EPTThe Big Programming Thread - Page 368
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
edX introduce a new computer graphic course, taught by a UCBerkeley prof. The course is completely free and starting tomorrow. Course length will be 6 weeks. My thought: BINGO! just what i needed. Graphic is one of the big 3 courses in my University CS program and it never hurt to take a peek early. | ||
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Cyx.
Canada806 Posts
On October 07 2013 04:28 NB wrote: https://www.edx.org/course/uc-berkeley/cs-184-1x/foundations-computer-graphics/1003 edX introduce a new computer graphic course, taught by a UCBerkeley prof. The course is completely free and starting tomorrow. Course length will be 6 weeks. My thought: BINGO! just what i needed. Graphic is one of the big 3 courses in my University CS program and it never hurt to take a peek early. Totally checking this out! I'm in a pretty general software engineering course at an oil and gas university (fuck Calgary) so I won't have as much opportunity as I'd like to look at graphics programming during my actual degree, thanks for the link ^^ | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
On October 07 2013 05:34 Cyx. wrote: Totally checking this out! I'm in a pretty general software engineering course at an oil and gas university (fuck Calgary) so I won't have as much opportunity as I'd like to look at graphics programming during my actual degree, thanks for the link ^^ I am totally going to join in on this. Sounds awesome and I have yet to get any real graphics experience. I also have yet to learn C++ although I know C, Obj.C and Java so it probably won't be hard to pickup along the way. That's 2 birds with 1 stone.  | ||
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Abominous
Croatia1625 Posts
There's this course too. Extensive course on Machine Learning from one of the best professors at CalTech! Machine learning is one of the fastest growing subfields of CS and it really is exciting and gives many opportunities to everyone, especially in this era of Big Data. I'd recommend it for everyone, you never know, you might end up being a data scientist (which are paid well) and this might be useful to you some day! https://www.coursera.org/course/ml Here's another one on coursera to, a bit lighter course if I'm not mistaken. Andrew Ng from Stanford University. Great course as well, I myself earned a statement of accomplishment there. Enjoy! | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On October 07 2013 05:34 Cyx. wrote: Totally checking this out! I'm in a pretty general software engineering course at an oil and gas university (fuck Calgary) so I won't have as much opportunity as I'd like to look at graphics programming during my actual degree, thanks for the link ^^ Hey, I'm in Engineering at UofC too (Mech). What year are you in?! | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
On October 07 2013 07:13 3FFA wrote: I am totally going to join in on this. Sounds awesome and I have yet to get any real graphics experience. I also have yet to learn C++ although I know C, Obj.C and Java so it probably won't be hard to pickup along the way. That's 2 birds with 1 stone. I looked through ToS etc. for edx... They'll want a photo ID. Does my High School ID Count? :/ | ||
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Cyx.
Canada806 Posts
On October 07 2013 07:28 FiWiFaKi wrote: Hey, I'm in Engineering at UofC too (Mech). What year are you in?! Second year software ^^ you? e: also, the assignment submission/picture comparison thing on that website is super fucking cool lol | ||
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Abominous
Croatia1625 Posts
On October 07 2013 07:43 3FFA wrote: I looked through ToS etc. for edx... They'll want a photo ID. Does my High School ID Count? :/ I'm having 2 SoAs at EdX and photo ID wasn't necessary. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On October 07 2013 07:44 Cyx. wrote: Second year software ^^ you? e: also, the assignment submission/picture comparison thing on that website is super fucking cool lol Me too! Super cool, small world, huh? Well software has much different second year courses than mech, but we might have ENGG319 or PHYS369 together haha. edit: Also signed up for the course linked above, the video lectures are really well done. Looking forward to it. | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
 . I dont think i will need knowledge from that field for my current project but I might as well try it out. | ||
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goody153
44254 Posts
i am not really good and just an noob-to-okish programmer .. i wanted to try game development on android .. do you guys have any advice for me ? and also what language should i be learning ? what are the most important topics i should focus on ? from what i know java is used in making android but thats all i know for now .. i already made games out of applet using java and also a game web-based using javascript .. so i have a little bit of experience and idea how .. | ||
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
On October 06 2013 05:07 KurtistheTurtle wrote: Any recommended books on database design? Answer to my question after much digging: Beginning Database Design, from novice to professional. thanks for ignoring me T.T | ||
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Cyx.
Canada806 Posts
On October 07 2013 07:51 FiWiFaKi wrote: Me too! Super cool, small world, huh? Well software has much different second year courses than mech, but we might have ENGG319 or PHYS369 together haha. edit: Also signed up for the course linked above, the video lectures are really well done. Looking forward to it. Yeah no kidding, I took 319 already but I'm in 369 right now with Dr. Louro ^^ if you're in his lecture we probably sit together 3x a week. | ||
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sluggaslamoo
Australia4494 Posts
On October 07 2013 12:43 KurtistheTurtle wrote: Answer to my question after much digging: Beginning Database Design, from novice to professional. thanks for ignoring me T.T Any recommended books on programming? xD The problem is there's so many different types of databases and you approach them in completely different ways. The basics of database design is extremely simple, but when you look at certain technologies that's when it becomes a whole other kettle of fish. So most likely that book won't teach you anything useful beyond what you could learn in a few days on the web. Find out exactly what about databases you are trying to learn and you might get a better answer. SQL or NoSQL database? Type of SQL database (Mysql or Oracle?) Using a language (PHP, Java or Ruby?) Application (Database warehouse, Website, Game, Business application?) All these factors will contribute to a whole other learning field that beginner database design won't help you with at all. For example in SQL databases you will need to learn about join tables for many-to-many relationships, NoSQL don't even have tables. Then some languages have a layer over SQL databases so you aren't writing any SQL and doing everything via an ODM which behaves nothing like SQL. In Oracle you have much more control over state than in MySQL. In MySQL when you update something it gets saved, that's not necessarily true in Oracle. Where you are applying the database will have a dramatic effect on design, are you prioritizing performance, redundancy, or granularity for instance? And then given the database engine you are using, this will change completely again. Going between different database management systems is like starting all over again. | ||
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
I've heard US Computer Science degree sometimes teaches you physics (or psychology/philosophy). On the other hand, I didn't need to study that in the UK. Why is that difference? I mean there are combined degrees such as Law & something but mine is just Computer Science. I still had a lecture or two outside CS (e.g. cognitive psychology when implementing GUIs, a bit of physics when I was studying the Physical Layer and also deduction and reasoning as part of philosophy) but that was it. | ||
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Zocat
Germany2229 Posts
Taking a class in another field (physics, biology, a language, ...) is normally allowed and you can still use the credit points for your degree. It's optional though I think (might be that some institutes force you). | ||
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FFGenerations
7088 Posts
I landed 3 days per week Work Experience at the back end of a clothing design company. They do website design/dev using Wordpress (I believe). I will be doing Search Engine Optimisation. It's a remarkable opportunity for me to be immersed in a real company environment. I'm lucky to get something even remotely relevant to coding, due to my location (nothing is here lol). I have started reading ebooks Teach Yourself (Visually) SEO, SEO For Dummies etc. Anyway I'm starting tomorrow, wish me luck, and any tips or advice you have  | ||
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Shield
Bulgaria4824 Posts
On October 07 2013 20:07 FFGenerations wrote: Hi, I landed 3 days per week Work Experience at the back end of a clothing design company. They do website design/dev using Wordpress (I believe). I will be doing Search Engine Optimisation. It's a remarkable opportunity for me to be immersed in a real company environment. I'm lucky to get something even remotely relevant to coding, due to my location (nothing is here lol). I have started reading ebooks Teach Yourself (Visually) SEO, SEO For Dummies etc. Anyway I'm starting tomorrow, wish me luck, and any tips or advice you have Good luck! Let us know how it goes. | ||
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