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Re: How much time do you spend with Code Project?

kmoorevs21-Mar-15 3:35

21-Mar-15 3:35

King Fisher wrote:
how much time do you spend with Code Project per day

If I am in front of a computer, CP is usually open. The time I spend here is dictated by how busy I am with other things like actually doing my job and even then, I am checking in periodically. On average, I probably spend about an hour a day checking the happenings here in the lounge or reading a few Insider articles. Today is Saturday, so not so much work as looking for something to learn. Smile | :)

Smile | :)

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Re: How much time do you spend with Code Project?

King Fisher21-Mar-15 4:28

21-Mar-15 4:28

Impressive . Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Thanks for sharing.

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Re: How much time do you spend with Code Project?

Southmountain21-Mar-15 10:45

21-Mar-15 10:45

I spend 10 to 30 minutes every weekday before I work on my current projects.
I learned a lot from CP and start to contribute now.

diligent hands rule....

Re: How much time do you spend with Code Project?

Matthew Dennis21-Mar-15 13:26

21-Mar-15 13:26

I just gave up and went to work for the site. Now I get paid to be on the site, although its looking for bug, nuisances, and ways to improve the user experience.

It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

OriginalGriff20-Mar-15 22:07

20-Mar-15 22:07

Got a recommendation from Amazon today "Android Programming In 24 Hours!: Total Beginner's Guide For Android App Programming" - despite my aversion to books with exclamation marks or "in xxx days" in teh title, I followed the link.

£2.03 for the Kindle edition. "That's cheap," I thought "Technical books are usually loads of money!"

Then I looked a bit closer: 37 pages.

37 pages. Man, that's going to be an in depth manual! Laugh | :laugh:

Laugh | :laugh:

Strangely, all the reviews are five stars...

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Joan M20-Mar-15 22:11

20-Mar-15 22:11

That fits the really novice guys that learn to use printf and think they are ultra-hackers...

So if in 37 pages you earn to program apps for android the book is gold for them.

Let's think about it... if 37 pages take 24 hours... then probably the book is extremely dense... Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

OriginalGriff20-Mar-15 22:37

20-Mar-15 22:37

So must the readers - I used "look inside" to see the contents page... Sigh | :sigh:

Sigh | :sigh:

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Mike Hankey20-Mar-15 23:17

20-Mar-15 23:17

Page 1 - 36 blah blah blah.......

Page 37 goto CodeProject.com and ask question with SEND CODEZ PLZ, there's this guy therre named Original Griff that just love to help people!

You're famous!

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

OriginalGriff20-Mar-15 23:25

20-Mar-15 23:25

Mike Hankey wrote:
You're infamous!

FTFY!

Laugh | :laugh:

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Mark_Wallace20-Mar-15 23:30

20-Mar-15 23:30

If it's anything like the cr@p available on the Windows store, it'll be 37 pages of instructions on how to buy books that teach Android programming.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Mark_Wallace20-Mar-15 23:45

20-Mar-15 23:45

Ye Gods, they're everywhere![^]

I think I'll write 31 pages (+ front & end matter) on how to buy snake oil.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

OriginalGriff20-Mar-15 23:55

20-Mar-15 23:55

Don't forget to include a whole chapter: "Check out my other books" OMG | :OMG:

OMG | :OMG:

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Mark_Wallace21-Mar-15 1:19

21-Mar-15 1:19

Good point. If I use lots of cover shots and synopses, I'll only have to write about 12 pages of material for each book.

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

OriginalGriff21-Mar-15 1:20

21-Mar-15 1:20

Use a big font: than it's only 12 sentences. Wink | ;)

Wink | ;)

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Mark_Wallace21-Mar-15 1:26

21-Mar-15 1:26

With a bit of MS Office clip-art on each page, twelve short sentences!

Hey, now that we've worked out the business model, we ought to do something with it.

Shall I write a book about it? It'll only take me twenty minutes.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

OriginalGriff21-Mar-15 1:30

21-Mar-15 1:30

And you can get those sentences from QA answers!

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Mark_Wallace21-Mar-15 1:36

21-Mar-15 1:36

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

OriginalGriff21-Mar-15 1:38

21-Mar-15 1:38

You forgot "URGNTZZZ!!!"

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Mark_Wallace21-Mar-15 1:40

21-Mar-15 1:40

My God, I'm really cr@p at this!

Fixed.

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Zoltán Zörgő21-Mar-15 2:01

Zoltán Zörgő

21-Mar-15 2:01

I found the answer to all your questions. It's all in the Matrix.

Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Mark_Wallace21-Mar-15 2:51

21-Mar-15 2:51

Superb!

I'll have the book ready for release by the end of the month!

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

OriginalGriff21-Mar-15 3:45

21-Mar-15 3:45

I'm amazed.

Nobody has popped up to tell you that his question is better than yours, and you should look at that one... Wink | ;)

Wink | ;)

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Mark_Wallace21-Mar-15 3:51

21-Mar-15 3:51

I'll add it to the requirements.

32: Idiotic nagging spammer.

OK, done.

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Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Duncan Edwards Jones20-Mar-15 23:55

Duncan Edwards Jones

20-Mar-15 23:55

It took 24 hours to write the book...

Re: It's bound to be a goodie, isn't it?

Gary R. Wheeler21-Mar-15 0:45

Gary R. Wheeler

21-Mar-15 0:45

Don't knock short books. O'Reilly publishes a number of short books in their Pocket Reference series. I've learned more from these about SQL, CSS, and other TLA's than in most of the door-stop tomes out there.

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