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For those students in the audience, it's about that time again. What classes are you taking? What degree program are you in?
Share your questions about classes and past experiences and we'll try our best to answer them. And feel free to share your own experiences. Is C++ still the preferred language being taught in schools, or have most moved to Java. Anyone taking .NET classes this year? Is anyone teaching Agile development these days?
Yeah, sadly I haven't hit college, so I'll be stuck learning the proper use of cell padding in HTML tables. The good news is that I can finish my work in about 20 minutes, leaving me with more than an hour's time to play some Halo with my friends on the LAN.
Most of the intro classes are in java. This semester I'm taking C++, software engi, object oriented and calc classes. Although I am self taught on C/C++, I felt it was necessary to do an "official" semester of it for later on down the road.
Most of the intro classes are in java. This semester I'm taking C++, software engi, object oriented and calc classes. Although I am self taught on C/C++, I felt it was necessary to do an "official" semester of it for later on down the road.
Good call. I have learned programming on my own earlier in life and went to a class thinking I knew a lot about it and learned a lot more about the "theory" behind the syntax. They don't just teach you how to write a program but the problem solving methodology that will help you a lot in the industry.
At the end of the year I will be qualified with Certificate II in I.T (for those that don't know what this qualification is, it is basically a qualification that says you can do stuff with a computer (technically competent, but not network administrator competent)). I wanted to do Cert III, but I couldn't at my age.
Hopefully next year I will be doing Software Development as a part of my VCE studies (VCE is a victorian high school certificate thing), a year ahead of when I should be doing it; however I have a funny suspicion I won't learn much from it (we will be using VB.NET if it's done at our school). I do know my teacher will be teaching things like Gantt charts etc, all things I need to learn about.
4 Aug, 2008 - 01:47 PM
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