Software Development and Programming Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
- Thread starter Blackking
- Start date
-
- Tags
- careers programming
What languages do you develop in?
Also, I would encourage everyone to develop your work experience -- over more education n shyt.
Type Username Here
Not a new member
Type Username Here
Not a new member
All 3 major OS kernels are programmed in C [Windows, OS X, Linux].
A lot of heavy game programming is some off shoot of C.
Even the Java Virtual Machine and some libraries are C and C++.
My point? Depending on what you want to do, C/C++ is required. Any job dealing with operating systems will require extensive knowledge of it. If you want to make Android Apps, Web Applets, and other things, other languages are fine.
A lot of heavy game programming is some off shoot of C.
Even the Java Virtual Machine and some libraries are C and C++.
My point? Depending on what you want to do, C/C++ is required. Any job dealing with operating systems will require extensive knowledge of it. If you want to make Android Apps, Web Applets, and other things, other languages are fine.
Been spending the past month or so learning Javascript. It's been going decently. I pretty much understand all the basics... loops, arrays, functions. I enjoy using Javascript, but it is a strange language. For one, you can do things multiple ways, which can be confusing when you're just getting started. You can declare functions like:
function test()
{
code here
};
That's the typical way... but you can also do it like
var test = function()
{
code here
};
but what makes it strange is that "function" is used to create constructors, which are the templates your objects can clone. For example:
function Person(name, age)
{
this.name;
this.age;
}
then to create a new object var newPerson = new Person();
Being that it is a prototype language, there are no classes, but you can emulate classes to an extent by creating a prototype chain. What also is interesting is that just about everything is an object.
As strange as the language is, I do enjoy Javascript more than Python. Whitespace is just a strange concept to me. I much prefer having brackets.
function test()
{
code here
};
That's the typical way... but you can also do it like
var test = function()
{
code here
};
but what makes it strange is that "function" is used to create constructors, which are the templates your objects can clone. For example:
function Person(name, age)
{
this.name;
this.age;
}
then to create a new object var newPerson = new Person();
Being that it is a prototype language, there are no classes, but you can emulate classes to an extent by creating a prototype chain. What also is interesting is that just about everything is an object.
As strange as the language is, I do enjoy Javascript more than Python. Whitespace is just a strange concept to me. I much prefer having brackets.
Have you tried any stuff with Scheme or other languages like that?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming#Coding_styles
^^ not very useful right now but more sexy in some respects than C type programming
Type Username Here
Not a new member
Man I wish I had time to expirement. I still want to learn that "Go" language you put me on. The time right now just does not exist. I'm currently working on and perfecting systems programming concepts and languages, from C to Assembly to numerical machine Code. Getting really in depth there and doing things with kernels on the software side and processors on the hardware side. Honestly gives me so much respect for the dudes back in the day who came up and refined these machines and OSes.
nice thread hope to contribute and learn something. My main languages are C++, C#, Python, Matlab and i've been recently doing a lot of GUI development using WPF and playing around with F# but i've used everything from Java, R, lisp, ML, C, and Lush for single production and university projects. I also work with a lot of data so i do a lot of data wrangling using Linux tools such as Awk, Sed, etc
Last edited:
yeah man. interesting related thing I read:
http://prog21.dadgum.com/181.html
My interest in Go has kinda cooled down. I'm definitely going for Ruby/Python first I think
I originally was thinking about getting that CompTIA A+ cert and going through that whole help desk track, but programming is so much better to me... to be able to create instead of waiting for someone to have a problem and fixing it. The overall programming community is very generous with discussion and solutions as well.
Anyways, if any of you are interested in C# and game programming, coursera has a free course for you to sign up for:
https://class.coursera.org/gameprogramming-001/lecture/25
Looks like I'll be learning a bit of C# along with my javascript. It'll be interesting seeing how two different languages do things.
Also, if you want to learn Javascript, here is an online study group:
http://www.meetup.com/codecrewny/events/140424502/
Anyways, if any of you are interested in C# and game programming, coursera has a free course for you to sign up for:
https://class.coursera.org/gameprogramming-001/lecture/25
Looks like I'll be learning a bit of C# along with my javascript. It'll be interesting seeing how two different languages do things.
Also, if you want to learn Javascript, here is an online study group:
http://www.meetup.com/codecrewny/events/140424502/
Last edited:
Bomberman
Like a C4.
I just enrolled in classes to get a degree in Media design and game programming. I'm about to take C++ I believe.
Anybody know what math is most dominant? I already took (and aced) Calculus I to Differential Equations as well as Physics I-III (my even stronger subjects). Problem is I haven't been to school in roughly a year.
Anybody know what math is most dominant? I already took (and aced) Calculus I to Differential Equations as well as Physics I-III (my even stronger subjects). Problem is I haven't been to school in roughly a year.