Category: code-signs

I think that I don't quite like how the Invaders deal with the edge of known space. Let's explore. Result: I am pleasantly surprised.

I put in a new method yesterday. I'm not sure if it was a good idea, potentially good idea, or sheer waste. I love changing code.

I have in mind a few small things that would like to have attention. Are they worth it? I think so.

We can remove some duplication with inheritance. One pythonic way is with a mixin. Let's look into that.

With the new ability for Sprites to detect collisions, let's start converting classes. We should be able to do them one at a time.

With a couple of classes using the Sprite, it seems like time to see if we can put enough useful behavior on it to make it more desirable to move to it.

Either I was less intelligent than usual, or there is something tricky going on here. I'll proceed with due caution.

I will share with you an intuition, a guess, about where this Sprite thing is going. Then I'll plug away.

Today I plan to improve the Sprite object to handle animation. I am optimistic about this.

Today I'll try to gin up a little object containing the mask, the rectangle, and the position, to see if it makes things better. I am hopeful.

Design Thinking: There's this notion of "encapsulation" that I've heard about. And "cohesion"?

What general notions might we draw from the past few days' work? What do you see that I do not?

We'll review the saucer code and improve it.

Saucer is still too complicated. I had an idea yesterday at close of session: a helper class!

Drilling down was useful, I think, but let's take a look around for new code signs. We wind up working on names. Again.

I think I see something that would improve the InvaderGroup logic. Let's find out.

Let's have a look at the new code for invaders and edges, see what it's telling us, and do something about those hundred-plus calls. Bear bites man. Man survives.

I promised to throw this spike away and do it over. Can we talk about this? Includes words like 'folderol' and 'bugaboo'.

Let's try a spike that may lead to an improved version of our invader fleet logic. I promise to throw it away.

A very strange session. Two hours of reading and thinking, one very simple change adding an enum, no major improvement. Wasted? Or valuable? I'm not sure yet.

I propose to identify and discuss the things I see in code, what they make me think, and perhaps a bit about what I might do about them. This does not go as I expected.