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• These days, developer tools
have replaced view source
• We have incredible insight into
what our code does in the
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• Of course, not everybody is
ready for this…](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/crack-161109171526/75/Sharing-our-Coder-Privilege-35-2048.jpg)
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Sharing our Coder Privilege
Chris Heilmann discusses his personal journey from gaming frustration to a successful career in tech without formal education. He emphasizes the importance of exploration, sharing knowledge, and using open tools to contribute to the web community. Heilmann urges education accessibility and encourages others to create and share, regardless of their background.
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- 1. SHARING OUR CODERPRIVILEGE CHRIS HEILMANN (@CODEPO8), ØREDEV, SWEDEN,09/11/2016
- 2. Christian Heilmann @codepo8 No universitydegree No finished job education 😃 Senior Program Manager at Microsoft 😃 Wrote a few books and hundreds of articles 😃 Worked on some of the biggest web products out there 😃 Ex-Yahoo, Ex-Mozilla… 😃 Spoke at over 80 conferences in the last few years 😃 Can afford to live in London
- 5. MAN, I WAS AWESOME! (IGOT A BIT BETTER)
- 6. IT ALL STARTED WITHA FLOPPY…
- 7. I SUCKED AT PLAYINGGAMES - AND IT WAS FRUSTRATING.
- 8. TCS ➜ RUN➜ ENDLESS LIVES!
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- 11. FREEZE GAME ➜ EDITSCREEN ➜ FIND LIVES COUNTER ADDRESS (F.E. $0410) ➜ HUNT MEMORY FOR CE 10 04 (DEC $0410) ➜ REPLACE WITH EA EA EA (NOP NOP NOP) ➜ ENDLESS LIVES!
- 12. LET’S GO THE DOORWAS OPEN, AND I TOOK ONE STEP AT A TIME AND KEPT EXPLORING!
- 13. ENHANCE! • Level skipper •Weapons chooser • Toggle sprite collision • Learn Assembly language to write trainer menu • Find space in memory for said menu
- 14. RELEASE! • Learn aboutpackers to create smaller version • Add intro to boast • Give to people
- 15. UPPING THE GAME! • Removingcopy protections • Level crunchers/packers • Fast loaders
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- 17. COMPETITION • First release •Smallest release • NTSC/PAL fix
- 18. STANDING OUT FROM THE COMPETITION •Jewel versions • Bug fixing • Highscore Savers • Writing Docs
- 19. ELITE ACCESS TOOLING MADE THEDIFFERENCE • Packers • Storage/Transfer tools • Cross-platform tools • Creation tools (Assemblers, Pixel Editors, Sprite tools…) • BBS/FTP access
- 20. GOING LEGIT • Writingtools • Writing Games • Coding Intros/Demos • Moving on…
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- 23. ACCIDENTAL ARCHIVISM • Floppies ➜BBS ➜ FTP • Original storage media is unreadable • Original companies gone • No official backups
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- 25. THINGS I LEARNED • Nothingcan hold you back when you are good at analysing and repeating • Everything you see on screen came from somewhere - it is never set in stone • It is much more fun to explore and tweak than to get something handed to you
- 26. THINGS I LEARNED • Workingin a limited/unknown environment is a wonderful challenge • You don’t need to feel limited by the environment you target - you can use whatever you want to create for it • The more people do this, the more best practices can be shared.
- 27. 160 × 200PIXELS (ON A 320 × 200 PIXELS DISPLAY) 16 PREDEFINED COLOURS 1 SCREEN-WIDE BACKGROUND COLOUR. 3 COLOURS IN EACH 8 × 8 (4 × 2) PIXEL SQUARE
- 28. 160 × 200PIXELS (ON A 320 × 200 PIXELS DISPLAY) 16 PREDEFINED COLOURS 1 SCREEN-WIDE BACKGROUND COLOUR. 3 COLOURS IN EACH 8 × 8 (4 × 2) PIXEL SQUARE
- 29. 160 × 200PIXELS (ON A 320 × 200 PIXELS DISPLAY) 16 PREDEFINED COLOURS 1 SCREEN-WIDE BACKGROUND COLOUR. 3 COLOURS IN EACH 8 × 8 (4 × 2) PIXEL SQUARE
- 30. 160 × 200PIXELS (ON A 320 × 200 PIXELS DISPLAY) 16 PREDEFINED COLOURS 1 SCREEN-WIDE BACKGROUND COLOUR. 3 COLOURS IN EACH 8 × 8 (4 × 2) PIXEL SQUARE • MUCH BETTER TOOLING • EXPERIENCE • SHARED TRICKERY AND KNOWLEDGE • LOVE FOR THE PLATFORM
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- 32. HELLO VIEW SOURCE • Abig part of my success on the web was using view source and reverse engineering • We all did, don’t let people tell you otherwise • The lack of distance between creation and consumption was really down my alley…
- 33. HELLO, TOOLS… • Crawlers,Link checkers • HTML Validators • Web Development toolbars • HTTP proxies, sniffers • Venkman, Frontpage Express JS Debugger…
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- 35. VIEW SOURCE+5/ [H]/100%/JEWEL • Thesedays, developer tools have replaced view source • We have incredible insight into what our code does in the browser • Of course, not everybody is ready for this…
- 36. Open sesame!WELCOME TOCYBER SPACE, HELP THE CYBER POLICE!
- 37. HERE IS WHERE WECOME IN. • We are at the forefront of online media • We are creators and makers - not consumers • We have the privilege of open tools, an open platform and openly available documentation.
- 38. GETTING STARTED HAS NEVERBEEN EASIER… • Using GitHub, you can host your code, collaborate, execute your projects, write collaborative documentation and books… • Using social media we can promote these products, share knowledge and invite people to learn…
- 39. YOU’RE BUILDING ON EXISTING SOLUTIONS… •You don’t need to start from scratch - you can contribute to thousands of existing projects - many aimed to teach people how to become a web maker. • You don’t even need to code. You can help with UX, or document, or herd communities.
- 40. ONE MAIN THINGI LEARNED IN MY WHOLE CAREER… • You learn best by teaching • Sharing and making people grow with you is the best feeling ever • If you feel down and “not good enough”, create something - anything!
- 41. USE YOUR FRUSTRATION, YOUR ANGERAND YOUR DEVIOUSNESS FOR GOOD… • What we need more than ever right now is education • Traditional education is encumbered by privilege and costs • We’ve been lucky - it is time we give back
- 43. THE WEB ISTHE MOST VERSATILE AND NON-ELITE PLATFORM. GO AND MAKE YOUR MARK!
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