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How does newbies come to know about CodeProject? When they are stuck or need help, seems they post it at SO or CP.
Possibly Word-of-mouth OR Google OR ???. If Google what keywords?
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When you're in Visual Studio and press Ctrl+C you are automatically taken to CP's Q&A.
It's a new feature for students and the mentally challenged!
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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Well that would be awesome if we have it.
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Mike Hankey wrote: When you're in Visual Studio and press Ctrl+C you are automatically taken to CP's Q&A.
... which creates a new message with one line "Do you haz he codez"?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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That was implied.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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How did you find it?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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- Q&A was not there when I started. (forums were though)
- It was not Q&A help that lead me here.
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Hmm, I didn't mention Q&A. However, I'm guessing you had a coding issue/question that you googled, and probably found a link to an article or forum post, just like me and a lot of others I'd imagine. Though I could be completely wrong .
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Again true and possibly for most of us. But, is that true for most of the newbies too?
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That's how I found it years ago.
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Bit of both.
But yes, I do refer to this site often. And they google it. Since Undu down, SO is the only real alternative. SO ansers but lacks articles. (And I loved Undu).
Here, you download and try. SO doesn't have that; thus, as far as I can see, nothing that is better than CodeProject. Nothing else I could recommend. Google it, if you don't believe me.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: I loved Undu).
Never heard of 'Undu' ... don't hit me
Eddy Vluggen wrote: you download and try.
Yeah, articles and details - CP is unique and best. But, this comes into picture only once someone is aware of it.
Eddy Vluggen wrote: Google it, if you don't believe me.
Totally believe you.
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Sandeep Mewara wrote: Never heard of 'Undu' ... don't hit me Unofficial newsletter of Delphi Users. My first ever article was there; 'bout Exceptions and the Map file[^]. My best article to date.
Sandeep Mewara wrote: But, this comes into picture only once someone is aware of it. Do a google on any .NET related project, and only two sites in the top five. Top five for DuckDuckGo even, and at least top ten in Bing. Most people who have a question use a search engine; most of my coworkers already knew the site and had downloaded stuff before.
The site is named on my resume; if you never heard of it then I don't even want an invitation. If you over five years in the field and ignorant of CodeProject, then you're not a developer.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: My first ever article was there; 'bout Exceptions and the Map file[^]. My best article to date.
Thanks for sharing.
Eddy Vluggen wrote: if you never heard of it then I don't even want an invitation. If you over five years in the field and ignorant of CodeProject, then you're not a developer.
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I am one of the few here who are an exception to the norm. You can see this by my user number. I was a member at a site that preceded this one. Chris sent out an e-mail and auto-registered several hundred (thousand?) people when this site was started and I was on the list. From what I have seen, Ravi B. is the only other person who is still active from that list. His user number is one less than mine.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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That's new/different. Didn't knew something like this was done in earlier days. Thanks for sharing.
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Yep,
I came over at the same time. I wasn't active on the forum at all for the first few years and lost access to my original account. In fact I think this was my third account on the site.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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I used a different name at the old site and wrote a few articles for it under that one. When I got the e-mail about this site I signed up with this one and have been fortunate enough to not need another one.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Hmmm,
Were you a part of the crew that came from codeguru when Zafir Anjum sold off the domain name and site?
Btw I met with 4 or 5 codeproject.com members in real life at the Microsoft MVP summit. I think it was the 2014 or 2015 summit on the Microsoft Redmond campus. I met Nish Nishant, Peter O'Hanlon, Sacha Barber and a few others. Some of them were drinking the free alcohol so I doubt they even remember.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Yes, I was. I bet it was fun to meet those people.
I used to be in a mod team for a game and was able to meet up with a few of the team at an E3 (in LA) several years ago. It was a great time. A guy from Nvidia gave me a video card and that was pretty cool.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: Yes, I was. Me too, I still have an active account over on the old site. I am not active on that forum anymore.
Rick York wrote: I used to be in a mod team for a game and was able to meet up with a few of the team at an E3 (in LA) several years ago. It was a great time. A guy from Nvidia gave me a video card and that was pretty cool. Yeah, I went to E3 in 2013 as a member of the XBox One team. I've worn many hats at Microsoft, one of which is contributing code to the XBox One operating system. After that I was moved back into the Windows operating systems group.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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A fellow refugee from Microsoft. =) I wrote the bit of Windows where you right click on your PC icon and click "Manage..." - utterly boring, but I think the code is probably still in use.
I was also on the Visual Studio Whidbey team, but that seems like forever ago.
Real programmers use butterflies
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