The Programming Thread / Project Euler Thread

**Bj0rn** · Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 522 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

I stumbled upon programming about 6 years ago when I decided to learn the Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind scripting language. Then I went a data/math program in high school. Now I'm studying my second year of engineering/computer science. I'm halfway through a course in algorithms, data structures and complexity, which has been really good. I've also had a class called "Programming Paradigms" in which we got to learn some of the major approaches of programming languages.

So thinking about it I've learnt a pretty big number of languages: Morrowind scripting language (it counts), Visual Basic (6.0), C++, Brainfuck (FTW), Java, Prolog, Haskell, C#, VHDL (a hardware description language) and an assembler language for Nios II. I'm most fluent with Visual C# (which I taught myself), C++ and Java.

My last year at high school I actually used DarkGDK when we had an assignment to make a game. Everybody else used Visual Basic, heh.

Nice to see a thread like this. And hi there, Bedlam!
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**FBMrider86** · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:20 am Post subject:

If you use the internet to your advantage you don't need a book. We didn't have one for our Data Structures class either. You really don't need one for that type of class anyway since by that time you'll know basic syntax (I mean hell, you already do now). Eventually you hit a point where it's not the code that's holding you back, it's HOW to get the code to do what you want it to do.
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**ajanata** · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:44 am Post subject:

Ah, but having a dead tree tome of algorithms (not specifically for any language, just to have as a reference) is always a good idea. Especially if you're getting on a plane for 5 hours for an algorithm-heavy job interview and need to review. Which I may or may not be doing tomorrow.
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**FBMrider86** · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:40 am Post subject:

**OpenYourEyes** · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:31 am Post subject:

I've been interested in learning to program for a while, but I can't afford classes, and I don't have the extra schedule space to learn in school. What would you guys recommend to me for learning at home?

For the record, I know so little that I could start from scratch and not be learning too much that I already know.
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**GuitarGeek08** · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 3213

Ive always found it fascinating and always wanted to take a high school course that does it w the TI 83, but never got the chance. Also considered going into it for a career at one point in my life, but it seems way too difficult to do.

Going to college in the fall and havent decided yet btw
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**OpenYourEyes** · Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 1:13 am Post subject:

**Urisma** · Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:53 am Post subject:

Well, I'm glad I helped. Python is definitely fun. I had a text based blackjack game almost completely done in a few hours with no prior experience in Python, just looking at some reference material (especially about syntax. Learning 4ish languages at once gets hard on the brain!). If you need any help or advice just post in the thread, I'll be sure to check back often.

And FBMrider: It is a lot of work. My very basic 6502 emulator took 1100 lines, and it was missing tons of features. But, it was fun, so I enjoyed it. Plus it won me twenty dollars at science fair!

**Sarg338** · Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 5143

Bump.

Got done with my program for my finals.

our teacher gave us a .txt file of the Average temperature in Arkansas per month for 10 years. We are suppose to read the data and put it in a nice graph, as well with the average of the month over the twn year period. Here is the final result.

Had a little trouble at the end displaying the averages. Apparently, my Nested for loop was wrong. it was like this:

**Eastwinn** · Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:32 am Post subject:

Just want to chime in and say that learning from a book is superior than learning form the internet. By far. Books have a structure to the way they teach you things that you lose inherently in Google searches.

Oh, and OpenYourEyes, don't plan on making games just yet. Games are just about the hardest thing you can try to program. Simple games aren't bad, but the amount of extremely complex mathematics that go into a game like COD is unfathomable. If you really want to program games, you need to be knowledgeable of trigonometry first and foremost.
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