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So... you want to be a web developer?
by Adam Maras Oct 20th 2008
I had the most interesting conversation with one of my friends the other day.Adam: "Whew... finally finished with my latest web project!"
Friend (in awe): "Whoa! That's awesome! How did you make that?"
Now, of course, this project of mine was a full-fledged ASP.NET web application; a simple question like "how did you make that" could easily end up with me not only explaining what I did, but how I did it, and which tools and technologies I used. That way, instead of wondering about the magic that makes all those fancy programs out there on the internet work, my friend could understand exactly what goes on to make that happen.
Well, that couldn't hurt, right?
Adam: "Do you really want to know? I'm warning you... this could get messy."
Now, at this point, my friend gives me one of those funny looks like I'm completely crazy. But being a web developer, I'm already used to that.
Friend: "Well, sure..."
And so it begins.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
