ROOT Builder v1.31 February 26, 2009
Posted by gordonwatts in ROOT, ROOT Builder.trackback
There are only three weeks left to term! I can’t wait! And now for something a little bit different…
This weekend I took a few hours off and finished up some remaining work on a tool Axel and I created a year ago, ROOT Builder. This is a very small windows utility that is useful if you want to build ROOT from source on your computer.
When you hit the “Generate Project” button it will create a VS 2008, 2005, or 2003 project that you can then edit and access in the IDE. Unfortunately, this is still using the ROOT make file and not a native VS IDE project (which means the build is a bit slow). However, if you decide to build debug mode then this will allow you to hit “debug” and step into ROOT right away. Very handy for those odd I/O bugs that you can’t solve with Philippe’s help! 
Let me know if you have any questions.
You have three weeks until the end of the term?
When do you start? How many terms do you have? Your adoring fans must know!
Thanks, Gordon!
We are on the quarter system at UW. I counted once — over the course of three quarters we are in classes 2 weeks more than a semester school I compared to. Fall quarter usually starts around Oct 1 or just a bit before – so nice and late. Ends in mid December. The Winter quarter, however, starts on Jan 4 or similar and goes to spring break in mid march. A week later is the spring quarter, which lasts until early June. So we are a month later finishing up compared to the semester system.
I’m teaching a 2 quater long grad course this year, with spring an undergraduate lab. The grad course has been a huge amount of prep time – much more than every other class I’ve ever taken.