Poll: Your programming experience

[flaming_squirrel]

I hate programming with a passion. I enjoy IT and I was studying it at University, programming made me literally fall apart as a person and as a result I left the course. Fuck programming.

Wow, now there's two of us. Got into support instead, makes me less inclined to tear my eyes out.
Hated the style of teaching (or lack thereof) in University.


OT: Did some VB, C++, Java and some other low level stuff which I cant even remember. Was pretty bloody awful at the whole thing.

 

[kebab4you]

about 200(ish) hours so barely a beginner, proudest moment was a 2-d game I wrote with a friend in c++.

Just maybe someone is willing to help me out with this problem?:
Get part of each value of a vector that store classes[footnote]That would be it stores value A and B in each spot of the vector[/footnote], and then out of those part create a new vector.

Oh and how to set up visual studio so you can colab on project files.

 

[Nalbis]

I hate programming with a passion. I enjoy IT and I was studying it at University, programming made me literally fall apart as a person and as a result I left the course. Fuck programming.

Wow, now there's two of us. Got into support instead, makes me less inclined to tear my eyes out.
Hated the style of teaching (or lack thereof) in University.


OT: Did some VB, C++, Java and some other low level stuff which I cant even remember. Was pretty bloody awful at the whole thing.

I'd like to go into Support, that's more my strong suit. But here in the UK the degree's for IT all involve a large chunk of programming which is compulsory to pass the course. I'm looking around for some more support based courses but I don't think I can get funding for them. Its really left me in a rut... Its nice to know that you've managed to find an alternative though, gives me some hope.

 

[Berenzen]

First year computing science student, I self-taught myself Perl in expectation for using it in the class, but it was Python instead. During the course of the term I taught myself the Android stuff so I could make my own apps for my phone. Other than that I really haven't done much, next year will be a little bit more comprehensive I think.

 

[Nalbis]

I hate programming with a passion. I enjoy IT and I was studying it at University, programming made me literally fall apart as a person and as a result I left the course. Fuck programming.

Yeah I know how you feel, and it didn't help that the teacher was a jackass.

Although it sounds harsh to say, but its nice to know its not just me that didn't get it. It seemed like I was the only one on the course not "getting" it which made me so angry and upset with myself. My teacher too was useless, and the support from my University was non-existent when I seeked it.

Yeah the "tutors" were basically useless, they were like freshmen or something.

A lot of people in my class were just copying each others program and making it look like they're own and even the teacher knew about it but didn't really care about it.

Only people who were passing were the guys who already could program and they all agreed the teacher was crap. Might give programming a shot if I get a better teacher or just self teach myself.

But that's just a what if future for me.

It was a bit different in my University, people seemed to be learning it I just think maybe I'm not made for it (not that I enjoyed it or wanted to do it anyway) and people were very reluctant to share their code, even asking would spark a volatile reaction from the other students. I personally will never return to programming, but I wish you the best if you do decide to give it another shot.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

I can push some Uscript but I suck at it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyulCK1cfdk , I always need some sort of help it dose not help that Unreal tournament has gone down the tubes so I have stopped trying to mod 04k and 3.

Tho scripting is not real programing LOL

Still would like to learn more Uscript but I need help as the books never did help me, I don;t pick up alot of info from books anyway ><.

 

[Matt Dellar]

I started out in Python. Halfway through the book, I took a look at C++ and Java and regretted starting on the easy language. The hardest part of Python is installing Livewires (just makes Pygame simpler). That was easy compared to the basic "Hello World" programs in Java and C++, mainly because Dev C++ decided not to execute any programs and I ended up not having some sort of Java compiler that all computers had.

So I figured I'd finish the Python book and go from there.

One more little vent: The exact code that wouldn't start up in Dev C++ on my desktop WOULD run fine if I double-clicked the .exe from explorer. It also ran fine from Dev C++ on my dad's laptop. Just a little bit frustrating. I think I played Skyrim the rest of the day when that happened.

 

[ewhac]

The poll omits entries for device driver and kernel programming.

 

[BreakfastMan]

I am a CSS major, and in my Junior year of the program at Uni, so I suppose I have some programming experience. I really have not worked on anything bigger than a small app at this point, but I am pretty good for the point I am at. I know both Java and C++, but that is extent of my experience. I really enjoy programming. It feels like you are building something real and useful without actually having to do any work beyond thinking! And I love that.

 

[-Dragmire-]

YEAH, VISUAL BASIC 6!

.... Yeah, I don't know much about coding. Back in high school I took a programming class that taught visual basic. I ended up making a tic-tac-toe game that was 87 coding pages long because I didn't learn how to do arrays yet.

These days my only recent programming experience is limited to minor expressions in Autodesk Maya.

 

[praetor_alpha]

Considering that programming is what pays my bills, I guess you could say that I know a bit about it.

Picked up HTML around 97 or 98. I really started programming around 2003 with Python. The novelty of programming in general wore off, but it somehow captivated me, so I went to a college that specialized in nothing but.

In my spare time, I've programmed a blog [http://theandrewbailey.com/] (in Java), and a random sentence generator [http://theandrewbailey.com/spruce] (in Python). I still know some C# from college, and SQL does come in handy from time to time. I looked into PHP, but just could not get the hang of it. I'm ok with HTML and CSS, but I'm a complete noob at Javascript.

 

[devotedsniper]

From University i have experience in C#, C++ and Java, College gave me some basic Visual Basic and Machine Low Level Programming both of which i'm taking this semester for Uni so i will soon be somewhat competent with them also.

So far i've done mainly console based programming (cmd window or netbeans), and a small amount of GUI based programming in Java.

Oh i also know SQL (not exactly a programming language in terms of the poll but it's still a programming language), along with a small amount of HTML, CSS, PHP (bare basics enough to know things such as

 

[KyeMc]

Hmm well i have been called a programming guru of c/c++/c#. I work in a software development company in Sydney Australia and i was first taught programming in visual basic in highschool and progressed to c based languages as well as java, python and server side languages like jsp, asp and php in university.

I was one of those strange people in uni who decide to pick up advanced programming and system/operating systems programming as majors of a computer science degree. And ive always loved programming there is this thrill you get when a program or function that gives you a hard time finally breaks and works and functions perfectly that you cant find anywhere else. but it is also stressfull when error checking or trying to eliminate a bug in a large function.

The project i am most proud of would be a project i did in my last year of university where i designed and implimented a full retail inventory management and sales system with c++. it was an awesome program it was easy to use and very robust. I dont really feel like i can claim any of the software i have done at work as something im proud of really as mostly its all small sections of a suite that i would work on with about 20-30 other programmers.

The thing ive discovered about programming is you either love it or hate it and if you dont love it look at another field because programming is not for you

 

[KyeMc]

Hmm well i have been called a programming guru of c/c++/c#. I work in a software development company in Sydney Australia and i was first taught programming in visual basic in highschool and progressed to c based languages as well as java, python and server side languages like jsp, asp and php in university.

I was one of those strange people in uni who decide to pick up advanced programming and system/operating systems programming as majors of a computer science degree. And ive always loved programming there is this thrill you get when a program or function that gives you a hard time finally breaks and works and functions perfectly that you cant find anywhere else. but it is also stressfull when error checking or trying to eliminate a bug in a large function.

The project i am most proud of would be a project i did in my last year of university where i designed and implimented a full retail inventory management and sales system with c++. it was an awesome program it was easy to use and very robust. I dont really feel like i can claim any of the software i have done at work as something im proud of really as mostly its all small sections of a suite that i would work on with about 20-30 other programmers.

The thing ive discovered about programming is you either love it or hate it and if you dont love it look at another field because programming is not for you

 

[KyeMc]

Sorry double post..

 

[Varitel]

I currently work at school and most of my job involves programming. I've programmed in C and C++ for linux systems, C# for Windows and I've recently been programming for the PIC18 family of microcontrollers. Currently, I'm working on firmware and software for some hardware we designed in the lab I work in. So I'd say I have an respectable amount of programming experience.

 

[SnowyGamester]

I know some of everything but I excel at little. Been using Visual Basic (version 6 ) and editing HTML since 8th grade...have become quite familiar with VB on my own since then, though it isn't particularly useful in many cases. Dabbled in C++, a bit of PASCAL, have some familiarity with assembly functions, did a short course in Java which was quite useful, starting to get somewhat adept in JavaScript (made some websites in a multimedia course and recently been working on my own for a business that uses a little JS here and there). Even played with a few batch files in the past, though mostly just to annoy the IT department back at high school, most notably by spamming 'Never Gonna Give You Up' lyrics to every computer using netsend on final day (never got caught, started on a timer and I was in a different building to the source once it started). I certainly don't program every day, but when the need arises I can usually hammer something out to do the job.

 

[Esotera]

Did a lot of C/C++ at uni (electronic engineering) as well as some more minor stuff in Lisp, assembler and TREEMETA. Picked up Python after graduating for the fun of it and really like it as a language, although it's made me realise how much of a pain C++ can be!

People, please stop listing HTML as a programming language and look up what it stands for.

Actually believe it or not HTML is now Turing Complete [http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2011/03/08/breaking-news-htmlcss-is-turing-complete/], so could technically be considered a really bad programming language (at least from what I understand). Yeah, C++ can be a major pain, it's got so much to learn compared to other languages, but somehow seems to have fewer convenient features. Speed is worth it though.

I've been programming small things in Java for a couple of years, (nothing even remotely fancy; calculators and simple games for the most part) and I recently got into PHP since I feel like making a website or two.

I really don't like that the poll assumes programming languages exist exclusively for gaming and apps. Seems kind of narrow-minded to me.

Also, python probably isn't a good language to start in because of how easy it is (yeah, I know, seems counter productive). It isn't very strict in syntax and whatnot and doesn't really teach integrity to a newbie like C++ would.

Sorry about the poll, it does seem biased against web-languages now that I look at the wording, but I don't think I put anything related to gaming?

I agree with you slightly on not starting with Python, mainly because it's exactly how I started. Learning about general computer science helped me more than C++ though.

One more little vent: The exact code that wouldn't start up in Dev C++ on my desktop WOULD run fine if I double-clicked the .exe from explorer. It also ran fine from Dev C++ on my dad's laptop. Just a little bit frustrating. I think I played Skyrim the rest of the day when that happened.

DevC++ is quite an old IDE, Code::Blocks or VS would probably be more suited if you ever decided to go back to C++, and they're free if you're a student.

 

[tharglet]

Voted for large apps. I'm employed as a java webdev, though I do other bits and pieces (some in ruby, some in PHP).
Main programs I work on use a MySQL backend, then there's a middle layer which gets data from the db and barfs it out in a way that's suitable for the presentation-layer webapps. S'done this way so we can produce different frontends easily to the same data (e.g. we have an app that produces websites, two for inputting different sets of data, one for smartphone apps).

Other bits and pieces include legacy support and doing data loaders, either to move the old data into the new database or to load in datasets we've been provided with digitally.

 

[Wieke]

I'm currently studying artificial intelligence at university. Followed (IIRC) three pure programming course, one regular, one on object oriented programming and one on functional programming. But a lot of other courses used programming in their practical applications. Courses on Neural Networks, Datamining, Robotics, Artifical Intelligence (search algoritms, machine learning & planning) Algorithms & Data structures.

The largest thing I ever created was a multi-touch capable paint-like program for a course on human machine interfaces. (Voted Small apps.)

In a couple of weeks I'm going to do a course on Software Engineering.