Computer science
Anyone ever took that class in college?
Im taking it now and im wondering what you guys think about it.
Im taking it now and im wondering what you guys think about it.
Computer science
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Nope, never interested me.
Is it a class/subject or a course? I suppose I study CompSci at uni, but that's more my degree than an individual class.
It's too much math for me to enjoy it.
Artificial wrote:Is it a class/subject or a course? I suppose I study CompSci at uni, but that's more my degree than an individual class.
Im not going to lie i have no idea im a freshmen in college. Im guessig class but its my major.
I'm in college now for a computer science degree. One I got all the pre-requisites out the way it's great.
I'm thinking about going back to a school , thinking about a trade school , becoming a painter or something with physical labor .
Comp sci.
i love those classes.
i hate doing my GE's though ;-;
i love those classes.
i hate doing my GE's though ;-;
That's what I'm considering as my college course, but I haven't heard of it being just a class
Took Comp Sci I, horrible teacher, didn't learn anything. 0/10 would not take again. He had us using Alice and Greenfoot (Two horribly shitty programs written in Java) more than he had us doing legitimate programming. It fucking sucked.
I'm planning on majoring in Computer Science though, because then if comp sec jobs ever kind of fall though, I can always do programming or something.
I'm planning on majoring in Computer Science though, because then if comp sec jobs ever kind of fall though, I can always do programming or something.
Taz wrote:Did you learn alot? Whats the main things you learned from that class?
I learned NOTHING. So far all they've tried to teach is "This is a video card" and other painfully obvious facts. It's not until around the second half of your education that you actually learn worth while things. But I'm enjoying the fact that I don't have to pay attention or even show up to class to make an A.
Thomas wrote:I learned NOTHING. So far all they've tried to teach is "This is a video card" and other painfully obvious facts. It's not until around the second half of your education that you actually learn worth while things. But I'm enjoying the fact that I don't have to pay attention or even show up to class to make an A.
Fudge :/
The book we are supposed to buy has programming stuff in it so i hope i learn something.
Taz wrote:Fudge :/
The book we are supposed to buy has programming stuff in it so i hope i learn something.
In that case your university actually has a real computer science course. My school offers a pitiful computer science program. Which is why I'll be transferring to Plymouth University next year.
Edit: Here are some screenshots from an actual test. Seriously, this is the easiest class ever.
Thomas wrote:In that case your university actually has a real computer science course. My school offers a pitiful computer science program. Which is why I'll be transferring to Plymouth University next year.
Edit: Here are some screenshots from an actual test. Seriously, this is the easiest class ever.
Lmao! What the hell hopefully its not like that in my school.
lol.
My Comp Sci class was actually just C++ and an introduction to memory. The freshman classes are always designed such that someone who has never even used a computer could learn from them, since many college students are adults going back to school again, so you can't assume the student grew up with or has even used a computer before.
My Comp Sci class was actually just C++ and an introduction to memory. The freshman classes are always designed such that someone who has never even used a computer could learn from them, since many college students are adults going back to school again, so you can't assume the student grew up with or has even used a computer before.
Lol, my comp sci class said C and C++ and stuff are too old. That actually kind of pissed me off, if you get kids thinking that Java will get them a job, you're heartless.
Flareboy323 wrote:Lol, my comp sci class said C and C++ and stuff are too old. That actually kind of pissed me off, if you get kids thinking that Java will get them a job, you're heartless.
My prof. Said he was going to start off with teaching us java then i forgot what else he said because i was so bored.
Flareboy323 wrote:Lol, my comp sci class said C and C++ and stuff are too old. That actually kind of pissed me off, if you get kids thinking that Java will get them a job, you're heartless.
Java is the most common programming language in the world. Of course you're going to get work in it.
Artificial wrote:Java is the most common programming language in the world. Of course you're going to get work in it.
wait wat
what good uses for java are there? Why not just use C++? Less resource-intensive, and lower-level.
Flareboy323 wrote:wait wat
what good uses for java are there? Why not just use C++? Less resource-intensive, and lower-level.
Java has the most platform extensibility.
This is the program I'm currently taking in college Computer Programmer Analyst Program (T127)
As far as the programming in it, it mainly focuses on C# and Java.
As far as the programming in it, it mainly focuses on C# and Java.
MY Compsci I Experience:
5/10 Scratch
3/10 Jeroos
1/10 Gridworld
1/10 JCreator
5/10 Scratch
3/10 Jeroos
1/10 Gridworld
1/10 JCreator
Flareboy323 wrote:wait wat
what good uses for java are there? Why not just use C++? Less resource-intensive, and lower-level.
lol
Flareboy323 wrote:wait wat
what good uses for java are there? Why not just use C++? Less resource-intensive, and lower-level.
Java is a cross-platform language. The code you use in a Windows machine will work equivalently in a Linux machine (with some exceptions of course). On the contrary, C++ is not cross-platform.
Also, Java is a very easy to understand language for beginners. There are no pointers (often confuses newbies) and object oriented design is part of the language.
Taz wrote:Anyone ever took that class in college?
Im taking it now and im wondering what you guys think about it.
I am a currently in the second semester of my senior year (4th year) in the Computer Engineering program at my University. From my experience, the two main differences between Comp Sci. and Comp Eng. are that one focuses in applications of programming and hardware (Comp Eng.), and the other one focuses in programming and the math behind it (Comp Sci.). While you get programming in both fields, Comp Eng. will give you a background on how computers work from the very foundations of them (transistors).
The class you are going to take is possibly an introductory class. Every educational institution handles their majors differently. For me, my introductory class was a problem solving class. We literally solved puzzles with math for a whole semester... and it was awesome. The second semester, it was an introduction to C. I'm not too familiar with whatever was taught since I opted out of the class (since I knew the material).
Riddle wrote:Java is a cross-platform language. The code you use in a Windows machine will work equivalently in a Linux machine (with some exceptions of course). On the contrary, C++ is not cross-platform.
Also, Java is a very easy to understand language for beginners. There are no pointers (often confuses newbies) and object oriented design is part of the language.
Java is cross-platform because of the Virtual Machine (JVM). Due to this, the same code would run on different machines without extensive modifications.
This however doesn't mean C++ isn't cross-platform. C++ will produce binaries native to the system you're using. Therefore you would only have to compile the same code on a different platform and of course tailor/shoehorn it to run on the system in question. It shouldn't pose any serious problems if you aren't using any native OS libraries (i.e. WinAPI for Windows).
I think that's what you more or less mean, but I'm just clarifying just in case.
The Unintelligible wrote:Java is cross-platform because of the Virtual Machine (JVM). Due to this, the same code would run on different machines without extensive modifications.
This however doesn't mean C++ isn't cross-platform. C++ will produce binaries native to the system you're using. Therefore you would only have to compile the same code on a different platform and of course tailor/shoehorn it to run on the system in question. It shouldn't pose any serious problems if you aren't using any native OS libraries (i.e. WinAPI for Windows).
I think that's what you more or less mean, but I'm just clarifying just in case.
Yeah, I see what you mean. With java, cross-platform is built in, wherein with C++ you would have to use something like Qt. (Also, for GUIs, I definitely like Java better. I've never even tried to make GUIs in Qt for C++, it was just too much of a pain.)
The Unintelligible wrote:Java is cross-platform because of the Virtual Machine (JVM). Due to this, the same code would run on different machines without extensive modifications.
This however doesn't mean C++ isn't cross-platform. C++ will produce binaries native to the system you're using. Therefore you would only have to compile the same code on a different platform and of course tailor/shoehorn it to run on the system in question. It shouldn't pose any serious problems if you aren't using any native OS libraries (i.e. WinAPI for Windows).
I think that's what you more or less mean, but I'm just clarifying just in case.
Yup, that's what I meant. In C/C++ you need to go out of your way to make sure everything is compatible in whatever platforms you're using. A good example is network programming. In Windows there is an API for Windows sockets that you're required to use, for Linux it is a different library.
Flareboy323 wrote:Yeah, I see what you mean. With java, cross-platform is built in, wherein with C++ you would have to use something like Qt. (Also, for GUIs, I definitely like Java better. I've never even tried to make GUIs in Qt for C++, it was just too much of a pain.)
I'm sure there are tools to visually create GUIs in C++, like in Java... if that is what you meant.
Riddle wrote:
I'm sure there are tools to visually create GUIs in C++, like in Java... if that is what you meant.
Nah, I was talking about how Java has built-in libraries for GUIs and 2D graphics and stuff like that.
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Flareboy323 wrote:Nah, I was talking about how Java has built-in libraries for GUIs and 2D graphics and stuff like that.
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Ah, ok.
Nope, that was certainly not me.
My first comp sci class was an introduction to C++ programming. Fairly easy. Since then i've done a semester in C, Java, two semesters in C++, and currently I'm in data structures. I've learned quite a bit, but I feel that i still don't know enough to really do anything productive with it, that's why i'm gonna study other languages on the side so I can contribute to LG with bots. :/ Now I just need a starting point haha.