Intro to D metaprogramming - Creating a JSON serialiser

A series which covers the creation of a basic JSON serialiser in D while teaching several different aspects of D’s metaprogramming:

• templates
• template arguments
• function contracts
• static if
• static foreach
• mixins

1. Serialising basic D types
2. Serialising basic D types - Alternative function layout
3. Serialising structs
4. Serialising enums and classes
5. Serialising arrays
6. Using UDAs for customisation
7. Mixin template to automate static deserialise

How I made a speedrun timer in D

A one-off post going over how I made a speedrun timer for the original Deus Ex, and how D made the project as painless as possible.

This covers using D to perform systems-level programming, as well as just the general topic of code injection & reading from game memory.

1. How I made a speedrun timer in D