anyone take a computer science course before?

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bud

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if so, how did you pass it? i'm very new to this whole programming thing. my class revolves around the C language, which i understand is the most basic of them all.

however my teacher is an off the boat asian who probably knows C better than he knows english.

is there any 'easy' way to learn this shit? or am i gonna have to struggle with the textbook to get myself a good grade..
 
If it's an intro programming course, it's probably going to be really simplistic. Get a "Teach Yourself C" or "C for Dummies" book, something like that, and supplement the class with that.
 
fb said:
If it's an intro programming course, it's probably going to be really simplistic. Get a "Teach Yourself C" or "C for Dummies" book, something like that, and supplement the class with that.
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its not intro to programming, the official name is "computer science I"..

i would take intro to programming but i'm pretty confident it would be a waste of money/time... as most of the stuff in those types of classes are very redundant.

i guess i could get one of those books, but some of them are 100000 pages and not very well organized. any specific reccomendations?
 
Using C++: An Introduction to Programming: Second Edition
Hennefield, Baker, Burchard

It was my textbook for my C++ class last spring. Well done, even though I already knew most of the material. Should help a newbie out pretty well.
 
blech

I took an intro to programming course in college

dropped it 6 weeks later

I spent like 9 hours writing a program that converted decimals into roman numerals....and I sat there and though "fuck this shit, I don't wanna do this with my life"
 
Special---K said:
blech

I took an intro to programming course in college

dropped it 6 weeks later

I spent like 9 hours writing a program that converted decimals into roman numerals....and I sat there and though "fuck this shit, I don't wanna do this with my life"
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jesus. so what did you end up doing?
 
Programming comes down to:
Variables
Using the language library (ex: priting a string using the C Library)
If statments
Loops
Input/Output processing
Making your own classes (Object Oriented programs)


If you can get those down (Pretty much in that order of significance) you should be doing pretty good.
 
[Ms] iNsAnE said:
Programming comes down to:
Variables
Using the language library (ex: priting a string using the C Library)
If statments
Loops
Input/Output processing
Making your own classes (Object Oriented programs)


If you can get those down (Pretty much in that order of significance) you should be doing pretty good.
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alright. i will look at that when we start getting material. class just ended so ill get back to this thread when i get home.
 
xpdnc said:
same...i made it through 3 classes and gave up
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I tried for the full semester, but I discovered at the end of the semester that I didn't know anything.

I like diagnosing and fixing things goddamnit. I'm not into the whole creating things stuff
 
Vlasic said:
I tried for the full semester, but I discovered at the end of the semester that I didn't know anything.

I like diagnosing and fixing things goddamnit. I'm not into the whole creating things stuff
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no, i meant that i took 3 courses before i gave up

i was hard-headed and kept managing to pass despite not actually knowing anything
 
Kerosene31 said:
No. You learn programming by doing it. Not by reading about it.

Some people "get it" others don't.
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Real shit right there. If you can't figure it out on your own, it's not something you should be doing.

If programming is just a career choice, there will be people better and more motivated then you.
 
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