It was already a couple of months into his summer job and Wing was fitting in with the team quite nicely. And although he was very smart and very quick to pick up things, there are times when he relied too much on “The Google Method Of Programming”. It goes like this:
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Corona SDK Volume Sliders
If you are developing mobile apps with Corona SDK that use volume controls, here’s a quick tip for implementing more natural feeling controls. Assuming that the control is a slider with values from 0 to 100, all it takes is one line of code:
volume = (math.pow(3,sliderValue/100)-1)/2
But since I really like seeing things work myself, I’ve built a very small demo project that you can download and run:
VolumeSliders.zip
If you would like to read more on why this formula works or why it’s even needed, this page may be interesting for you: http://www.dr-lex.be/info-stuff/volumecontrols.html
The Tragedy Of The Bug
Wing was sure picking up new things quickly. He was dedicated and he was a fast programmer, although being very fast doesn’t always mean also being very thorough. A few days into his summer job I went out for a coffee break, and immediately upon my return – barely after setting foot into the office door – I was greeted by a very distraught looking Wing.
“We have a problem. Big problem.”
The Second Day
The first day for the new summer student that we hired was fairly mundane: a welcome to the other staff, a walk through the building, handing over of keys and things like that. But the second day was another story – the second day laid the ground for what was to become a memorable summer.
Wing was from China, and had moved to Canada four years prior in order to take classes at a Canadian university. On day number two, Wing showed up to work at 8:52 a.m. By no later than 8:54 a.m. he was logged into his computer and ready to work, looking at my expectantly and awaiting his marching orders. I sighed, since I hadn’t even had a good run at my coffee yet.
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