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But it has to be a voluntary thing - maybe hackers who choose to go through this process can opt in.
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It is voluntary. Would you please pay more attention to what's written in the first post? Thanks.
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We can't really force every hack author to go through this.
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I agree.. There could be an opt-in/opt-out option in usercp.
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But really, a lot of badly written hacks, through the process of others downloading it and upgrading it, do get a lot of kinks fixed up. I can see the value of formalizing this - but like I said, it takes a LOT of time.
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It does take a lot of time.. But who is in a rush for this?
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Besides Dark Visor, who else would have time to review the potentially thousands of hacks that will get released?
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Once there is a team, more volunteers will join...
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If you clean the code for them, they'll never learn.
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Eventually, they will learn. They will probably read the suggestions, and if they are interested, they will pay attention to the changes. As Revan said, "If this discourages the coder, then that coder is a carebear and really should toughen up if he wants to survive in life. Constructive critisism is the core of all learning."...
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As for the labels, I think a newbie hack installer has a right to know if this hack has been coded as per a set of standards. This will make the user feel more secure about installing the hack, because he can be certain the odds of this hack destroying something on this board are minute.
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Exactly what I am trying to say.. :) Any care about the end-users, or is this only about the process of releasing the code?
As per labels, I agree except I would change "Valid" to "Optimized".
Thanks, really appreciate that.
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Guy comes in and makes a hack that alot of people love using, but he also sees that the hack has been up for a while and was not marked as perfect. Does this not discourage the coder? It does discourage me.
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Taking into account that suggestions are offered, the guy of yours would have a perfect opportunity to learn from the suggestion and improve his code. If he is not happy, see two paragraphs above.
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cause it seems you are so set on making money I see
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This is irrelevant to the discussion. I never said QA would charge anything for the suggestions or qualifications...
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no theirs no posts that say is this valid, but their are posts that ask how do you do this? why not show them with valid code?
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An example of such post, please? I rarely see any of those.
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I dont know about DV but I don't venture there much because I can rarely code off the top of my head, so it would be too much testing and hassle.
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It is not always necessary to test a code. In fact, I can write a properly working hack without ever testing it...
4, TYVM :)
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if ($a) echo "A";
if ($a) print("A");
if (isset($a)) echo "A";
if(!empty($a)) { echo "A"; }
if (isset($a)) {
echo "A";
}
if (isset($a)) {
echo "A";
}
if ($a)
{
echo "A";
}
// la la la
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This is actually a good example of how a coding style affect the code's readability...
Don't try to use obsolete information... The newest info is in the first post, as was already mentioned.
P.S. Also, don't try to use thread title or whatever against me... I am not in position to change the thread's title, and if I was I assure you that I would remove the word "enforce"...
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Assuming this example, the best to hope for using...
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if (isset($a)) {
echo "A";
}
Is "Unvalidated" or "Cleared" even though...
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Umm... Why use isset(), if it an additional 7 bytes? By optimizing even this small piece of code, you save a lot of traffic and disc space in the long run.
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OH NOES! I r teh labelled! I must now go kill myself.
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LOL :)
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it's his thread, i assumed he was the idea leader.
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You assumed wrong. There is no such thing as "idea leader", it would be a team effort...
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