Hello All,

I've decided I want to post my Mystic apps on someplace like SourceForge or GitHub. I like the idea because it offers an outside site in "the cloud"
where my work can be preserved in case of accidental loss, etc.

I'm not a professional coder, so I'm not famliar with the ins and outs of
such repositories. I like SF because it allows me to post screenshots of my apps, whereas I can find no such feature with GitHub.

All that aside, how should I start with either one. I know I have to make a local git respository, but I don't know the first thing about it. g00r00 obviously knows about it. I've even created a single SF project about 10
years ago for my YAQN qwknet tosser, but I've never maintained it since.

So, anybody know where I can start? What are the best practices for maintaining code?

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Hello Gryphon,

On 05 Mar 15 17:26, Gryphon wrote to All:

I've decided I want to post my Mystic apps on someplace like
SourceForge or GitHub. I like the idea because it offers an outside
site in "the cloud" where my work can be preserved in case of
accidental loss, etc.

I'm not a professional coder, so I'm not famliar with the ins and outs
of such repositories. I like SF because it allows me to post
screenshots of my apps, whereas I can find no such feature with
GitHub.

All depends on where you want to host it, and what you're more familiar with. Even as a user, are you more used to pulling things from sourceforge or github?
Personally, I've dealt with sourceforge a LOT more than github, and I think SF is still more popular at this point. You could always start with sourceforge, and then setup a git repository aside from that to be able to pull it down without having to actually go to SF to download the stuff.

All that aside, how should I start with either one. I know I have to
make a local git respository, but I don't know the first thing about
it. g00r00 obviously knows about it. I've even created a single SF project about 10 years ago for my YAQN qwknet tosser, but I've never maintained it since.

Maybe just start with a sourceforge site. You can get all your stuff up there and then link a git repo to it later.

So, anybody know where I can start? What are the best practices for maintaining code?

I'm no coder, so I'm only speaking from a user's perspective. If it's available
on sourceforge it's accessible to all. A git repo is an added bonus for people that would want to pull it down to their machine without having to visit sourceforge (same with CVS, or SVN or whatever else you decide to offer).

Regards,
Nick

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on 03/05/15, Gryphon said...

I've decided I want to post my Mystic apps on someplace like SourceForge or GitHub. I like the idea because it offers an outside site in "the cloud" where my work can be preserved in case of accidental loss, etc.

have you coded anything other then in mpl?

I'm not a professional coder, so I'm not famliar with the ins and outs of such repositories. I like SF because it allows me to post screenshots
of my apps, whereas I can find no such feature with GitHub.

but you still get it done. ;)


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On 03/06/15, Dream Master said the following...

on 03/05/15, Gryphon said...

I've decided I want to post my Mystic apps on someplace like SourceFo or GitHub. I like the idea because it offers an outside site in "the cloud" where my work can be preserved in case of accidental loss, etc

have you coded anything other then in mpl?

Yes, I wrote Space Dynasty Elete and Virtual Sysop III. I gave the VS3
project to Michael Montague back in '04. I think the SDE project (and maybe the VS3) project ended up in the Syncterm development tree. I think they are both free to download the code from them.

I also wrote the YAQN qwknet tosser for JAM<->QWK tossing. It is a SF
project if you want to check it out.

I'm not a professional coder, so I'm not famliar with the ins and out such repositories. I like SF because it allows me to post screenshot of my apps, whereas I can find no such feature with GitHub.

but you still get it done. ;)

Yeah, but I want to do it right :)

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On 03/06/15, Gryphon said the following...

On 03/06/15, Dream Master said the following...

on 03/05/15, Gryphon said...

I've decided I want to post my Mystic apps on someplace like Sou or GitHub. I like the idea because it offers an outside site in cloud" where my work can be preserved in case of accidental loss

have you coded anything other then in mpl?

Yes, I wrote Space Dynasty Elete and Virtual Sysop III. I gave the VS3 project to Michael Montague back in '04. I think the SDE project (and maybe the VS3) project ended up in the Syncterm development tree. I
think they are both free to download the code from them.

More info on this issue. I found a 10yo echomail message on the web that talks about it it.

http://fidonet.ozzmosis.com/echomail.php/bbs_doors/6f8940f33eeef60e.html

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