Log entries for 2017

2017-12-31

• Finally finished cleaning up the code that runs The Shining Source. It was a total mess but it’s looking much better now.

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2017-11-28

• Finished upgrading shiningonline.org from Rails 4 to Rails 5. There were a few sticking points, mostly from deprecated gems (mysql) and from deploying things.

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2017-04-08

• Published #1GAM 2017 - March’s Entry: ZAP 2000 on sodaware.net

2017-04-02

• Released Zap 2000 as part of #1GAM 2017.

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2017-03-30

• Rewrote some JavaScript and removed jQuery from philnewton.net. Seemed overkill to load a whole library for a small amount of functionality.

2017-03-29

• Published Formatting PHP code with Emacs on philnewton.net

2017-03-28

• Created php-beautifier.el, an Emacs extension for prettifying PHP code.

2017-03-27

• Added sodaware.file_config to git
• Started converting sodaware.mod documentation from DocBook to AsciiDoc. It’s a little bit different but there’s a lot less markup.
• Mini Shinobi made it onto Jupiter Hadley’s favourite #FFSJam games list

2017-03-26

• Added pangolin.console to git and cleaned it up

2017-03-25

• Added sodaware.file_soda to git and made some decent perfomance improvements to it.

2017-03-24

• Added pangolin.gfx to git

2017-03-23

• Added docgen and blam to git

2017-03-22

• Fixed the personal development blogs list on philnewton.net

2017-03-21

• Added sodaware.console_commandline to git
• Added pangolin.tilemap to git
• Published Exploring my Emacs packages - skewer-mode on philnewton.net

2017-03-19

• Added pangolin.entities and pangolion.contentdb to git
• Published Roguelike development tips on sodaware.sdf.org

2017-03-18

• Added pangolin.resources to git

2017-03-17

• Updated docs.sodaware.net and downloads.sodaware.net to use ssl
• Added pangolin to sodaware documentation site