thecoderover
Computing from a programmer's perspective
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Moon Lander Game
One of the earliest games I played on a personal computer was Jupiter lander on the VIC 20. Back then the Lunar Lander genre stood up there besides Space Invaders & Break-out. While games have come a long way since then, reconstructing one of these simpler games can still be an interesting exercise. It allows…
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Javascript performance with native code
An introduction to using native code with JavaScript with either NodeJS N-API or WebAssembly and the performance gains you might expect. After previously selecting JavaScript for my blog projects, I came across an interesting presentation on YouTube regarding JavaScript performance. In the video, a developer working on the Google V8 JavaScript engine provided insight into…
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A Programming Lingua Franca
One of the aims of this blog is to include mini-projects that illustrate the aspects of programming I find interesting. In accomplishing this, I want to be as inclusive as possible. Hopefully, the average developer can follow along with ease. Thus, I need a programming language that the majority will find comfortable. I am not…
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Hello World!
Hello World! Welcome to the first post of thecoderover., another little blog mostly about programming, computing and the internet at large. Writing this blog is something that I have wanted to start for a while now. Unfortunately, I just never seemed to find the time to make a start. Recently, a small pause between projects…