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by mariuz • 6 years ago

151 8 6 years ago

I approached this wondering if it would be somewhat like 'Make a Lisp' or similar [0], that as a competent programmer you could start within minutes of starting to read the instructions.

It doesn't seem like that. I think this is because

* it has comprehensive background for newbies (e.g. the idea of setting breakpoints in a debugger)

* it is the accompaniment for a separate book

* it has some serious background assumptions (e.g. you know calculus)

* graphics programming is much, much harder than making a lisp.

[0] https://github.com/kanaka/mal

[Edit: formatting]

ghj• 6 years ago

Those time estimates look way too optimistic.

Or I am just the type that would mess up an equation and spend the next 3 hours trying to figure out why something is rendered upside down or worse, with just subtly incorrect lighting and colors.

Anything math-y that doesn't fail loudly requires a different type of debugging skill that the typical programmer doesn't have.

rationalfaith• 6 years ago

Yes, me too. Although I'd hypothesize you would like to explore tangential parts of the lessons rather than heads down follow without mental digestion.

krisgee• 6 years ago

I mean 5 hours is pretty much a days work realistically so if you look at it that way it seems pretty reasonable to me. Project 1 is basically a "you'll take a day to do this" project 3 is basically a week's work, etc.

If it comes with some instructions and hints it would line up with my estimates pretty closely, that said I've done a bit of this sort of work before so I might have less unknown unknowns in my estimate.

dahart• 6 years ago

"Time estimates are in person hours based on averages from 140 college students. Projects longer than 6 hours could be done by pairs or small teams, or by an individual over multiple weeks. Some projects also must be run for significant unattended time to produce results."

acomjean• 6 years ago

perhaps link to the https version? https://graphicscodex.com/projects/projects/index.html

maxekman• 6 years ago

I’ve been recommended the book “The Raytracer Challange” [0] which let’s you implement a raytracer in the language of your choice by only giving you the expected results and test cases in a TDD fashion. Super creative way of learning!

[0] http://raytracerchallenge.com/

ekampf1• 6 years ago

Another nice one is the Ray Tracing in One Weekend guide https://raytracing.github.io/books/RayTracingInOneWeekend.ht...

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