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FTP or Subversion for OBEX

xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
edited 2012-08-08 07:54 in General Discussion
Forums users keep posting about a 'better way' to access OBEX code. If you search the forum you'll find multiple threads about it. Everyone says it is a good idea to improve the OBEX, then it goes back to 'just use it the way it is'.

Today I was coming here to post a technical question (as always:)) and I saw this thread - http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?141705-Turning-Complaints-into

I read what rjo__ had to say about having all of the code uncompressed locally to search for certain line of code as an example. This is a really good idea.

The entire OBEX can't be that big, using something like SVN should minimize bandwidth. It seems like a great learning tool and resource.

Thanks for listening :)

Comments

  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2012-08-07 11:45
    I really don't understand why people have problems with the OBEX. If you can't find an object using the OBEX's search engine then use Google or some other search engine. When someone checks something into the OBEX they should document it and put enough keywords in the description to make it easy to find. My only pet peeve is a readme file that just contains an object map. To me, the object map doesn't really add much value. The readme file should provide information to the programmer on how the object works, and how to use it.
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2012-08-07 12:34
    Sorry Dave, this is my suggestion to Parallax. I don't feel like the suggestions section is a place to debate this. If you don't see the difference between the OBEX site search and local file indexing/grep then maybe it is your level of understanding the code that allows it. Maybe you don't use your computer to search and maybe you're connected to the internet 24/7.

    It makes sense someone with 2,176 posts has no issues with OBEX, I'm not really even speaking for myself here, just technology/computers in general it seems like SVN and FTP are pretty basic and essential. I'd love to take the entire OBEX out to the field on my laptop.
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2012-08-07 15:09
    Sorry, I didn't realize I was in the Social-Forums/Suggestions-to-Parallax forum. I always use the "What's New?" button and pretty much ignore the forum designations. I struck out my previous comment.
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2012-08-08 07:54
    I can see how that would happen, sorry for being so defensive :)
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