Comment on: You Don't Have to Be Good at Math to Learn to Code
3 03 Sep 2015 16:47 u/Massmoment in v/programmingComment on: Advice on building a portfolio on GitHub to show potential employers? Having a bit of trouble doing it by myself, so help is much appreciated
Here comes my unfiltered opinion/advice:
- Move away from xp, it's propably the best to learn linux, but win7/8 or OS x are used in the industry too.
- Actually learn how to use git, not just the website.
- If you are coding something that you don't mind others seeing, put it up. Even if it is not terribly complicated or innovating.
- Focus on what you want to code. Webdev keeps growing, but there are a lot of web developers out there, usually with years of experience. If you feel like you can catch up with them, by all means. Try to choose something and practice until you excel at it, knowing the basics 10 languages is worse than being great in one. You mentioned C#, it's currently the 4th most sought after skill in programming by employers. Take courses online: Microsoft codeacademy is one example, but there are many more out there. When you know one language and understand most of the concepts of programming, then you can start taking on other languages. Other popular languages are Java, Ruby, Python (Although that's a saturated market in some places, a lot of people get python in uni), ...
Comment on: Advice on building a portfolio on GitHub to show potential employers? Having a bit of trouble doing it by myself, so help is much appreciated
Honest question, why xp?
Comment on: You Don't Have to Be Good at Math to Learn to Code
Algorithm development does frequently require a good understanding of math.
Comment on: "Haskell is Useless" (well, not really!) - Interesting comments from Simon Peyton Jones
I strongly advise banning spammers. Not for the message, but for the act of spamming.
Comment on: Mozilla just announced their intent to deprecate so called XUL-based add-ons in favor of what they call the WebExtensions API within the next year or two
I tried midori on win7 (64). Crashed relentlessly, seconds after execution. Tried reinstalling, didn't work. Did I do something wrong? (Except for using Windows, har har)
Comment on: Go Programming - Google's programming language
In a cave huh? Must have been using COBOL then?
Comment on: Here are the top 10 programming languages used on GitHub
PHP needs to die a silent death already.
Are there downsides to using a wrapper/bindings for a library?
7 4 comments 21 Aug 2015 21:33 u/Massmoment (self.programming) in v/programmingComment on: Go Programming - Google's programming language
Be sure to visit /v/golang
Comment on: What do you think is the best programming style?
I like the JavaDoc approach of commenting code. (Please don't hurt me)
Yeah, we get 4 semesters of advanced math and 1 semester of statistics in compsci. That's not without purpose.