header files and libs included.<br />
+<h4><i>Getting people to use SDL Perl</i></h4><br />
+After a long chat with a new SDL user on #sdl today, I realize we still have some way to go. Currently it seems we are lacking in a few areas. We can definitely use some feedback and help in these areas. <br />
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-Both Windows and Linux needs to install Alien::SDL<br />
-<br />
-<pre>$ cpan Alien::SDL</pre>** Add sudo to this for Linux<br />
-<br />
-<h1>Getting Bleeding SDL </h1><br />
-The bleeding SDL is on github.  Click download on this <a href="http://github.com/kthakore/SDL_perl/tree/redesign"> site </a>.<br />
-<br />
-Extract it and cd into the folder run <br />
-<pre>$ cpan . </pre>** The dot is needed <br />
-** in Linux you may need to do sudo<br />
-<br />
-Then you can run this script by doing<br />
-<br />
-<pre>$ perl examples/sols/ch02.pl </pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3102167581424744259-3277380868908060119?l=yapgh.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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+<ul><li>Tutorials/Documentation<br />
+</li>
+
+<ul><li>We have more docs now on http://sdl.perl.org but they suck</li>
+<li>What type of tutorials do you think will be good for beginners?</li>
+
+<ul><li>A project start to finish?</li>
+<li>Individual tutorials for various topics?</li>
+<li>What needs to go in SDL::CookBook?</li>
+</ul></ul>
+<li>API sweetness</li>
+
+<ul><li>SDL Perl depends on distinct C libraries</li>
+
+<ul><li>This makes naming conventions, data formats different the SDL:: namespaces</li>
+<li>How do people design this stuff?</li>
+
+<ul><li>We are hackers and we just go do stuff but I think this needs some prior thought</li>
+<li>Any takers?</li>
+</ul></ul></ul>
+<li>Distribution</li>
+
+<ul><li>If SDL scripts can be packaged up simply for game developers to distribute their games it will be a big plus</li>
+
+<ul><li>One way is a Wx::Perl::Packer clone</li>
+<li>Another is a CPAN/Steam clone that game devs can upload games too and people can point and click download games?&nbsp;</li>
+</ul></ul></ul><div>If anyone wants to help in these areas please talk to us on sdl-devel@perl.org.&nbsp;</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3102167581424744259-7164362190686365958?l=yapgh.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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