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Getting people to use SDL Perl: Docs, API, and Distribution
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<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 />
<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 />
<br />
<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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6855e561	3	Getting people to use SDL Perl: Docs, API, and Distribution
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ec946b6b	5	<div class="CONTENT">
6855e561	6	<h4><i>The road so far</i></h4><br />
6855e561	7	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 />
56d4907c	8	<br />
6855e561	9	<h4><i>Getting people to use SDL Perl</i></h4><br />
	10	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 />
	11	<br />
	12	<ul><li>Tutorials/Documentation<br />
	13	</li>
	14
	15	<ul><li>We have more docs now on http://sdl.perl.org but they suck</li>
	16	<li>What type of tutorials do you think will be good for beginners?</li>
	17
	18	<ul><li>A project start to finish?</li>
	19	<li>Individual tutorials for various topics?</li>
	20	<li>What needs to go in SDL::CookBook?</li>
	21	</ul></ul>
	22	<li>API sweetness</li>
	23
	24	<ul><li>SDL Perl depends on distinct C libraries</li>
	25
	26	<ul><li>This makes naming conventions, data formats different the SDL:: namespaces</li>
	27	<li>How do people design this stuff?</li>
	28
	29	<ul><li>We are hackers and we just go do stuff but I think this needs some prior thought</li>
	30	<li>Any takers?</li>
	31	</ul></ul></ul>
	32	<li>Distribution</li>
	33
	34	<ul><li>If SDL scripts can be packaged up simply for game developers to distribute their games it will be a big plus</li>
	35
	36	<ul><li>One way is a Wx::Perl::Packer clone</li>
	37	<li>Another is a CPAN/Steam clone that game devs can upload games too and people can point and click download games? </li>
	38	</ul></ul></ul><div>If anyone wants to help in these areas please talk to us on sdl-devel@perl.org. </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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