How long does it take you to write a script?
#90726
16/07/04 06:23 PM
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Cyrex
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I was just curious about how long it takes scripters out there to complete a large, complex, script? Does it take you hours, days, months?
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90727
16/07/04 06:41 PM
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xxxYODAxxx
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depends on the script  usually hours, then days weeks months to debug/perfect.. depending on the functions  my "baby" is a constantly ongoing project ask anyone that knows me... hehe
sometimes these are as bad as quit messages :tongue:
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90728
17/07/04 12:59 PM
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Watchdog
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Quite easily months. When you account for the fact that you have to work, eat, sleep and damage the Doulton occasionally you will spend months on and off writing a full script.
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90729
17/07/04 09:16 PM
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Danthemandoo
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to write my bot, its taken about 2 years, we even threw him a 2nd b'day party. However, its continous development, so i work on him (its a him) whenever something needs adding or fixing. I would estimate i've spent about 100 hours on it in total, but he runs from information pasted from a game, and the format the information is in keeps changing, so that accounts for a lot of the time spent. He has over 4,000 lines of mIRC script btw
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90730
18/07/04 03:08 AM
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Cyrex
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That must be a real good bot using all that code..
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90731
18/07/04 03:21 AM
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Danthemandoo
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i could probably get the lines down to about 1500 if i used pipes ( | ) but i hate using them, i perfer the old on *:text:!blah:#:{
if (somethin == somethinelse) {
do this
else {
do this instead
}
} as opposed to on *:text:!blah:#: { if (somethin == somethinelse) { do this } | else { do this instead } } But yes, he is a damn good bot if i do say so myself 
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90732
18/07/04 06:16 AM
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landonsandor
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Genuinely curious - what's wrong with:
on *:text:!blah:#:{
if (somethin == somethinelse) { do this }
else { do this instead }
}
That would shrink the lines down WITHOUT using pipes. End of genuinely curious questioning of your apparent wonderful bot's coding
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90733
18/07/04 10:11 AM
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Watchdog
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It looks awful. Apart from that not alot as it would still work correctly.
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90734
18/07/04 10:49 AM
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landonsandor
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Really? Do that many people really prefer: if (whatever) { command } over if (whatever) { command } that much?? I would have thought (and if you're right, incorrectly) that the first seemed.... I dont know............... to add unecessary space to a file but of course to each their own
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90735
18/07/04 11:21 AM
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listner
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I tend to use both methods myself. I normally use the longer method because most often I use multiple commands. If I only have one line then I use the short method.
The main idea for me, is to keep it 'readable'.
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Morals: When the p0rn shop gives you too much change, and you don't keep it.
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90736
18/07/04 12:11 PM
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Kelder
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For me it just depends on the situation. I always try to keep the horizontal scrollbar away, and that's with the editor using less than the complete screen width. And for multiple commands, it's always commands on new lines, except for some while ($regex(%a,\w)) { inc %i | echo $regml(1) } oneliners  Oh, and the last example is bad coding  if ($blah) do this if (blah) { do that } if (test) { one long or multiple commands } if (very long test) $& some long command
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90737
18/07/04 04:26 PM
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tidy_trax
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I hate using pipes, so I use if statements like this:
if (statement) { only one line of code to do here } elseif (other statement) { multiple lines of code to do here }
New username: hixxy
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90738
18/07/04 08:36 PM
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Danthemandoo
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i find the way i do it much neater, much easier to read and a hell of a lot easier to debug. Its also easier to see if you accidently forget a { or } Just saw i missed one from my above example
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90739
18/07/04 10:33 PM
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tidy_trax
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I find it neater also, but i find it wastes a lot of space if you're writing a big script.
New username: hixxy
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90740
19/07/04 08:22 PM
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Watchdog
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that much?? I would have thought (and if you're right, incorrectly)
I don't recall mentioning how many liked a particular style - all I said is that I don't like having opening and closing braces on the same line. Therefore no-one is right or wrong.
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90741
19/07/04 08:24 PM
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Watchdog
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There is no waste of space. The number of characters in the script doesn't change so the saving you make vertically is consumed horizontally.
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90742
19/07/04 08:38 PM
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tidy_trax
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I'd rather have a script with fewer lines, even if it means more characters.
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90743
20/07/04 01:45 AM
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Artwerks
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Sorry, I didn't took the time to read the whole thread, but it's mostly a personal answer.
The last addon I coded took me 5 months to code (and it's not already finished, I'll had some more things in the next year), but I had to go to school, and also, I didn't spend all my free time coding it. My addon was quite a big thing (it's now 1250 lines and 52k of codes), and also, it was hard as I had to respect multiple protocols, and also, I had to support a lot of connections (it's a MSN Messenger client for mIRC which I called MSNMIRC, for information, a link to my website is now available in the "More Info" section on this website.. thanks to Tjerk, it was a hard work, but it's worth it I think). So I think you could get a script done in 6 months if you code when you're bored, you make an all-around script with lots of features and you don't make it too difficult. The one I'm coding now with a friend, I'm giving me a year before the release, as I'm coding something quite big with a new theme engine supporting emoticons and a lot of other features.
If you think you can support coding a script for several months, go ahead, you'll be proud when you'll release it and get feedbacks from people who downloaded it. Just one tip: make it customizable for the user.. everybody likes to have a script work the way they want!
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90744
21/07/04 08:11 PM
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Doqnach
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I usually script everything on seperate lines... and when I have a function done I would shrink it alot, also using pipes sometimes...
saves me alot of scrolling :-]
but while scripting I try to write it out as much as I can cause it's better to read it then...
If it ain't broken, don't fix it!
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Re: How long does it take you to write a script?
#90745
24/07/04 06:29 AM
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zack
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I've been writing the same bot for the last 4 years. It is currently on version 34.64.17754.146736146b3.1.
You won't like it when I get angry.
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