Should I go to Computer Science next year?
At this time, I am selecting my courses for next school year and I'm asking if I should go to that course.
The programming language that the course is using is Turing which I heard is basically useless.
But next, next year, it would be Python and C++ (and some game programming!)
Then, in grade 12, it's Java and some more c++
You'll probably learn the very basics of it, if you need that then attend.
No, we all hate programming anyway
In my first year of Computer Science we learned the basics using Scheme, and then did a LITTLE bit of visual basic. This year, we're learning Java. So far, I have no clue what a class is, and I've learned the operators of java. In a little less than a week. People don't look at their screens and see "Syntax Error" with the line highlighted to see their error. But I guess that's what class is for. Learning. Albeit slowly.
Oh wait, this is for high school. Don't do any of the high school programs. Learn it all on your own via books or whatever. High school programming classes are pretty useless, the AP computer science test you have to take to get the college credit isn't even about programming, it is all about some fish simulation.
The only reason you should even consider taking a high school programming class is to get a college credit.
If programming is something you want as a lifelong career, go for it!
They don't offer computer science at my high school, and it's an IB school.
do it for the college credit, or take it if you will have a lot of friends taking that class too, it really makes the class more fun.
Our school teachers are fighting to get us a decent class. All we offer right now is Web Design I(which is HTML) and some other shoddy design course.
Take it for the credit.
Learn a programming language at home. High school is only good for learning math. Hard to fuck up teaching math.
[QUOTE=Ortzinator;27985422]Learn a programming language at home. High school is only good for learning math. Hard to fuck up teaching math.[/QUOTE]
Well I didn't really get into math until college; better teachers, less stupid people that have to be accommodated.
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I would agree that highschool is much better for math than is is for programming.
Turing is completely useless, like you said. I learned that shit in Grade 10 Comp Sci class, and that was only because schools in Ontario get really cheap (or free) licenses for it. I have no idea why they'd teach Turing in a university.
They should be teaching an actually useful language like Java or some sort of C.
[QUOTE=garychencool;27969640]Should I go to Computer Science next year?
At this time, I am selecting my courses for next school year and I'm asking if I should go to that course.
The programming language that the course is using is Turing which I heard is basically useless.
But next, next year, it would be Python and C++ (and some game programming!)
Then, in grade 12, it's Java and some more c++[/QUOTE]
I really suggest that you learn it on your own with internet tutorials/videos. Then if you're up for working with it, get a bachelor in some kind of programming then go master.
If you are going to college for game programming, take Computer Science, not some game related course.
Almost no one in the industry has a game programming degree, but pretty much everyone has computer science (or AI/Physics)
Though I aggre with that you should suplament the coarse with some papers on game development and 3D Programming.
Take it, it's an easy A regardless. If you really want to take programming as a career you'd better start learning at home, it's a very competitive field. I'm not even majoring in computer science, I'm dueling in Psychology and Engineering because I want to eventually work with AI. Figure out what exactly you want to do with programming...do you want to work with games, network security (what I do in the military), database management, software design, AI, etc.
Next you'll want to either focus in computer science OR do what I did. All my professors always say "if you want to do AI WTF are you not taking computer science?" Once I tell them that anyone can code given a language, google, and the manual but not everyone can understand how intelligence functions without psychology...and yes engineering they go "oh"
Update: Alright, Ima take Grade 10 Comp Sci to learn Turing so i know the more epic basics because the most basic basic is CMD prompts and batch files
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