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Re: How long do you spend coding a day?

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pighead10 is not online. pighead10
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04 Jun 2012 01:18 PM
On school days, I can't really code anything that takes a while because there isn't enough time and I'm usually tired, so I manage around 1 hour of scripting on Roblox. On weekends, I am aiming for at least 4 hours - I say "aiming" because since completing my post compo for ludum dare, I haven't had any motivation but I have a new idea now, which should be fun to make so I will actually want to.

I will probably play around 4 hours of games in the evening as well.

How long do you spend coding a day?
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Radioaktiivinen is not online. Radioaktiivinen
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04 Jun 2012 01:23 PM
When i start coding ill code forever.

If i cant get on the computer in the morning i wont bother coding and game the whole day.

If i face a minor obstacle while coding i wont bother coding and game the whole day.

If i know i wont have 6+ hours of time left that day + free time the whole next week i wont bother coding and game the whole day.

If i go to the fridge i might not bother coding and game the whole day.
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trappingnoobs is not online. trappingnoobs
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04 Jun 2012 01:28 PM
Often at least 30 mins to an hour a school day and on weekends, one of two things happens:

1- All day TF2
2- Morning web dev for at least 3 hours, afternoon software/game dev for usually 5-6 hours
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trappingnoobs is not online. trappingnoobs
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04 Jun 2012 01:29 PM
other than the 6+ hour thing and the thing about going to the fridge (wtf?!?!) I pretty much agree with radio
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Radioaktiivinen is not online. Radioaktiivinen
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04 Jun 2012 01:35 PM
Ye i spend half of the day refreshing gamedev dewt net and roblox and sometimes check somputers software and tech section of mc forums.

k.


*googles software dev*
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su8 is not online. su8
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04 Jun 2012 01:36 PM
well, today i went to le pc about 11 am.. then i continued my project and ragequitted it about half a hour ago so 11am-9pm
i ragequitted because le sfmluz started trolling me again hurrdurr
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nickmaster24 is not online. nickmaster24
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04 Jun 2012 01:38 PM
It depends how much time I waste on the forums...

~Read Between The Squiggles~
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Legend26 is not online. Legend26
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04 Jun 2012 01:39 PM
What nickmaster said. Figuring out how to ignore the forum is difficult...
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Valone is not online. Valone
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04 Jun 2012 01:47 PM
As long as it takes for me to be satisfied.

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pighead10 is not online. pighead10
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04 Jun 2012 01:49 PM
@radio, @trapping

how often do you encounter an obstacle that you stop coding after?
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su8 is not online. su8
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04 Jun 2012 01:49 PM
^ololololo
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su8 is not online. su8
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04 Jun 2012 01:50 PM
block, latetoast, dat was pointed to valones' posty
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pighead10 is not online. pighead10
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04 Jun 2012 01:51 PM
for me, it's basically:

get up -> code -> lunch + some other break if family wants to go out -> code -> tea -> game

And the 'code' there equals about 4 hours, which makes me feel like I am wasting my time playing games yet coding past 6:30pm seems too late
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pighead10 is not online. pighead10
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04 Jun 2012 01:53 PM
Well, 4 hours of actual coding, probably 1.5 hours checking forums and stoof
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trappingnoobs is not online. trappingnoobs
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04 Jun 2012 01:58 PM
meh, once every 100-200 lines of code? Depends how into the project I am. When I start I like doing a lot of math-related back-end work so I hit more nooks, but soon into projects I've wrapped a lot of the stuff necessary for what I want into helper functions and it's more rapid and easier.
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pighead10 is not online. pighead10
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04 Jun 2012 02:00 PM
I used to give up after every minor obstacle but I have trained my mind since then
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pspdude40 is not online. pspdude40
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04 Jun 2012 02:05 PM
How I think I should use my time -
Morning: Coding
Afternoon: Working on Early College Program stuff
Evening: Coding/Gaming/Surfing the Interwebs (Depending on my mood)

How I really use my time -
Morning: Reading Rage Comics/Facebook
Afternoon: Reading Rage Comics/Facebook (Unless I need to do Early College Program stuff)
Evening: Reading Rage Comics/Facebook
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nickmaster24 is not online. nickmaster24
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04 Jun 2012 02:28 PM
@pspdude40

Also add "Derping on Roblox forums" for me and take out rage comics for morning and afternoon :P

~Read Between The Squiggles~
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um3k is not online. um3k
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04 Jun 2012 03:14 PM
I have no school, job, or life, so the past week or so I've been coding/debugging 12 hours a day. I often forget to eat.
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NecroBumpist is not online. NecroBumpist
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04 Jun 2012 03:36 PM
>implying I still code

God, it's been at least two months since I've opened an editor.
I'm too busy watchin' animu or playing vidya games.
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shortPinman is not online. shortPinman
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04 Jun 2012 03:40 PM
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darkkiller5555 is not online. darkkiller5555
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04 Jun 2012 04:03 PM
Until I get bored of what I'm working on. This varies from 30 seconds to 5 hours.
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MrgamesNwatch is not online. MrgamesNwatch
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04 Jun 2012 04:19 PM
@necrobumpist, dunno why but "vidya games" just made me giggle.

anyhows for me it usually works (lets say on weekends and assuming I'm not going anywhere)

morning-afternoon( or afternoon depending when i wakeup): check messages,forums, play MC, random crap
Evening: possibly open up roblox and code, moar MC, random crap
Night (8pm-4am): code, Draw, learn codez, random crap

usually ends up being whatever i feel like doing, so i could spend the entire day coding.
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Radioaktiivinen is not online. Radioaktiivinen
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04 Jun 2012 04:46 PM
Obstacles while coding:

Need to start working on a whole new class

Decided to remake current class

Need to get new library or something working

Dat linker even after 10 minutes of debugging

Its messy

Fridge

Brain confused about row/column based matrices and doesnt know what is what because nothing tells which one is used

Family member enters room and starts talking/sits behind me (->go to fridge)

Less than 4 hours left, need to browse and play games

Needed to check out something while coding, cant find way back from the depths of de internet
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RATEXmegaGAMER is not online. RATEXmegaGAMER
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04 Jun 2012 04:49 PM
If I didn't die in MC the past day, I probably don't even script. If I do I'll just attempt to and then get bored and get back to MC.
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