So, what languages are you studying / have you studied?

[Excalibur_]

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...and what do you think of them?

A bit curious to see what kind of programming languages people have studied in the SD / IS subject and for those who know multiple lanuages, how the 'cross-over' has been like for them.

[Matthew89]

I did IS in VB.NET last year

[Electioneering]

I am fluent in 1337 speak, and conversant in HTML.

Right now in SD I am learning PHP. Sometimes PHP makes me angry and I want to punch it in the face.

Yah.

[bregitta]

We're using vb.net, although I wish we could just use hardcore html. sigh.

[Excalibur_]

I don't think HTML is gonna get more hardcore than you've already done :P

That is, unless, you use PHP or ASP.net with it...then it's a tad more hardcore.

[dirtydog]

lol learning the basics of visual basic in our yr 12 systems class, and not one besides me even knew the basics. using the best of facilities at my school haha

[Redwan]

Originally Posted by dirtydog

lol learning the basics of visual basic in our yr 12 systems class, and not one besides me even knew the basics. using the best of facilities at my school haha

lol we learnt so much VB in year 10

now we're re-doing it in year 11 and im like wayyy ahead.

[Excalibur_]

I think the important thing to learn is algorithms. More specifically, the break-down of a problem into an algorithm. Might seem boring, but if you master these - you'll be able learn any language because at the end of the day all languages are the same. They just use different words to do different things. Like, a loop will be a loop - a branch (if...else) statement will be a branch statement.

Contrast:

Java:

public static void main(String[] args) {
      int x = 0;
      do {
             x = x + 1;   // or x++...but just to demonstrate a point
             System.out.println(x);
      }
      while (x < 4);
}

VB:

Public Sub main()
      Dim x As Integer
      x = 0
      Do While x < 4
             x = x + 1
             MsgBox(x)
      Loop
End Sub

Algorithm:
Start
      Define x as Integer
      x <- 0    //or equals...but VCAA love the arrows??
      Loop
           Increment x by 1
           Print x to screen
      Until x is 4
End

Notice the structual similarities? Algorithmically, the problem would've been described the same way....and the implementation was not that different (in this case, essentially line for line for the algorithm). You're not going to be expected to remember every insy bit of the language...cause no-one does. I don't remember much VB back from Year 11...but give me a language reference and I'll be able to code in it. Why? Because the skill of breaking a problem down into simple steps that can be interpreted by a computer is universal across programming languages.

Besides, you're only examined on algorithms - NOT languages.

[Arayan]

Oh man.. where do I start?

I've been doing programming since year 7, started with Java..

Know: Java, C++, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, XML (not sure if its considered as a language), C-script

Did Visual Basic 6 this year @ school.. I dont consider that as a language that "i know" since I'm not very fluent at it.

Learning python now...

[cdjm92]

Originally Posted by Excalibur_

I don't think HTML is gonna get more hardcore than you've already done :P

That is, unless, you use PHP or ASP.net with it...then it's a tad more hardcore.

I did VB in yr10, then VB.net in SD...we didnt do anything else except a VERY tiny touch on html. We were told only to use VB.net in 12 but coz neither our highly qualified teachers nor our highly qualified techies could fix the program that annoyed me enough I secretly used VB instead the whole year


The teacher only bothered about my work for SACs and when i was testing the programs before giving them to the class (my friend and I were the only ones who had half an idea about SD so we tested the work and help teach others)

Other than that work i made the worlds awesomest snake game, a few virtual pet experimentals....apps to freeze school pcs when nobody's looking....apps that make tiny little dots float around the sceen, unminimisable etc and impossible to get rid of on restricted school pcs no task manager etc)....oh yeah and moded version of a login prog my engineering teacher made to log on to students accounts from within his account............hehehe(though never got far in using it)


Ive known basic html for a few years and recently learned a bit of ASP....

I REEEAALLY wish i still had time to program :'( Ive been meaning to do ASP/PHP/Java etc since i started HTML and havent used VB since SD.....im dying!!!
and i just discovered python for mobiles....which would be so much fun!