Working in Godot with SQLite and C#
Here are the steps I took to get SQLite to work in a C# project. 1. Create a new project. 2. Add a plain Node. 3. Rename the node to “Database” and save the scene as Database.tscn. 4. Right click…
PostgREST with Svelte and Sapper
In this post I’ll assemble some libraries to form a simple web framework prototype with Svelte as the frontend for a PostgREST API backend. Here’s a quick overview of the tech we’ll use in this tutorial: PostgREST is a server…
C# Crash Course
An overview of the C# language with some code examples. Intended for those new to C# but with some previous exposure to programming. Variables A variable is a container for information. Variables in C# have a type like int or…
How I learned the Godot C# API
The vast majority of tutorial code for Godot is in GDScript. There just aren’t many C#-specific resources on the web (that I’m aware of). Yet the more I work with Godot, the more I’ve found that GDScript and C# have…
Procyon Changelog
20200727 [X] Improvements to save system. NPC and Item positions are now tracked in saved games in the db. 20200724 [X] Implemented basic game save. All player / npc / item data can now be saved on demand. Continuing to…
Running WordPress on SQL Server
What if I tried to install WordPress on SQL Server instead of MySQL? I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? How else am I going to blow a Sunday afternoon? I was curious. What was it actually like? Wait,…
How to Install WordPress on a DigitalOcean VPS
In this guide I’ll cover what I feel is the best current option for installing WordPress on a DigitalOcean VPS. DigitalOcean has been my preferred web hosting platform for a few years. I’ve set up a handful of servers there,…
Literate Programming in Spacemacs with Racket
Introduction So maybe one day out of the blue you thought to yourself, “I’d really like to work through SICP or The Little Schemer. And wouldn’t it be neat if I could do it all in the ultra-powerful Org-mode so…
How to scrape web pages with Scrapy and Python
Web crawling is a fun and rewarding skill to develop. Here’s how to get a basic web crawler set up with the Scrapy framework for Python. First you’ll need to install Scrapy. On a unixy platform, just execute pip install…