[chuck-users] getting started questions

[Steve Morris]

Cool. I'll sign up immediately. Thanks for the tip.


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Diana Siwiak <dianasiwiak at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> If you're new to ChucK, you might benefit a bit from the ChucK101 course
> that just started last week on Coursera (it's *free*!):
> http://www.coursera.org/course/chuck101
>
> It starts at the *very* beginning... and it gives you a chance to 'meet'
> a few of the developers and pick up coding tips. Good luck with your
> ChucKing and welcome to the club :)
> Cheers,
> Diana
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Steve Morris <barbershopsteve at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thank you Spencer. That's very helpful. I haven't looked at Bitcrusher
>> yet but besides being chuck full ;-) of useful toys Lick is also a goldmine
>> of interesting programming examples. I really learn best by reading code.
>> Lick should keep me busy for a while.
>>
>> -steve
>> aka zencuke
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Spencer Salazar <
>> spencer at ccrma.stanford.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>> 1. The scope of variables is more or less standard Java/C-like --
>>> variables can be used anywhere in the scope in which they are declared or
>>> scopes enclosed within, and the underlying values can be passed around to
>>> other scopes. File-scope variables can be accessed in pretty much any shred
>>> created in that file. Sharing variables across files tends to be more
>>> complicated -- the basic paradigm is to make a public class and access
>>> static variables or methods within that.
>>>
>>> 2. Michael Heuer's LicK is one example of this:
>>> https://github.com/heuermh/lick
>>>
>>> 3. Depending on what your C++ code is doing, you could use a chugin
>>> (ChucK plugin). These are generally most appropriate for unit generators
>>> and relatively simple generic library functionality. One simple example,
>>> Bitcrusher:
>>> https://github.com/ccrma/chugins/tree/master/Bitcrusher
>>>
>>> 4. The installer should also have installed the command line executable
>>> -- you can check this by opening up a window in Terminal and entering a
>>> chuck command:
>>> $ chuck --version
>>>
>>> chuck version: 1.3.2.0 (chimera)
>>>    mac os x : intel : 64-bit
>>>    http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/
>>>     http://chuck.stanford.edu/
>>>
>>> $ chuck --help
>>> ...
>>> $ chuck path/to/file.ck
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> spencer
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Steve Morris <steve at judgement.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm new to ChucK but am very excited. I have grand plans. I will likely
>>>> have lots of questions (some unfortunately stupid, apologies in advance)
>>>> although I have been pouring through manuals, examples, the wiki, git
>>>> source code and forum archives. Hopefully my questions won't be too
>>>> annoying. I'm always happy to receive answers in the form of pointers to
>>>> documentation I should be reading before wasting the groups time. Here's my
>>>> first pass.
>>>>
>>>> 1) I can't find any thing that documents the scope of variables and
>>>> objects. Can I create variables that can be accessed in other files, other
>>>> threads.
>>>>
>>>> 2) My first project will be fairly large hopefully split between many
>>>> files. Where can I look to see how ChucK code should be broken down and
>>>> organized. What is a good paradigm for a shared library.
>>>>
>>>> 3) Speaking of libraries I would like to bring a lot of existing C++
>>>> code into my project. Does dynamic linking actually work. I see vague (old)
>>>> references to it being made to work again as if it was broken and other
>>>> references to it just needing documentation which will come "soon." Lacking
>>>> documentation is there an example library that does it. I can get a long
>>>> ways with a working example. Working code may be confusing and slow to
>>>> understand but it is its own most accurate documentation. I've looked at
>>>> chuck_dll and I think I need to see the interface from the other side to
>>>> really understand. I'm happy to be a reviewer for "preliminary" draft
>>>> documentation.
>>>>
>>>> 4) The Mac install seems to have installed a single bundled app. How do
>>>> I use the command line interface?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> -steve (aka zencuke)
>>>>
>>>>
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