[DGD] Any advice?

[Jay Shaffstall]

>Any advice as to where to start or what will be necessary to create a new
>kernel from scratch?  I was looking at the kernel that comes with DGD, but I
>feel that I would rather gain the experience from writing my own, as well as
>add some additional features and change some design decisions.

I found this to be an excellent way of learning DGD (a process which 
continues, unending!).  What worked for me was to start with the kernel 
lib's driver and auto object, and cut them down to what I absolutely 
needed.  From there, the field is wide open to design your lib in whatever 
layers you want.  At a minimum you'll need a connection object to respond 
to user connections.

I did spend some time trying to learn DGD without writing any code by 
examining the kernel lib.  For me, this didn't work, which is why I took 
the approach of writing nearly everything from scratch.  I can highly 
recommend the Phantasmal mudlib for some excellent utility classes (string 
functions, UNQ encoding/decoding, and a great help system are the features 
I used from Phantasmal), as well as the kernel auto object for some great 
utility functions.

Jay


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