hey ya alll
so i never took comp scinece in high school and dont know much about programming

i'm going for engineering and just wanted to ask if u need to learn programming before u start school?? or do they teach u everything there??
thanks

Originally Posted by raveenaj

hey ya alll
so i never took comp scinece in high school and dont know much about programming

i'm going for engineering and just wanted to ask if u need to learn programming before u start school?? or do they teach u everything there??
thanks

They teach you everything, but the people who didn't have prior exposure to programming (even those who thought they were good with programming) bitched about those courses that involved it soooo hard and ate up a lot of their time

Yeah, they teach you from the ground up. I'd still take a look at it over the summer just to gauge your understanding of it... it seems like programming is one of those "you either get it or you don't" courses. And if you're not understanding it, a little extra help probably couldn't hurt. On the other hand, if you get it you probably won't need to study or practice at all, and can still get a good mark.

You will learn everything from the basics, and now that their teaching you Python... its a piece of cake.

What sort of programming is taught? Like the general basics of programming that can be applied to any language (how computers read data, how we can write commands through compilers yada yada yada, operators and stuff) or is it going to be mostly Python specific?

Also, are we going to be making programs that have GUIs or is the end goal to be able to make basic programs to solve mathematical problems?

Originally Posted by InvisoBill

What sort of programming is taught? Like the general basics of programming that can be applied to any language (how computers read data, how we can write commands through compilers yada yada yada, operators and stuff) or is it going to be mostly Python specific?

Also, are we going to be making programs that have GUIs or is the end goal to be able to make basic programs to solve mathematical problems?

You can't "learn the basics" technically since the "basics" vary from language to language and concept to concept (procedural vs scripting vs oo)

GUI, well, we made gui's in 2nd year using Java, I dont think thats gonna happen with you guys with Python... but you never know, profs decide what they want from year to year

I had no exposure to Python programming in my life before this class and I got an 11 in it. And I had it with Spencer Smith, who was the harder of the two professors this year. People who got Farmer had much easier tests.

This is one of those classes where you should have the textbook just to do the examples because they really help you out with the programming labs.

...Or you could also download previous years' labs off DevC++ 'cause they're pretty similar.

We'll be learning Python in CS 1MD3, and I would say that it is more of a scripting language than anything. I made a thread about it, so read up here:

http://www.macinsiders.com/showthrea...3#p ost262163