DevCode 2001
DevCode 2001 — a retro IDE recreation with real early-2000s programming-class code.
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📝 prog8.cpp
📝 DiningPhilosphers.java
📄 13-2.BAS
📝 problem1.scm
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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}Compiler Output
DevCode 2001 [Version 5.0.2]
Copyright (c) 2001 Borland Software Corp.
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shootlaser.cpp|CPP|Line 1, Col 1|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.
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