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Who knows C++ or whatever it is called.
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My secretary's son (16) wants to go to Florida Tech and start taking some summer classes in prep for college (he can transfer the credits)
One of the classes he is taking is Intro to C++ (or whatever it is called) Is this hard to learn? His mother has to pay out of her pocket so she doesn't want to spring for something that he may struggle with.
Already he has his A+ and N+ but wants to start taking classes early. The other two classes are Intro to Comp. Appls. (a prereq) and Business/Technical Writing. (another required class for future classes.)
So...feedback?
One of the classes he is taking is Intro to C++ (or whatever it is called) Is this hard to learn? His mother has to pay out of her pocket so she doesn't want to spring for something that he may struggle with.
Already he has his A+ and N+ but wants to start taking classes early. The other two classes are Intro to Comp. Appls. (a prereq) and Business/Technical Writing. (another required class for future classes.)
So...feedback?
ZKaudio said:
Thing is.. if he learned it on his own from a book ,he couldn't get school credit for it. So he has to take the class.
In Session 2 of this summer term he is (if he passes all the ones he is taking now) going to take Intermediate C++, UNIX, and System Analysis.
I think that it is great that instead of doing like most kids and bumming around the beach and internet.. he is doing something worthwhile for his future.
The Red Dragon
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I was taught basic C++ in grade 10/11, it was easy for me but perhaps the curriculum was a bit slow. I will tell you that it requires a VERY mathematical and scientific mind. There's a lot of counting and logical processes involved, it's insane. I would have continued this year but it got really boring. Programming is tedious and debugging can drive you insane, it's literally looking for a needle in a haystack.
Bump for more info... more exactly....
What kind of tool kits or libraries that Supernav was mentioning are available?
Are there any kind of online quizs you can take to judge your progress? He will have tests at school and such, but he still wants to have something to go over at home.
these were the only two questions he asked me.
to answer some of the questions and comments on here, he does not care to be a programmer or coder. But in order to get his Computer Science degree, he has to take classes like this. So he is taking them now so he can transfer credits later.
He also is going to have to take classes like java and visual basic, simply because it is on the curriculum. But he wants to be employed as an Oracle DBA. He won't be able to take any specific Oracle classes until next summer after he has gotten C++, SQL and system analysis classes out of the way.
Indyjones - that book by Gaddis is the EXACT SAME book he had to purchase for school. It is the book that is used in Intro to C++ and Intermediate C++ as well. His book was $88.
What kind of tool kits or libraries that Supernav was mentioning are available?
Are there any kind of online quizs you can take to judge your progress? He will have tests at school and such, but he still wants to have something to go over at home.
these were the only two questions he asked me.
to answer some of the questions and comments on here, he does not care to be a programmer or coder. But in order to get his Computer Science degree, he has to take classes like this. So he is taking them now so he can transfer credits later.
He also is going to have to take classes like java and visual basic, simply because it is on the curriculum. But he wants to be employed as an Oracle DBA. He won't be able to take any specific Oracle classes until next summer after he has gotten C++, SQL and system analysis classes out of the way.
Indyjones - that book by Gaddis is the EXACT SAME book he had to purchase for school. It is the book that is used in Intro to C++ and Intermediate C++ as well. His book was $88.
jnuts
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If he plans on developing in Windows, the best development environment to use is M$ Visual Studio. Version 7 is where the new .NET stuff starts coming in. It's pretty pricey but can be bought on an educational discount -> I think that price is around $200 or so, but that's a big guess.
With regards to Visual Basic.... it's a bit of a dying language. I've used VB for years and MS is heavily pushing the .NET versions of VB and C#. Previous versions of VB bear little resemblence to the newer .NET version. My point is that the VB he learns in school might not help him that much unless it is the .NET version.
I don't really know of any online quiz sites...
If he plans on developing in Windows, the best development environment to use is M$ Visual Studio. Version 7 is where the new .NET stuff starts coming in. It's pretty pricey but can be bought on an educational discount -> I think that price is around $200 or so, but that's a big guess.
With regards to Visual Basic.... it's a bit of a dying language. I've used VB for years and MS is heavily pushing the .NET versions of VB and C#. Previous versions of VB bear little resemblence to the newer .NET version. My point is that the VB he learns in school might not help him that much unless it is the .NET version.
I don't really know of any online quiz sites...
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