Let's hammer out some details! - Lifehacker Coders

Message from discussion Let's hammer out some details!

Adam

More options Sep 25 2008, 2:42 pm

From: Adam <adam.p...@gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:42:24 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Thurs, Sep 25 2008 2:42 pm

Subject: Re: Let's hammer out some details!

  Reply to author
  |
  Forward
  | Print
  | View thread
  | Show original
  | Report this message
  | Find messages by this author
  

Actually, let's stick to talk regarding the overall direction of the
Lifehacker Coders project here--things like scope, organization,
communication. I.e., this post is for talking about how the process
could work. I've put up a separate post for collecting application
ideas post here:

http://groups.google.com/group/lifehacker-coders/t/acab5af395954f37

On Sep 25, 11:29 am, Adam <adam.p...@gmail.com> wrote:

> If you're here, that means you read the call for contributors on
> Lifehacker and are interested in contributing to the Lifehacker Coders
> project. This is an experiment for me (Adam) in creating original
> content for Lifehacker in the form of simple applications built using
> AutoHotkey.

> I chose AutoHotkey because it's a scripting language I'm familiar
> with, and development with AutoHotkey is relatively fast and simple.
> The problem (and strength) of AutoHotkey is that it's easy to script a
> solution for yourself, but often those solutions are never abstracted
> in a form that others can easily use. My assumption is that people are
> much more likely to use an actual executable application over a script
> that requires installing AHK, for example, so abstracting AHK ideas
> into executables with GUIs is important.

> Almost every software project I've developed for Lifehacker is an AHK
> application, including:

> Texter:http://lifehacker.com/software/texter/lifehacker-code-texter-windows-...
> Rocker:http://lifehacker.com/software/exclusive-lifehacker-download-for-wind...
> Swept Away:http://lifehacker.com/software/downloads/lifehacker-code-swept-away-w...
> ClickWhen:http://lifehacker.com/software/exclusive-lifehacker-download/automate...
> DVD Play:http://lifehacker.com/360658/browse-and-play-your-ripped-dvds-with-dv...
> Better Rename:http://lifehacker.com/355580/mimic-vistas-file-rename-feature-in-xp
> DVD Rip:http://lifehacker.com/355281/dvd-rip-automates-one+click-dvd-ripping

> I have experience in AHK and with programming, but I'm far from
> expert. I learn a lot from commenters every time I write up an AHK
> post, so I'm looking forward to the knowledge and ideas you can bring.

> I want this to be as collaborative an effort as possible, so I'm open
> to hearing whatever ideas you might have--whether we're talking
> application ideas, ideas on how the process should work, etc.

> I'm really excited about this experiment, and if you've made it this
> far, I hope you are too. So, without further ado, let's hammer out
> some details.

> (Incidentally, I'd love to host our code on Google Code but have no
> experience using SVN there. If anyone does, let's talk!)

Reply to author Forward