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Date: Nov. 02, 2019
Location: Green Bed, Lavender Room
Mood: Everything Humming
Music: Mogwai - Young Team
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I've been reading "Design Patterns, Elements of Reusable Object-
Oriented Software" lately. OOP concepts seem very interesting to me, and it
gives me another reason to continue using C++. When I was first learning how
to code, I used Python, and C++ was always this "scary" or "difficult"
language for only the most seasoned software engineers. But after learning it
last semester and using it for all my programming assignments this semester,
I've really fallen in love with it. So I decided to do some reading up on the
OOP patterns that I know I'll be using in the future.
In order to help me learn, and in order to feed my insatiable love
for terminal-based applications, I decided to pick up another personal
project. This time, it's a simple RPG system built in ncurses, and utilizing
the various design patterns I'm learning where applicable. It might seem
slightly overkill for a small battle system in the terminal, but it combines
three things I enjoy: OOP, ncurses, and RPG games.
I'll probably make a post about the project in my tech section if
and when it really gets off the ground. At the moment it's just two static
scenes and a template for the battle menus.
...
Outside of personal projects, things are heating up and cooling down
in a very disorienting way. Flurries of emails about internships and midterms
followed by relative radio silence. Things are getting very busy at work as
the holiday season descends upon us. And then the weekend hits and I'm left
feeling restless, mindlessly typing at my laptop, listening to music.
Even the tiny flickers and ripples of conversation here on gopher
stand at odds with the lightspeed scroll of news and social media sites. And
I've come to appreciate that slowness. Something about it reminds me of my
own habits. Taking time to read deeply. To comprehend.
Reminds me of the stack of books I still have to read. Or in most
cases, finish reading.
