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C#: Stack vs. Heap
Lets talk about memory. Specifically how a computer program stores information so that it can be accessed. Programs and application store values that are used to perform their purpose. Sometimes the values are coming from the user, other times the values are pre-set in the application itself. In either event They are often set in something called a variable. A variable is really just a way for naming and keeping track of a particular value. And as we consider variables and what a variable is meant to represent, we have to look at the “type” of value it is storing. In previous posts we discussed variables and types. Today we…
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Game Review: Final Fantasy X / X-2
This month’s game review is Final Fantasy X – on the PS3. The game was originally released on the PlayStation 2 in 2001 – so while for me it may not feel that “retro”, it’s already 20 years old. It has had a number of re-releases starting in 2013 for the PlayStation 3, 2015 for the PlayStation 4, 2016 for Windows (PC), and 2019 for the Switch and XBox One. So you can find this on pretty much any system that you might game on. One thing to note is that the re-releases are actually two games in one. Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2, which is the first…
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Game Review: Immortals Fenyx Rising
This months game review will be: Immortals Fenyx Rising. This game made my list of games to review because it looked like it had an interesting story, bright and fun characters and it had a Greek mythology theme as its basis. My son really enjoys mythology and I felt like this would be one that we could both enjoy. Let’s see how it held up in the review below. Here are the publishing details: Title Immortals Fenyx Rising # of Players 1 Release Date December 3, 2020 Publisher UBISOFT ESRB Rating Teen Rating Details Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence Genre Action Adventure Platform XBOX One (reviewed), PS4, PS5, XBox Series X,…
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C#: Classes
When you start getting into programming you come across a lot of terms that may not always be intuitive enough to understand what they really are. Sometimes we may understand the concept of the term well enough to move forward but may not really think about what the term could actually mean. Today I want to discuss Classes. Maybe the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the term class is like a school class, or maybe you read it as a classification. In programming, we can think of a class as a template or pattern for a given object. When we want to use that class in…
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Book Review: The Tiger at Midnight
Book Stats Title: The Tiger at Midnight Author: Swati Teerdhala Pages: 487 ISBN: 9780062869210 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Fiction Premise The Tiger at Midnight is the story about two individuals – an assassin and a soldier. Both feeling that their lives were not entirely what they had hoped and intended. Both had dreams of more peace and happiness, but both driven and duty bound to fulfill the role they now have. Two nations are coming to a fragile treaty after a war. The land itself is in danger of losing the magical bond that keeps both nations sustained and filled with life. An assassin intent on revenge for the crimes…
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Game Review: Dragon Quest XI
This month’s game review will be: Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age This is not the latest “S” iteration, that version of the same title came out September 2019… I am playing the non-S variety, non-definitive edition that was released a year prior to that – September of 2018. The nice part about that is that it is older, so it is more likely to be on the budget end of games. Links at the bottom for both options. ↓ Let’s get the publishing details sorted out and then we’ll dive into my thoughts on this game. Title Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age # of…
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Foundations: The SOLID Principles
On one of the first days of my first software developer jobs, the team lead pulled me aside to give a run down of the software project we had. Just to go over the architecture and make sure I knew what the team structure was. One of the things he asked was if I was familiar with the S.O.L.I.D. principles of programming. I being new to development had to admit that I did not recall what they were. He gave me a brief explanation and moved on to other aspects of the program structure. It was the kind of question that stuck because I knew I needed to know more…
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Book Review: Shielded
Book Stats Title: Shielded Author: Kaylynn Flanders Pages: 419 ISBN: 978-0-593-11853-5 Genre: Fiction Fantasy Young Adult Premise Shielded follows a young princess named Jennesara, whose kingdom, Hálenborg, is at war in their northern borders. The story starts with the princess learning that she had been betrothed to the neighboring kingdom of Turia in hopes of forming an alliance and gaining military strength for the war they were in. In this story, magic follows a first-born hierarchical path traditionally. It manifests not just in varied abilities, but also visibly through white hair at the temples. So when the princess (the second born child) also has magical abilities she hides her magic…
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake: DEMO
Final Fantasy 7 Remake release is less than a month away. The demo is available now to tide you over.
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Why Do I Develop?
You know those questions that catch you by surprise? This post is my reflective thought on why I choose to be a software developer.