DevCode 2001
DevCode 2001 — a retro IDE recreation with real early-2000s programming-class code.
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1//2-3-03 2Laser::Laser(int l, int size) 3{ 4 boardsize = size; 5 if((l >= 0) && ( l < boardsize)) 6 { 7 mydirection = 'd'; 8 myrow = 0; 9 mycol = l; 10 11 } 12 else if (l<=19) 13 { 14 mydirection = 'l'; 15 myrow = l - size; 16 mycol = 9; 17 18 } 19 else if (l <=29) 20 { 21 mydirection = 'u'; 22 myrow = 9; 23 mycol = 29-l; 24 } 25 else if (l <=39) 26 { 27 mydirection = 'r'; 28 myrow = 39 - l; 29 mycol = 0; 30 31 } 32 33 34 35} 36 37 38int Laser::row() 39{ 40 41 return myrow; 42 43} 44 45int Laser::col() 46{ 47 return mycol; 48} 49void Laser::Move() 50{ 51 if(mydirection =='d') 52 myrow = myrow + 1; 53 if(mydirection == 'u') 54 myrow = myrow - 1; 55 if(mydirection == 'r') 56 mycol = mycol + 1; 57 if(mydirection == 'l') 58 mycol = mycol - 1; 59} 60 61void Laser::HitSlash() 62{ 63 if(mydirection =='u') 64 { 65 mycol = mycol + 1; 66 mydirection = 'r'; 67 } 68 if(mydirection == 'd') 69 { 70 mycol = mycol - 1; 71 mydirection = 'l'; 72 } 73 if(mydirection == 'r') 74 { 75 myrow = myrow - 1; 76 mydirection = 'u'; 77 } 78 if(mydirection == 'l') 79 { 80 myrow = myrow + 1; 81 mydirection = 'd'; 82 } 83} 84 85void Laser::HitBack() 86{ 87 if(mydirection =='u') 88 { 89 mycol = mycol -1; 90 mydirection = 'l'; 91 } 92 if(mydirection == 'd') 93 { 94 mycol = mycol + 1; 95 mydirection = 'r'; 96 } 97 if(mydirection = 'r') 98 { 99 myrow = myrow + 1; 100 mydirection = 'd'; 101 } 102 if(mydirection = 'l') 103 { 104 myrow = myrow - 1; 105 mydirection = 'l'; 106 } 107} 108 109 110void Board::ShootLaser() 111{ 112 int shot = 0; 113 cout <<" Where do you want to shoot your laser from?"<<endl; 114 cin >> shot; 115 Laser lazer(shot, size); 116 117 while(( lazer.row() >=0) && ( lazer.col()>= 0) && (lazer.row() <=9) && (lazer.col() <=9)) 118 { 119 lazer.Move(); 120 121 if((board[lazer.row()][lazer.col()] =='/')||(board[lazer.row()][lazer.col()] =='s')) 122 lazer.HitSlash(); 123 if((board[lazer.row()][lazer.col()] =='\\')||(board[lazer.row()][lazer.col()] =='b')) 124 lazer.HitBack(); 125 126 127 128 129 if(lazer.row() < 0) 130 cout<<"The Laser exited at number " << lazer.col() << endl; 131 132 if(lazer.col() >= 9) 133 cout<<"The Laser exited at number " << lazer.row() + 10 << endl; 134 135 136 if(lazer.row() >= 9) 137 cout<<"The Laser exited at number " << 29 -lazer.col() << endl; 138 139 if(lazer.col() < 0) 140 cout<<"The Laser exited at number " << 39 - lazer.row() << endl; 141 142 143 } 144 145 146 147}
DevCode 2001 [Version 5.0.2] Copyright (c) 2001 Borland Software Corp. Ready.
DevCode 2001 — Retro IDE with Real School Code from 1997–2004
DevCode 2001 is a browser-based retro IDE styled after Dev-C++ from the early 2000s. It displays real source code written as school assignments between 1997 and 2004 — QBasic, C++, Java, and Scheme — preserved exactly as submitted, bugs and all.
The code files include a QBasic program (13-2.BAS) written around 1997, a C++ laser-shooting game (shootlaser.cpp) and radix sort implementation (prog8.cpp) from a late 1990s or early 2000s programming class, a Java Dining Philosophers concurrency solution (DiningPhilosphers.java) from a college operating systems course circa 2003–2004, and a Scheme recursive program (problem1.scm) from a functional programming course around the same period.
The IDE also includes all seven problems from the 2004 ACM ICPC Mid-Central Regional programming competition, presented as they would have appeared during the contest. Problems include Flow Layout, Ink Blots, Permutation Code, Primary X-Subfactor Series, Speed Limit, Symmetric Order, and a seventh problem with associated diagrams.
When this code was reviewed by AI more than two decades later, it found mistakes — the kind that were common in student work of the era. The IDE preserves the originals without correction, leaving it to the reader to find them.
A scratch note inside the IDE references a story from AP Programming class during the 1999–2000 school year. A classmate kept talking up some band called Tenacious D to anyone who would listen — before they had broken through. He was ahead of his time.
A collection of real source code and personal documents from FieRcE YeD's academic years, 1997–2005. Preserved in a browser-based retro IDE styled after Dev-C++. Taken together, these files trace the arc from internet forum culture to professional software career: QBasic homework in the late 1990s, C++ and Java assignments while running fan forums and posting on DAoC boards in 2002–2004, an ACM ICPC regional competition in 2004, and finally a Senior Seminar five-year goals document in March 2005 — the formal transition point. Code errors are preserved exactly as submitted.
Sequential file handling program — a library book database with create, add, print, sort, and search operations. Circa 1997. One of the earliest surviving pieces of code.
Laser-shooting grid simulation. Dated February 3, 2003. Contains a subtle bug in HitBack() — assignment operator used instead of equality check in two conditional branches. Preserved as-submitted.
Radix sort implementation using queues and vectors. Dated April 24, 2003. Uses void main() — a non-standard signature that generates a compiler warning. Preserved as-submitted.
Dining Philosophers concurrency problem using Java synchronization. Dated February 11, 2004. Filename contains the original typo ('Philosphers' not 'Philosophers'). From an operating systems course. Preserved as-submitted.
Functional programming solution for matrix row, column, reference, and column extraction. Circa 2003–2004, from a functional programming course.
Seven problems from the 2004 ACM ICPC Mid-Central Regional programming competition: Flow Layout, Ink Blots, Permutation Code, Primary X-Subfactor Series, Speed Limit, Symmetric Order, and Triangles (Cutting Paper). Presented as they appeared during the contest.
A scratch note from AP Programming class, 1999–2000 school year. Captures a classmate who kept pushing a band called Tenacious D — seen on HBO — before they had broken through. A small preserved moment of someone being ahead of his time, written down and still sitting in the file.
Senior Seminar five-year professional and personal goals, dated March 17, 2005. Wants to be above entry level, have a voice in operations, reach $60k, and most importantly love the work. Wants confidence, a game room, to stay in shape, to be married and talking about children. The document that marks the far end of the arc visible across Doors 98 — from forum admin and internet kid to someone writing down what a real life might look like.