chris84948

Born on April 26, 2016•25 Karma

on May 8, 2017

•on: Automating app assets with Inkscape

Yeah, speed wasn't really an issue for my build. I'm just running it occasionally. This was basically a step better than manually exporting.

fenomas•

on May 8, 2017

Sure - but the main thing isn't the time taken, it's having one-step builds. Things that only need to be done occasionally are the easiest things to forget!

chris84948•

on May 8, 2017

•on: Automating app assets with Inkscape

Yeah, I'll admit that batch files aren't exactly ideal. As a c# developer though, I don't ever use Python, so that doesn't come over as easier for me. I think I moved all the important parts into VARs, so you shouldn't have to change too much in the script.

If there was an easy cross-platform scripting language that was installed by default, now we'd be talking.

piceas•

on May 9, 2017

Have you tried/considered an asset generator plugin?

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PeterR.U... https://github.com/shenchauhan/UWPTileGenerator

darklajid•

on May 8, 2017

If you're a C# guy: There's the csharp interpreter (run .cs files) or, potentially even better, there're F# scripts.

Or, you know, write Powershell (depending on what platforms you need to support ofc).

chris84948•

on May 8, 2017

Sure, but what exactly do they get me that a batch script doesn't? Not trying to be difficult, but if the batch script can do it, why would I wade into Powershell? I definitely think Powershell has it's place, but in this case, I don't see it.

I definitely don't see using cs files or f# scripts as an easier way of doing this.

darklajid•

on May 8, 2017

Honestly? If you're good with the current approach, why change it.

That said, there's a LOT of repetition in there and while you probably _can_ improve that in this solution, a 'proper' language might be more readable. Again, if you're a C# developer, C#/F# (or even Powershell) scripts are probably ~closer to home~.

That whole script is basically - if I understand it correctly - two unrolled loops. Instead of two loops (logo dimensions, scale) you're duplicating a loooot of lines.

If this is no problem: Cool. Then again, maybe you want to improve this approach in the future?

chris84948•

on May 8, 2017

Maybe { crosses fingers tight } Microsoft could package all this up and do it for me. I'd love to just supply an SVG file. Although, since I spend time at work dealing with DXF files supplied by customers, I understand the problem.