Mitcho1989
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- Joined
- Dec 4, 2006
- Messages
- 23
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- HSC
- 2007
just a general thought:
SOFTWARE DESIGN SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!
at our subject expo in year 10, we were shown a program, and told we would be making programs like this. it was a decent one too. so i picked the class.
in the 2 years of doing this class, i have not learnt a thing. i can make programs, but that's because i learnt visual basic BEFORE i took software design. i mucked around with it and learnt the functions.
i think the subject has too much theory. we learn all the stuff behind making a program, like documentation and planning etc, but have we put it to practice by making a program? NO!
we have made like 2 simple programs in the whole course, and in one of those, we had to be given the code to put in because after a year and a half, still no-one knew how to use visual basic!
our teacher says if we revise our notes and stuff, we'd be able to use visual basic fine. thats bulls**t. we need to learn how to use it in the first place, to have notes to read over.
apparently, the way to learn all the coding for it is to read notes. we've tried that and it doesnt work. instead, i got visual basic and mucked around with the functions. whenever i was stuck, i looked at the help guide or somewhere on the net for the solution.
check out a program i have made in visual basic:
http://msn2csvconverter.googlepages.com
i developed it by doing what i just mentioned above, so i have not used anything i learnt from doing SDD to make it. not that i've learnt much from SDD anyway.
so overall, this course really frustrates me. anyone considering doing this course probably shouldnt. the name is too misleading.
SDD SUCKS!!!!!!!
SOFTWARE DESIGN SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!
at our subject expo in year 10, we were shown a program, and told we would be making programs like this. it was a decent one too. so i picked the class.
in the 2 years of doing this class, i have not learnt a thing. i can make programs, but that's because i learnt visual basic BEFORE i took software design. i mucked around with it and learnt the functions.
i think the subject has too much theory. we learn all the stuff behind making a program, like documentation and planning etc, but have we put it to practice by making a program? NO!
we have made like 2 simple programs in the whole course, and in one of those, we had to be given the code to put in because after a year and a half, still no-one knew how to use visual basic!
our teacher says if we revise our notes and stuff, we'd be able to use visual basic fine. thats bulls**t. we need to learn how to use it in the first place, to have notes to read over.
apparently, the way to learn all the coding for it is to read notes. we've tried that and it doesnt work. instead, i got visual basic and mucked around with the functions. whenever i was stuck, i looked at the help guide or somewhere on the net for the solution.
check out a program i have made in visual basic:
http://msn2csvconverter.googlepages.com
i developed it by doing what i just mentioned above, so i have not used anything i learnt from doing SDD to make it. not that i've learnt much from SDD anyway.
so overall, this course really frustrates me. anyone considering doing this course probably shouldnt. the name is too misleading.
SDD SUCKS!!!!!!!