Picraft

What, Why, and How?!

Vital Statistics

Name

Dave Jones

Twitter

@waveform80

GitHub

github.com/waveform80

What is Picraft?

A Python library for querying and manipulating the Minecraft world

But ...

... don't we already have one of those?

Contentious Statement #1

Application devs have it easy

1. Your users are not developers
2. Developers are bastards

Live Critique Bit

Are you as anal as Dave?

Let's see how you did...

• No docs
• No tests
• No packaging/repo
• Oh ... the code is the docs ... sort of
• Old style classes

• camelCaseEveryWhere
• Scary arg hacks with no purpose
• Static methods ... why?
• n-depth flatten ... you never need n-depth flatten
• n-depth flatten breaks hilariously with unicode

• Vec3 is mutable
• Vec3: wot, no len? div? getitem?
• Vec3: clone ... but not __copy__
• Vec3: Floor isn't int
• Block is mutable

• Block: has a hash?!
• Event type is mutable
• ... and has unhelpful face
• Socket isn't configured like the java API
• Network protocol is scary
• Protocol implementation on the server is scarier

How is picraft any better?

... and did you really have to make it incompatible?!

Contentious Statement #2

Application devs have it really easy

1. Your users are not developers
2. Developers are crazy

You make one little camera library...

• Taking pictures
• Recording video
• Recording the past
• Live streaming
• Offloaded processing
• Colour detection

• Historic film restoration
• Foliage detection
• Quad-copter navigation
• Performance art with paintball-guns
• Measuring light on the ISS

You make one little Minecraft library...

Live Demo Bit

Vital Statistics

Name

Dave Jones

Occupation

Professional Bastard

Twitter

@waveform80

GitHub

github.com/waveform80

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