I’ve started to use Windows 8 about one year ago and do enjoy it and below is a list of tools to make the Windows 8 experience more enjoyable.

Lesson Video on YouTube

My compiled list of WordPress tricks that I wish I would have known earlier:

• Permalink setting
• Drag and Drop Image to Blog Post
• Prevent SPAM
• Rearrange Post Order
• Add Google Analytics to Dashboard

As someone whose background is mostly in Java and C/C++, the following list is what I like about Python syntax (the list is growing as I learn more about Python).

InkScape is a “Linux, Windows & OSX vector graphics editor (SVG format) featuring transparency, gradients, node editing, pattern fills, PNG export, and more. Aiming for capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, Visio, etc.” (description taken from InksScape SourceForge site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/)

Version:  0.48

In this post, I’d like to share the tips that I use all the time while using InksScape to write a game programming book

This tutorial shows how to create a simple HTML5 application in Aptana Studio

This post shows you how to create a simple project in Eclipse using SmartGWT.
PS If you have trouble viewing the images on this post, you are likely behind a firewall which blocks Google Drive content. You can download this page’s PDF file.

In this lesson, we will make the Board class check the game progress and stop the game once someone has won. I will then introduce the concept of Java Arrays. We will add code to constantly check whether three game balls of the same color has lined up and to mark those winning game balls.

In the last lesson (Lesson 2), we created the Tic-Tac-Toe Board and GameBall classes. We also added GameBall objects to the Board object. In this lesson, we will add a Player class such that a Player object interacts with GameBall objects in a meaningful way.