----------------------------------- MatthewDaigneau Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:02 pm What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- The gaming store Steam is something that I like and use, just wondering what it was made with, and when. It probably isn't very useful knowledge, but neither is half the things I know (somehow I doubt being able to spell the long form of DNA faster than a lot of people say it will help me very much). ----------------------------------- DemonWasp Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:48 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- The Wikipedia article on Steam answers your question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_%28software%29 ----------------------------------- Tony Thu Jan 15, 2015 4:53 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- The desktop client is in C++, but http://store.steampowered.com/ has its front-end developed in (probably) PHP. There are HTML assets shared between the two, if the desktop client comes with web-view. There are backend and infrastructure parts that are invisible, but necessary to make any of this work. Keep in mind that oftentimes the language choice is due to legacy reasons. E.g. something that an initial group of developers were already familiar with. ----------------------------------- MatthewDaigneau Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:06 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- Thanks. We are learning stuff at school with Turing, and I am silently frustrated. Sure, it is a good introduction to programming, but it is really outdated for modern tech, even if you were to go pixel by pixel. ----------------------------------- MatthewDaigneau Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:09 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- How old is C++, by the way? ----------------------------------- Tony Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:08 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- That's a deceptively complicated question. C has first appeared in 1972, C++ (which is a superset of C) first appeared in 1983. The current language is C++11 which came out a few years ago, and my understanding is that C++14 has been defined and is in the process of rolling out. ----------------------------------- MatthewDaigneau Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:09 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- That is an openly complicated but useful answer. Thanks. ----------------------------------- MatthewDaigneau Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:55 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- Do you guys use Steam? Or should I ask, do you guys play games? ----------------------------------- Nathan4102 Mon Jan 19, 2015 4:03 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- I use steam way too much :( ----------------------------------- Raknarg Mon Jan 19, 2015 4:12 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- Yes, but not as much after entering my second year of university ----------------------------------- Insectoid Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:54 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- I barely use Steam. I wouldn't use it at all if I didn't have to to play L4D2 and Portal (the only Steam games I own). It's just extra background crap that slows everything down. The mac client is better now than it was but it's still really slow. It can take over a minute just to log me in. Occasionally it will 'forget' all my games and I have to delete all the files manually and completely re-install all 2 of them, which sucks. I've tried everything to get it to recognize the installs but nothing works. I don't remember who any of my steam friends are because I never interact with them (they are all IRL friends, I just don't know which account belongs to who). The vast majority of my games are non-steam. Kerbal Space Program, L4D2 and CoD4 are probably my all-time favorites for PC. Quake 4 gets 2nd place. ----------------------------------- MatthewDaigneau Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:11 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- Is Tony's Clone a rank, or does it denote being an alternate account for Tony? Right now I am guessing it is a rank, unless Tony has quite a few alt's, and only one he uses. ----------------------------------- wtd Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:08 pm RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- Worth noting that part of Tony's answer is only partly correct. C++ is mostly a superset of C, but changes some corner case behavior sufficiently to not be considered a perfect superset of C. It is not possible to compile C programs with a C++ compiler and be guaranteed correct behavior from the resulting program. ----------------------------------- MatthewDaigneau Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:57 am RE:What was Steam made with? ----------------------------------- Thanks for all the answers, considering that I am just some newb who doesn't know anything about programming. I use Steam because I'm an idiot who doesn't computer good.