Allan Davis cajun-code

Screencasting Framework

The following document is a written account of the Code School screencasting framework. It should be used as a reference of the accompanying screencast on the topic.

Why you should care about screencasting?

You're probably aren't going to take the time to read this screencast if you're not interested, but there are a lot of nice side effects caused by learning how to create quality screencasts.

Communicating more effectively - At Envy Labs we produce screencasts for our clients all the time. Whether it's demoing a new feature or for a presentation for an invester, they're often much more effective and pleasent then a phone call or screen sharing.

	[diff]
	tool = "twdiff"
	[difftool]
	prompt = false
	[difftool "twdiff"]
	cmd = /usr/local/bin/twdiff --wait --resume "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"

	[merge]
	tool = "twdiff"
	[mergetool]

	module PixenToGameQuery
	require 'RMagick'
	include Magick

	FPR = 12 # Frames per row in a sprite sheet generated by Pixen
	COLPAD = 2 # Pix between each column of images on the sprite sheet
	ROWPAD = 2 # Pix between each row of images on the sprite sheet
	LEFTPAD = 4 # Extra pix on left of sprite sheet
	RIGHTPAD = 20 # Extra pix on right of sprite sheet
	BOTTOMPAD = 2 # Extra pix on bottom of sprite sheet

	class ConvertImagesToPaperclip < ActiveRecord::Migration
	include PaperclipMigrations

	def self.up
	# Paperclip
	add_column :images, :data_file_name, :string
	add_column :images, :data_content_type, :string
	add_column :images, :data_file_size, :integer
	add_column :images, :data_updated_at, :datetime

	import sqlite3
	import sqlalchemy
	from sqlalchemy import *
	from sqlalchemy import ForeignKey
	from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
	from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, relationship, backref

	# Debug engine prints out all SQL activity to console; uncomment to use
	# engine = create_engine('sqlite:///:memory:', echo=True)