The latest articles on Forem by CalSch (@calsch). https://forem.com/calsch https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F722451%2Fb555c8bd-1e04-4643-a8c2-d91dc21e339a.png https://forem.com/calsch en CalSch Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:48:20 +0000 https://forem.com/calsch/i-need-suggestions-for-my-web-game-4oa5 https://forem.com/calsch/i-need-suggestions-for-my-web-game-4oa5 <p>I'm making a web game in typescript and deploying to Heroku, should I compile my code before I deploy it? <br> I feel like that would make collaboration harder (because git would only have the compiled code). </p> <p>(Edit) <br> If I have 2 branches (one for development and one for production), is there an easy way to automatically compile and minify code in development and push to production?</p> typescript heroku webdev help CalSch Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:22:26 +0000 https://forem.com/calsch/how-should-i-structure-a-game-enginegraphics-library-2f6l https://forem.com/calsch/how-should-i-structure-a-game-enginegraphics-library-2f6l <p>I'm writing a graphics library in TypeScript, but I don't really know how to structure it.</p> <p>My file structure looks like this:</p> <ul> <li> <code>src</code> <ul> <li> <code>lib.ts</code> (Imports and exports everything from the other files)</li> <li> <code>game.ts</code> (Manages and renders the game)</li> <li> <code>canvas.ts</code> (Puts the image data from a <code>Game</code> object onto a canvas)</li> <li> <code>math.ts</code> (Math definitions like <code>Vec2</code>, <code>Rect</code>, and <code>dist()</code>)</li> <li> <code>util.ts</code> (Useful functions like getting a circles bounding box)</li> <li> <code>sprites.ts</code> (Sprite classes like <code>CircleSpr</code> and <code>RectangleSpr</code>)</li> </ul> </li> <li> <code>dst</code> (The compiled JavaScript code with maps) <ul> <li><code>lib.js</code></li> <li><code>lib.js.map</code></li> <li><code>game.js</code></li> <li><code>game.js.map</code></li> <li>etc.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>I feel like I'm doing it wrong because I of things like <code>lib.ts</code> where I just import everything and export it.</p> <p>If anyone has made a game engine/graphics library, then please let me know how you structured it :)</p> help discuss typescript webdev