Devaka Cooray

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Devaka started programming with Pascal and BASIC languages when he was 13, and he has been coding with Java since 2003. Devaka got his bachelor's in computer science from the University of Moratuwa, and currently holds SCJP, SCWCD, and SCBCD certifications. He is mostly known as the author of ExamLab , which is a popular exam simulator for SCJP certification.
When he is not wrangling with his JavaEE and enterprise projects, he likes to play with sneaky web application security stuff.
More about Devaka can be found at his website http://www.devakacooray.com/
Devaka was made a Bartender in 2010, was promoted to Sheriff in 2015 , and was made a Marshal in 2015 Email
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Recent posts by Devaka Cooray

We just deployed a new release of the forum software, containing a lot of changes to make the site load significantly faster than before.

Here is a list of all changes:

  • Devaka - Fix pie typo
  • Devaka - constructed a new obstacle course to train the henchmen
  • Devaka - If crypto is short, ask for remaining payment.
  • Devaka - fix the broken vacuum beam lines in the primary electrostatic nuclear accelerator
  • Devaka - Improved green line performance.
  • Devaka - Show forum read state based on the last login.
  • Devaka - Disable meta keywords
  • Devaka - install a new communications relay for improved transmission distance
  • Devaka - added to level 5 diagnostic for long range sensors
  • Devaka - replace the faulty warp coil in the engine
  • Devaka - recalibrate the deflector dish for better shield performance
  • Devaka - replace electrodes of the gridded ion thruster
  • Devaka - fixed the glitch in the teleporter that was sending people to the wrong planet
  • Devaka - install a new security system for the cargo bay
  • Devaka - replace the damaged communication array on the hull
  • Devaka - add more type-x phaser arrays to the galaxy-class ship
  • Devaka - Upgraded the security codes for the base entrance
  • Devaka - improve the performance of distributed bragg reflector
  • Devaka - install a new warp field stabilizer for smoother warp travel
  • Devaka - Increase the size of the fusion reactor to improve power output
  • Devaka - upgrade some valveless pulsejet systems
  • Devaka - add more plasma-squeezing transformers to the magnetic confinement fusion reactor
  • Devaka - safety cover installed over self destruct button
  • Devaka - adjust the inertial dampeners for smoother flight
  • Devaka - reinforced the roof with weather-resistant materials
  • Devaka - replace the faulty EPS conduits in the engineering deck
  • Devaka - enhance the main gas turbine modular helium reactor
  • Devaka - thinking cap rebuilt to use batteries instead of gasoline
  • Devaka - installed a new air filtration system to combat the toxic fumes from the volcano
  • Devaka - install new turbolifts for faster transport around the ship
  • Devaka - install a new phaser bank for better coverage
  • Devaka - replaced some of the polymer solar cells with organic solar cells
  • Devaka - connect the lightning rod to the top of the clock tower
  • Devaka - clean up the broken indium phosphide crystals
  • Devaka - repair the damaged plasma manifold in the engine room.
  • Devaka - clean out the kraken cave
  • Devaka - replace the damaged plasma coil in the impulse engine
  • Devaka - installed new heat-resistant materials for the furnace
  • Devaka - refill lithium deuteride in the external pulsed plasma propulsion
  • Devaka - temporary jump jets added to escape pod 7
  • Devaka - reprogrammed the robots in the factory to be more efficient
  • Devaka - replace the faulty EPS conduits in the engineering deck
  • Devaka - improve the water cooling system
  • Devaka - recharge the depleted energy cells for the phasers
  • Devaka - primary weapon made 4% more efficient
  • Devaka - install a new torpedo launcher for improved firepower
  • Devaka - donuts cleared out of torpedo tube 3 so we don't get ants
4 months ago
We just deployed an upgraded version of our forum software. We have introduced several exciting new features that enhance the user experience and functionality. Here is a comprehensive list of the latest additions:

  • Jeanne - add name of forum and link to forum on page where create new topic
  • Jeanne - made name of user sending PM to blue (vs a color with little contrast to backgrond)
  • Devaka - adjust the frequency of the subspace communications array
  • Devaka - Show post reply button on the desktop view of rattlesnake topics
  • Devaka - Show reply button for everyone on mobile view rattlesnake forum
  • Devaka - Show a separate page when an unqualified user tries to post to a rattlesnake forum
  • Devaka - Show quote button for everyone on the rattlesnake forum
  • Devaka - When a person without pie tries to post to a forum that requires pie, show them a message instead of redirecting to the pie page
  • Devaka - connect more solar cells to the undervolt main B bus
  • Devaka - Show a welcoming message on top of the affiliate console for new users.
  • Devaka - upgrade the medical bay with new equipment and technology
  • Devaka - Remove payment status information from the guest payment email capture popup
  • Devaka - Add login button to the guest payment email capture popup
  • Devaka - Add label that says "create a quick account with email" to the guest payment email capture page
  • Devaka - Change submit email to verify my email on the guest payment email capture page
  • Devaka - improve the water cooling system
  • Devaka - completed another round of 3C273 quasar flyby
  • Devaka - reinforced the roof with weather-resistant materials
  • Devaka - upgraded the door locks with biometric scanners
  • Devaka - clean out the kraken cave
  • Devaka - repair the damaged replicators in the mess hall
  • Devaka - install a new tractor beam emitter
  • Devaka - Remove cancel button and add cancel transaction link at the guest payment popup
  • Devaka - change font sizes of the guest payment page
  • Devaka - Add more spacing in the guest payment popup
  • Devaka - Fix typo in the restricted forums message
  • Devaka - install a new warp field stabilizer for smoother warp travel
  • Devaka - main engine reconnected to another electron pump
  • Devaka - Exclude "similar topics" of unqualified threads from the sitemap.
  • Devaka - add one photon cannon to the runabout
  • Devaka - upgrade the life support systems for better efficiency
  • Devaka - upgrade the computer core for faster processing speed
  • Devaka - lava routed to a lower level, opening up three more bunk rooms for henchmen
  • Devaka - Increase the size of the fusion reactor to improve power output
  • Devaka - Install a new hydroponics bay for fresh food production
7 months ago
We just deployed an upgraded version of our forum software. We have introduced several exciting new features that enhance the user experience and functionality. Here is a comprehensive list of the latest additions:

  • Devaka - /pie URL
  • Devaka - make "pie freebies and discounts" section expanded by default
  • Devaka - alligator pit expansion
  • Devaka - fix the broken liquid scintillation counter
  • Jeanne - add multiple url support and rel=me option in profile
  • Jeanne - Install a new hydroponics bay for fresh food production
  • Jeanne - repair the hull breach in section 12B
  • Jeanne - fix typo on admin config page
  • Devaka - Coinbase integration
  • Devaka - shark tank expansion
  • Devaka - refuel the auxiliary power generators for backup power
  • Devaka - upgrade aft shields
  • Devaka - refuel the auxiliary power generators for backup power
  • Devaka - refill lithium deuteride in the external pulsed plasma propulsion
  • Devaka - refurbish the dilithium matrix chamber
  • Devaka - replace the faulty isolinear chips in the computer core
  • Devaka - install a new holodeck program for crew entertainment
  • Devaka - shielded the primary shuttle from the messier 83 gamma ray burst
  • Devaka - Stripe payment integration
  • Devaka - alligator pit trap door mechanism adjustment
  • Devaka - reset the dart launchers in the cave labyrinth
  • Devaka - recharge the depleted energy cells for the phasers
  • Devaka - capture some unstable isotopes of bismuth
  • Devaka - refill the hydrogen tanks for the fusion reactor
  • Devaka - Make the stripe payment option show up on mobile view
  • Devaka - Make the guest payment email capture screen bigger
  • Devaka - Make stripe + coinbase flow work properly on mobile view
  • Devaka - install a new communications relay for improved transmission distance
  • Devaka - corrected a 5.39x10⁻⁴⁴ seconds offset found in the main atomic clock
  • Devaka - robot goat army finally has actual targeting so THAT won't happen again
  • Devaka - Fix bug where changing invalid email was failed with an error.
  • Devaka - connect more solar cells to the undervolt main B bus
  • Devaka - minor wording change with guest payments
  • Devaka - add more boron control rods to the secondary nuclear reactor
  • Jeanne - install a new phaser bank for better coverage
  • Devaka - When a user logs in after a guest payment, show a landing page with information of the items they purchased.
  • Devaka - lava routed to a lower level, opening up three more bunk rooms for henchmen
  • Devaka - install a new shield generator for improved protection
  • Devaka - adjust the frequency of the subspace communications array
  • Devaka - Prompt user to verify guest transactions in the original browser.
  • Liutauras - improve the performance of distributed bragg reflector
  • Liutauras - replace the faulty EPS conduits in the engineering deck
  • Devaka - Mention the correct payment processor name instead of just "paypal" in all emails
  • Devaka - install a new warp field stabilizer for smoother warp travel
  • Devaka - Remove the word "paypal" from custom invoice landing page
  • Devaka - dilithium crystal calibration
  • Devaka - Remove the word "paypal" from the list of DM purchases
  • Devaka - install a new auxiliary control room for emergency situations
  • Devaka - upgrade the life support systems for better efficiency
  • Devaka - more quantum detectors installed to capture remote brainstem activities
  • Devaka - upgrade the medical bay with new equipment and technology
  • Devaka - temporary jump jets added to escape pod 7
  • Devaka - reinforced the walls of the control room to protect against potential attacks
  • Devaka - Remove "paypal" from the on the sharing page for sharing a DM thread.
  • Devaka - fix the broken vacuum beam lines in the primary electrostatic nuclear accelerator
  • Devaka - add more tritium to the main engine
  • Devaka - install a new force field generator for better containment
  • Devaka - undocked the command module from the secret mission module
  • Devaka - refit the captain's quarters with new amenities and furniture
  • Devaka - Minor fixes to mobile view
  • Devaka - fix the lithium-based cooling system
  • Devaka - add more sensors to the main reactor so we can monitor it more 'closely'
  • Devaka - upgrade the computer core for faster processing speed
  • Devaka - replace the damaged plasma coil in the impulse engine
  • Devaka - fix vacuum engine in a quantum torpedo
  • Devaka - replace the damaged communication array on the hull
  • Devaka - replace electrodes of the gridded ion thruster
  • Devaka - main engine reconnected to another electron pump
  • Devaka - repair the damaged EPS regulator in the auxiliary control room
  • Liutauras - upgraded the door locks with biometric scanners
  • Devaka - installed new heat-resistant materials for the furnace
  • Devaka - List of best and worst performing email domains
  • Devaka - Fix bug where payment processor naming didn't work with guest payments
  • Devaka - found the droids we were looking for
  • Devaka - improve the water cooling system
  • Devaka - Make the payment selection box tage the entire width of the browser
  • Devaka - Add big buttons to the payment selection page
  • Devaka - Responsive payment method selection buttons
  • Devaka - repair the damaged replicators in the mess hall
  • Devaka - Optimize the mobile view of the payment methods page
  • Devaka - fix the launch button so it won't get 'pressed' abruptly.
  • Devaka - upgrade the computer core for faster processing speed
  • Devaka - Send a one-click verification link to the default email obtained from stripe.
  • Devaka - donuts cleared out of torpedo tube 3 so we don't get ants
  • Liutauras - Update Google Analytics tracker
9 months ago
Here's what's new in today's deployment:

  • Jeanne - undocked the command module from the secret mission module
  • Jeanne - fishing the gross goo out of the carbonite freezer after a boo-boo
  • Devaka - corrected a 5.39x10⁻⁴⁴ seconds offset found in the main atomic clock
  • Devaka - safety cover installed over self destruct button
  • Devaka - enhance plasma synthesis to make the production of artificial atoms more efficient
  • Jeanne - fix favicon for safari on mac (hot patched)
  • Devaka - New mobile responsive unified pie page
  • Devaka - Monthly pie subscriptions
  • Devaka - Better thumb images for mobile view (hot-patched to permies)
  • Devaka - Add h1 tag to each forum on mobile view
  • Devaka - Add h1 tag to the mobile homepage
  • Devaka - Add h1 tag to category mobile view
  • Devaka - main engine reconnected to another electron pump
  • Devaka - dilithium crystal calibration
  • Devaka - upgrade some valveless pulsejet systems
  • Devaka - thinking cap rebuilt to use batteries instead of gasoline
  • Devaka - Use the new signup landing screen on all type of sign ups
  • Devaka - completed another round of 3C273 quasar flyby
1 year ago
We just deployed a new release of the forum software. Here's some of the cool new 'features':

  • Liutauras - Search for my own posts defaults to Any Date
  • Devaka - refilled the main beta particle emitter with copper-64 isotope
  • Devaka - rewire cabin 12 to facilitate a hologram projector
  • Devaka - improve the performance of distributed bragg reflector
  • Devaka - thinking cap rebuilt to use batteries instead of gasoline
  • Devaka - replace electrodes of the gridded ion thruster
  • Devaka - Improve the performance of thread boost pages by letting stats load on ajax
  • Devaka - Fresh implementation of recurring transactions and recurring pie purchase
  • Devaka - Fix wording in some pie emails
  • Devaka - primary weapon made 4% more efficient
  • Devaka - reset the dart launchers in the cave labyrinth
  • Devaka - safety cover installed over self destruct button
  • Devaka - enhance plasma synthesis to make the production of artificial atoms more efficient
  • Devaka - add more type-x phaser arrays to the galaxy-class ship
  • Devaka - removed the dead tribbles from shuttle pod 7
  • Devaka - more quantum detectors installed to capture remote brainstem activities
  • Devaka - refill lithium deuteride in the external pulsed plasma propulsion
  • Devaka - alligator pit expansion
  • Devaka - add more sensors to the main reactor so we can monitor it more 'closely'
  • Devaka - fix the droid that was secretly malfunctioning
  • Devaka - enhance the main gas turbine modular helium reactor
  • Devaka - rewire the main transformer so we won't get electrocuted
  • Devaka - Fix bug where the scavenger hunt didn't include book reviews containing mixed cases in the special text
  • Devaka - found the droids we were looking for
  • Devaka - upgrade aft shields
  • Devaka - corrected a 5.39x10⁻⁴⁴ seconds offset found in the main atomic clock
  • Devaka - combine a bunch of shark tanks to make a big one
  • Devaka - merit badges show up on mobile view signature
  • Devaka - shielded the primary shuttle from the messier 83 gamma ray burst
  • Devaka - cleaned that weird goo out of transporter room 2
  • Devaka - shark tank trap door mechanism adjustment
  • Devaka - fix the lithium-based cooling system
  • Devaka - add more boron control rods to the secondary nuclear reactor
  • Devaka - fix the broken liquid scintillation counter
  • Devaka - alligator pit trap door mechanism adjustment
  • Devaka - connect the lightning rod to the top of the clock tower
  • Devaka - undocked the command module from the secret mission module
  • Devaka - clean out the kraken cave
  • Devaka - Hide certain fields from the user badges page
  • Devaka - Fix and improve the layout of the user merit badges page
  • Devaka - robot goat army finally has actual targeting so THAT won't happen again
  • Devaka - Link merit badge icons in the user merit badges page
  • Devaka - add one photon cannon to the runabout
  • Devaka - bring the flux capacitor online
  • Devaka - increase the magnetic field intensity of the primary cyclotron
  • Devaka - Fix bug where it failed to update DX5 banners
  • Devaka - Fix bug with disconnected DX1 and DX5 banners
  • Devaka - Fix bug where "all forums" wasn't accessible from mobile view
  • Devaka - fix the hypersonic scramjet
  • Devaka - added to level 5 diagnostic for long range sensors
  • Devaka - connect more solar cells to the undervolt main B bus
  • Devaka - add more lithium-7 coolant to the main reactor
  • Devaka - optimize stellarator to produce more plasma
  • Devaka - Remove "beta" label from thread boost
  • Devaka - clean up the broken indium phosphide crystals
  • Devaka - add more long range sensors with better accuracy
  • Devaka - Add recent threads to the mobile view homepage
  • Devaka - fix the broken vacuum beam lines in the primary electrostatic nuclear accelerator
  • Devaka - fix beam-powered propulsion in one of our pulse detonation engines
  • Devaka - upgrade some valveless pulsejet systems
  • Devaka - reworked the AI of HAL 9000
  • Devaka - Remove search plugin reference
1 year ago
Here's what's new in the latest version of the coderanch's forum software!

  • Liutauras - Bugfix, allow to specify an applicable signature length
  • Devaka - alligator pit trap door mechanism adjustment
  • Liutauras - Highlight code syntax in the post preview
  • Liutauras - fix the broken vacuum beam lines in the primary electrostatic nuclear accelerator
  • Devaka - shark tank expansion
  • Devaka - reworked the AI of HAL 9000
  • Devaka - fix the droid that was secretly malfunctioning
  • Devaka - Exclude inaccessible forums from the list of cows granted to a user.
  • Devaka - more quantum detectors installed to capture remote brainstem activities
  • Devaka - connect the lightning rod to the top of the clock tower
  • Devaka - Fix bug where an exception caused on the landing page after payment
  • Devaka - replaced some of the polymer solar cells with organic solar cells
2 years ago
We just released a new update to the forum software on the new year's eve!

Happy new year, folks!

  • Devaka - Fix bug where mobile thumbs button made the page blank.
  • Devaka - refill lithium deuteride in the external pulsed plasma propulsion
  • Devaka - safety cover installed over self destruct button
  • Devaka - bring the flux capacitor online
  • Devaka - rewire cabin 12 to facilitate a hologram projector
  • Devaka - boost the main engine thrust by a magnitude of 3.14
  • Devaka - alligator pit trap door mechanism adjustment
  • Liutauras - Simplified unit test report produce during jforum build
  • Liutauras - donuts cleared out of torpedo tube 3 so we don't get ants
  • Devaka - Correct links in pie award email notifications
  • Devaka - Include thread boost links in the notification email when a DX5/in-email ad expires or is about to expire
2 years ago
Lou, we don't have a feature to sending desktop notifications (it sounds interesting though). The closest we have to that is the little bell icon at the top right corner of the screen.
2 years ago
  • Devaka - fix the hypersonic scramjet
  • Devaka - add more long range sensors with better accuracy
  • Devaka - add more type-x phaser arrays to the galaxy-class ship
  • Devaka - boost the main engine thrust by a magnitude of 3.14
  • Devaka - New interface for typing a new post
  • Devaka - On post form, collapse the toolbar and options from non-logged in users.
  • Devaka - Big blue submit button on mobile post form
  • Devaka - Automatically scroll down to the textbox for typing a new post (non-logged in view)
  • Devaka - Change the background color of the "post review" section to match with the new interface
  • Devaka - Show different font sizes in post form
  • Devaka - Ignore accidental double-clicks on thumbs buttons
  • Devaka - Fix bug where some DX5 ads failed to update views
  • Devaka - upgrade aft shields
  • Devaka - Fix bugs with mobile search results page
  • Devaka - Fix bug where people without password couldn't change their password later
  • Devaka - safety cover installed over self destruct button
  • Devaka - Fix bug with mass unwatching threads
  • Devaka - upgrade the self-destruct button with a weirdly bigger one
  • Devaka - make precise simultaneous burn in tripropellant rocket system
  • Devaka - fishing the gross goo out of the carbonite freezer after a boo-boo
  • Devaka - main engine reconnected to another electron pump
  • Devaka - optimize stellarator to produce more plasma
  • Devaka - add more lithium-7 coolant to the main reactor
  • Devaka - reworked the AI of HAL 9000
  • Devaka - Remove table layout at the bottom of the screen for editing a post
  • Devaka - alligator pit trap door mechanism adjustment
  • Devaka - re-calibration of the carbonite freezer
  • Devaka - Automatically focus on the textarea for typing a post when not logged in
  • Devaka - connect the lightning rod to the top of the clock tower
  • Devaka - On thread boost page, instead of showing "X", show "terminated" below the progress bar
  • Devaka - Automatically fix threads when they become woynk.
  • Devaka - add more tritium to the main engine
  • Devaka - alligator pit expansion
  • Devaka - Make the "help bar" on post composer a pie feature.
  • Devaka - Replace the text "What do these tags mean?" with "more tags" on the post composer page
  • Devaka - Replace "font" with "text size" on post composer
  • Devaka - Make the height of the post composer textarea never exceed the height of the device screen
  • Devaka - improve the performance of distributed bragg reflector
  • Devaka - Reply button on every post with a pie feature to turn it off
  • Devaka - Ability to customize the post composer tool bar
  • Devaka - Add mouse hover text for all 35 BB tags
  • Devaka - Increase the font size of labels on post composer
  • Devaka - fine-tune the lorentz force in the main z-pinch system
  • Devaka - Fix bug where inserting new cow poll answeres replaced existing ones
  • Devaka - add more sensors to the main reactor so we can monitor it more 'closely'
  • Devaka - improve the water cooling system
  • Devaka - undocked the command module from the secret mission module
  • Devaka - fix the launch button so it won't get 'pressed' abruptly.
  • Devaka - increase the magnetic field intensity of the primary cyclotron
  • Devaka - combine a bunch of shark tanks to make a big one
  • Devaka - refill lithium deuteride in the external pulsed plasma propulsion
  • Devaka - replace electrodes of the gridded ion thruster
  • Devaka - dilithium crystal calibration
  • Devaka - removed the dead tribbles from shuttle pod 7
  • Devaka - Improve the UI of the welcome page after signing up
  • Devaka - rewire the main transformer so we won't get electrocuted
  • Devaka - enhance plasma synthesis to make the production of artificial atoms more efficient
  • Devaka - Improve the meta description algorithm for threads
  • Devaka - Landing page after purchasing a DM item.
  • Devaka - Remove "reply to this post" button
  • Devaka - add more boron control rods to the secondary nuclear reactor
  • Devaka - Update BBV score when rejecting/flagging as edge-case
  • Devaka - shark tank expansion
  • Devaka - reset the dart launchers in the cave labyrinth
  • Devaka - clean out the kraken cave
  • Devaka - upgrade some valveless pulsejet systems
  • Devaka - Super user score for verifying a BB
  • Devaka - Fix bug where topic read status and last read position was leaking into other users
  • Devaka - connect more solar cells to the undervolt main B bus
  • Devaka - found the droids we were looking for
  • Devaka - Optimize the read/unread folder icon on mobile view for bandwidth
  • Devaka - Move some inline-javascript blocks into JS files
  • Devaka - capture some unstable isotopes of bismuth
  • Devaka - more quantum detectors installed to capture remote brainstem activities
  • Devaka - remove empty script tags
  • Devaka - Refactor the mobile view to drop the legacy inline javascript code imported from the old view.
  • Devaka - Refactor javascript for multi-forum management on mobile view to reduce bandwidth
  • Devaka - fix vacuum engine in a quantum torpedo
  • Devaka - Standard menu bar for mobile view with a proper hamburger menu and search field.
  • Devaka - wooden background for mobile view
  • Devaka - Minor improvement to the post layout in mobile view
  • Devaka - Refactor thumbs up/down buttons on mobile view to use javascript instead of <form> tags
  • Devaka - Refactor post report function on mobile view to use javascript instead
  • Devaka - strengthen the intensity of main ultrasonic transducers
  • Devaka - Show cow, skull, and thumb icons on mobile view.
  • Devaka - Use ajax for cow and skull buttons on mobile view to avoid reloading the whole page.
  • Devaka - add more plasma-squeezing transformers to the magnetic confinement fusion reactor
  • Devaka - Fix minor layout bugs in thread view
  • Devaka - Remove "post by" next to each post in mobile view.
  • Devaka - primary weapon made 4% more efficient
  • Devaka - Use h1 tags for thread subjects in mobile view for both SEO and styling
  • Devaka - Add the standard wiki logo for wiki pages in mobile view.
  • Devaka - Allow cow polls take full available width in mobile view.
  • Devaka - fix the broken liquid scintillation counter
  • Devaka - reduce line height of the subject line of thread pages in mobile view
  • Devaka - Add noindex tags to mobile pages that should not be indexed by search engines.
  • Devaka - SEO: add topic meta descriptions and keywords into mobile thread view pages.
  • Devaka - temporary jump jets added to escape pod 7
  • Devaka - SEO: Add category meta descriptions to mobile view
  • Devaka - Add bordered background to the homepage and category pages on mobile view
  • Devaka - Add bordered background to individual forum pages.
  • Devaka - bring the flux capacitor online
  • Devaka - shielded the primary shuttle from the messier 83 gamma ray burst
  • Devaka - donuts cleared out of torpedo tube 3 so we don't get ants
  • Devaka - Improve breadcrumbs on mobile view
  • Devaka - Improve the post author UI on mobile view posts
  • Devaka - Bordered background for "my posts" in mobile view
  • Devaka - center the pagination buttons on the "my posts" page in mobile view
  • Devaka - Optimize the UI of "go to page" pagination stuff in mobile view.
  • Devaka - Optimize the UI of the "my bookmarks" page on mobile view to include a bordered background and centered pagination links
  • Devaka - Add bordered background to purple mooseages in mobile view
  • Devaka - Add bordered background to the post composer page in mobile view
  • Devaka - Add bordered background to the login/signup page in mobile view
  • Devaka - Fix breadcrumbs on the post composer page in mobile view
  • Devaka - added to level 5 diagnostic for long range sensors
  • Devaka - Improve padding on the welcome page after signing up to a new account on mobile view
  • Devaka - Improve padding on the list of freebies in mobile view
  • Devaka - Show bordered background for the general message page on mobile view
  • Devaka - fix the lithium-based cooling system
  • Devaka - shark tank trap door mechanism adjustment
  • Devaka - thinking cap rebuilt to use batteries instead of gasoline
  • Devaka - Enforce character limit on user biography to 2000 characters.
  • Devaka - corrected a 5.39x10⁻⁴⁴ seconds offset found in the main atomic clock
  • Devaka - Full overhaul on the page for editing a user.
  • Devaka - Create a mobile view for editing user settings.
  • Devaka - refill the main wetwell suppression pools
  • Devaka - electricity made 178% efficient by replacing fluorescent bulbs with incandescent bulbs in cabin 12
  • Devaka - replaced some of the polymer solar cells with organic solar cells
  • Devaka - fix beam-powered propulsion in one of our pulse detonation engines
  • Devaka - New UI for the page for making name change requests
2 years ago
We deployed a new version of the forum software. Here's what's new:

  • Devaka - shark tank trap door mechanism adjustment
  • Devaka - add more long range sensors with better accuracy
  • Devaka - refill the main wetwell suppression pools
  • Devaka - re-calibration of the carbonite freezer
  • Devaka - On-post guest reply buttons
  • Devaka - electricity made 178% efficient by replacing fluorescent bulbs with incandescent bulbs in cabin 12
  • Devaka - more quantum detectors installed to capture remote brainstem activities
  • Devaka - add more type-x phaser arrays to the galaxy-class ship
  • Devaka - alligator pit expansion
  • Devaka - added to level 5 diagnostic for long range sensors
  • Devaka - Send notifications when DX5 and in-email ads are about to expire, and after expired.
  • Devaka - fix vacuum engine in a quantum torpedo
  • Devaka - UI improvements to the edit profile page
  • Devaka - People without pie can see pie-only preferences
  • Devaka - Make the pie-highlight button visible to people without pie
  • Devaka - Let people without pie see the pie category in the list of categories.
  • Devaka - Prevent bad URLs from causing CSRF errors and changing CSRF tokens
  • Devaka - fine-tune the lorentz force in the main z-pinch system
  • Devaka - main engine reconnected to another electron pump
  • Devaka - upgrade aft shields
  • Devaka - fix the broken liquid scintillation counter
  • Devaka - refill lithium deuteride in the external pulsed plasma propulsion
  • Devaka - thinking cap rebuilt to use batteries instead of gasoline
  • Devaka - Fix bug where cow notification emails used old thread titles.
  • Devaka - Refactor the logic for updating thread boost views
  • Devaka - clean up the broken indium phosphide crystals
  • Devaka - add more plasma-squeezing transformers to the magnetic confinement fusion reactor
  • Devaka - corrected a 5.39x10⁻⁴⁴ seconds offset found in the main atomic clock
  • Devaka - combine a bunch of shark tanks to make a big one
  • Devaka - Fix bug where specifying a timestamp on youtube URLs prevented it from rendering
  • Devaka - add one photon cannon to the runabout
  • Devaka - float_left and float_right bb tags
  • Devaka - safety cover installed over self destruct button
  • Devaka - Fix NPE with similar thread generation
  • Devaka - capture some unstable isotopes of bismuth
  • Devaka - shark tank expansion
  • Devaka - replaced some of the polymer solar cells with organic solar cells
  • Devaka - Fix bug with duplicate user sessions
  • Devaka - increase the magnetic field intensity of the primary cyclotron
  • Devaka - shielded the primary shuttle from the messier 83 gamma ray burst
2 years ago
Hot dog! We just deployed a new release of the forum software that runs Coderanch.

Noticed the new menu bar? Here are some other changes it contains:

  • Devaka - Show effectively expired thread boost factors as expired
  • Devaka - Increase the default timeout of login links to 10 days
  • Devaka - improve the water cooling system
  • Devaka - enhance plasma synthesis to make the production of artificial atoms more efficient
  • Devaka - fix the hypersonic scramjet
  • Devaka - shielded the primary shuttle from the messier 83 gamma ray burst
  • Devaka - fix the droid that was secretly malfunctioning
  • Devaka - add more lithium-7 coolant to the main reactor
  • Devaka - rewire cabin 12 to facilitate a hologram projector
  • Devaka - fix the broken liquid scintillation counter
  • Devaka - corrected a 5.39x10⁻⁴⁴ seconds offset found in the main atomic clock
  • Devaka - add more tritium to the main engine
  • Devaka - re-calibration of the carbonite freezer
  • Devaka - added to level 5 diagnostic for long range sensors
  • Devaka - upgrade the self-destruct button with a weirdly bigger one
  • Devaka - alligator pit expansion
  • Devaka - fix the launch button so it won't get 'pressed' abruptly.
  • Devaka - connect the lightning rod to the top of the clock tower
  • Devaka - refill the main wetwell suppression pools
  • Devaka - strengthen the intensity of main ultrasonic transducers
  • Devaka - Staging page for login links
  • Devaka - Login link staging page - CSS fix for firefox
  • Devaka - make precise simultaneous burn in tripropellant rocket system
  • Devaka - alligator pit trap door mechanism adjustment
  • Devaka - temporary jump jets added to escape pod 7
  • Devaka - replaced some of the polymer solar cells with organic solar cells
  • Devaka - capture some unstable isotopes of bismuth
  • Devaka - shark tank trap door mechanism adjustment
  • Devaka - refilled the main beta particle emitter with copper-64 isotope
  • Devaka - connect more solar cells to the undervolt main B bus
  • Devaka - lava routed to a lower level, opening up three more bunk rooms for henchmen
  • Devaka - increase the magnetic field intensity of the primary cyclotron
  • Devaka - thinking cap rebuilt to use batteries instead of gasoline
  • Devaka - clean out the kraken cave
  • Devaka - optimize stellarator to produce more plasma
  • Devaka - boost the main engine thrust by a magnitude of 3.14
  • Devaka - primary weapon made 4% more efficient
  • Devaka - refill lithium deuteride in the external pulsed plasma propulsion
  • Devaka - add more long range sensors with better accuracy
  • Devaka - replace electrodes of the gridded ion thruster
  • Devaka - donuts cleared out of torpedo tube 3 so we don't get ants
  • Devaka - center and right bb tags
  • Devaka - enhance the main gas turbine modular helium reactor
  • Devaka - Make internal links with hash open within the same tab.
  • Devaka - add more plasma-squeezing transformers to the magnetic confinement fusion reactor
  • Devaka - fishing the gross goo out of the carbonite freezer after a boo-boo
  • Devaka - add more type-x phaser arrays to the galaxy-class ship
  • Devaka - install new aneutronic fusion system
  • Devaka - shark tank expansion
  • Devaka - fix vacuum engine in a quantum torpedo
  • Devaka - fix beam-powered propulsion in one of our pulse detonation engines
  • Devaka - removed the dead tribbles from shuttle pod 7
  • Devaka - add more sensors to the main reactor so we can monitor it more 'closely'
  • Devaka - reworked the AI of HAL 9000
  • Devaka - "be nice" wording change
  • Devaka - main engine reconnected to another electron pump
  • Devaka - clean up the broken indium phosphide crystals
  • Devaka - No more automatic pie after the first one.
  • Devaka - dilithium crystal calibration
  • Devaka - more quantum detectors installed to capture remote brainstem activities
  • Devaka - Ability to send pie on a post without logging in.
  • Devaka - robot goat army finally has actual targeting so THAT won't happen again
  • Devaka - cleaned that weird goo out of transporter room 2
  • Devaka - Add pie link to the main menu for non-logged in users
  • Devaka - add one photon cannon to the runabout
  • Devaka - Improved menu bar
  • Devaka - Pie feature to let the menu bar scroll with the page
  • Devaka - Various improvements to the menu bar
  • Devaka - Search box on the menu bar defaults to forum search on forums
  • Devaka - bring the flux capacitor online
  • Devaka - fine-tune the lorentz force in the main z-pinch system
  • Devaka - improve the performance of distributed bragg reflector
  • Devaka - fix the broken vacuum beam lines in the primary electrostatic nuclear accelerator
  • Devaka - Deprecate recent topics
  • Devaka - Recent topics is now a pie-only feature
  • Devaka - undocked the command module from the secret mission module
  • Devaka - found the droids we were looking for
3 years ago
CodeGym: Online Tutorial to Learn Java
CodeGym

Are you learning Java? Try CodeGym, an online platform for future Java professionals.

CodeGym is one of the best options to learn Java online in an interactive way with a lot of practice.

You can try it for free right now or use a special promo code ‘CODERANCH’ to get a 50% discount on a yearly subscription plan**.




What is CodeGym?  

  • An interactive online Core Java Course, focused on practice with 1200+ coding tasks of varying complexity with code validation and virtual mentor support
  • IntellijIDEA plugin that is built into the development environment, and you can complete CodeGym tasks directly in IDEA
  • Huge Community of Java beginners and specialists to help each other to learn
  • Articles about Java, programming learning, job searching, passing interviews, tech trends, and so on  (in addition to the main course lectures)
  • Games section: try to create one of 8 (for today) classic video games using step-by-step interactive tutorials (free of charge).
  • Handy Android mobile app to learn java on the go
  • Available in English, German, Polish, French, Chinese, and Hindi languages.



  • Who can be a CodeGym student?

  • Absolute newbie
  • The one who tried Java a little bit
  • Who want to recall core Java  
  • Who continue their learning
  • Programmers who know other languages
  • For manual QA specialists who want to learn Java to create tests  



  • CodeGym reviews on G2

    See this review on G2


    How is the learning going?

    At the beginning you and your CodeGym alter ego (it’s automaton called Amigo) have a zero level. You start to read the first lectures and solve the first tasks. For each task you get dark matter points, which can be spent on opening new lectures and moving to the next level. Thus, you pump your Java knowledge and Amigo levels from zero to 40.

    You can solve the problems through the CodeGym website or right in IntelliJ IDEA. You solve the task, and submit it for review. If all is well, you get the dark matter points. If not, the virtual platform sends you hints as to what might be wrong. If you can't solve the problem, just skip it and return later. Or click on the help button, this will take you to a page where students and specialists help each other with Java-related questions.


    What type of tasks does CodeGym have?

    CodeGym contains Core Java programming tasks of varying complexity

  • Easy tasks for learning and consolidating theory
  • Tasks for ingenuity and finding a solution
  • Fixing bugs in the code
  • Refactoring
  • Adding new features
  • Projects (e.g. ATM emulator, link shortener, job aggregator),
  • Game projects (simple shooter, arkanoid and snake clones, sokoban and others)



  • codegym reviews

    See this review on G2


    Is CodeGym free?

    A large team is working on the course every day, to constantly improve its quality, to support it, and replenish it with new features and high-quality content. That’s why the course is paid. You can purchase an annual or monthly subscription. However, the level-zero is free to complete. The Games section is also free, as well as the Articles section.

    Use** a special promo code ‘CODERANCH’ to get a 50% discount on a yearly subscription plan and start your Java developer way!

    **To activate promo code, please contact the CodeGym support team after registration and before payment.  





    3 years ago
    CodeGym: Online Tutorial to Learn Java
    CodeGym

    Are you learning Java? Try CodeGym, an online platform for future Java professionals.

    CodeGym is one of the best options to learn Java online in an interactive way with a lot of practice.

    You can try it for free right now or use a special promo code ‘CODERANCH’ to get a 50% discount on a yearly subscription plan**.




    What is CodeGym?  

  • An interactive online Core Java Course, focused on practice with 1200+ coding tasks of varying complexity with code validation and virtual mentor support
  • IntellijIDEA plugin that is built into the development environment, and you can complete CodeGym tasks directly in IDEA
  • Huge Community of Java beginners and specialists to help each other to learn
  • Articles about Java, programming learning, job searching, passing interviews, tech trends, and so on  (in addition to the main course lectures)
  • Games section: try to create one of 8 (for today) classic video games using step-by-step interactive tutorials (free of charge).
  • Handy Android mobile app to learn java on the go
  • Available in English, German, Polish, French, Chinese, and Hindi languages.



  • Who can be a CodeGym student?

  • Absolute newbie
  • The one who tried Java a little bit
  • Who want to recall core Java  
  • Who continue their learning
  • Programmers who know other languages
  • For manual QA specialists who want to learn Java to create tests  



  • CodeGym reviews on G2

    See this review on G2


    How is the learning going?

    At the beginning you and your CodeGym alter ego (it’s automaton called Amigo) have a zero level. You start to read the first lectures and solve the first tasks. For each task you get dark matter points, which can be spent on opening new lectures and moving to the next level. Thus, you pump your Java knowledge and Amigo levels from zero to 40.

    You can solve the problems through the CodeGym website or right in IntelliJ IDEA. You solve the task, and submit it for review. If all is well, you get the dark matter points. If not, the virtual platform sends you hints as to what might be wrong. If you can't solve the problem, just skip it and return later. Or click on the help button, this will take you to a page where students and specialists help each other with Java-related questions.


    What type of tasks does CodeGym have?

    CodeGym contains Core Java programming tasks of varying complexity

  • Easy tasks for learning and consolidating theory
  • Tasks for ingenuity and finding a solution
  • Fixing bugs in the code
  • Refactoring
  • Adding new features
  • Projects (e.g. ATM emulator, link shortener, job aggregator),
  • Game projects (simple shooter, arkanoid and snake clones, sokoban and others)



  • codegym reviews

    See this review on G2


    Is CodeGym free?

    A large team is working on the course every day, to constantly improve its quality, to support it, and replenish it with new features and high-quality content. That’s why the course is paid. You can purchase an annual or monthly subscription. However, the level-zero is free to complete. The Games section is also free, as well as the Articles section.

    Use** a special promo code ‘CODERANCH’ to get a 50% discount on a yearly subscription plan and start your Java developer way!

    **To activate promo code, please contact the CodeGym support team after registration and before payment.  





    3 years ago
    Jack, have some cows for reporting this bug!

    It has been fixed.
    3 years ago