Programming languages in Comp. Science/Computing?

angel6

The title says it all...What programming languages do u do in these courses over the entire duration of the course?

J-blk

Mostly Java though the first year (at least for the course I'm in, part time DT249 - Comp. science) started off with a module in C...

Ass

The main programming languages you will learn are C, C++ and Java. Depending on what streams you take in third and fourth year, you may end up doing C# as well. Once you get the basics of C and C++ you should have a core understanding of OOP and most other programming languages will be pretty easy to pick up.

Creamy Goodness

C/C++/Java are the core ones.

then you have loads others

games:
C# (lol) used to be C++ until cash changed hands.

internet:
html, xml etc. (not a prog. language) and php and java servlets.

database:
SQL, PL/SQL.

computer sys. administor:
C, sed, awk, bash, perl

others:
haskell

Ass

I'm going to white knight for C#. It is pretty lol, but XNA is a pretty good tool for teaching people things like game playability, game balance and the basic structure and approach when you go to develop a game regardless of the programming language. Given that the module is only one semester, it's probably better to do C# in XNA studios than it would be to try and condence windows gdi and direct X and all that in to one semester.

Also, it gives you more of an understanding of the .NET framework which is good.



If you're going for laughable languages, put haskell on that list.

Creamy Goodness

Ass wrote: »

If you're going for laughable languages, put haskell on that list.

lol forgot about haskell. filed it under other. i refuse to call it laughable :pac:

mark renton

First Year - C , XML , HTML , CafeObj , SQL has been mentioned so far not seen it.

Also one of the tutors is from the North so recapping on variations of English is necessary :cool:

Peadar06

john47832 wrote: »

Also one of the tutors is from the North so recapping on variations of English is necessary :cool:

Ah, leave Art out of this

Irishtrekkie

yes C# is great , more to that point xna is a great tool.
of course i am saying this after being on the team of 2nd year students who just won xna XNA Ireland Games Programming competition (Go Team Gamesoc). Look out for the trophy which we will be putting in the xna lab.


i really do like C# though.

Creamy Goodness

there's absolutely nothing wrong with C# whatsoever.

the only thing wrong with it - and it's not necessarily the language's fault - is that certain people were swayed by cash to change it so that microsoft can use that "creative games lab" as a marketing tool.

anyways i think it's fairly homoerotic that i'm debating how good/bad a programming language is, every language has their strengths and their weaknesses, some have more strengths than others for certain things -ie. i'd hate to see a Radio Network Controller being run off something like C# or Java it would grind to a halt dropping connections left right and centre hence why C++ is used. similiarly trying to achieve something like regular expressions in Assembly would be just plain rediculous and that's why the likes of perl etc come in handy.

i suppose another reason i dislike C# is that i'm tied to a platform, i'm tied to using windows, if i'm tied to windows, i'm tied to a certain IDE, i just don't like that especially considering my FYP is all about the openness of software

Irishtrekkie

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

there's absolutely nothing wrong with C# whatsoever.

the only thing wrong with it - and it's not necessarily the language's fault - is that certain people were swayed by cash to change it so that microsoft can use that "creative games lab" as a marketing tool.

anyways i think it's fairly homoerotic that i'm debating how good/bad a programming language is, every language has their strengths and their weaknesses, some have more strengths than others for certain things -ie. i'd hate to see a Radio Network Controller being run off something like C# or Java it would grind to a halt dropping connections left right and centre hence why C++ is used. similiarly trying to achieve something like regular expressions in Assembly would be just plain rediculous and that's why the likes of perl etc come in handy.

i suppose another reason i dislike C# is that i'm tied to a platform, i'm tied to using windows, if i'm tied to windows, i'm tied to a certain IDE, i just don't like that especially considering my FYP is all about the openness of software

Good post have to agree with everything you said there, i was not being sarcastic i do like the C# after having a two week crash course on it , i also get that alot of people dont like it cause of being tied to a platform. But seeing as everything i am doing right now is in windows , and with xna i dont really have a choice but to love it , as its kinda pointless using anything else in xna.

Spunge

Im in DT211/2 and we've only done C so far.

irish_ninja

hey guys
I am thinking about doing the computer science course.What do ye think of it?Is the DIT course as good as others.Facilities/bad points/etc?
thanks for any info!

Ass

irish_ninja wrote: »

hey guys
I am thinking about doing the computer science course.What do ye think of it?Is the DIT course as good as others.Facilities/bad points/etc?
thanks for any info!

Try searching for any one of the bazillions of threads about DT228 on this forum.

Facilities are pretty bad, but it should be no problem for any half decent ninja, like yourself.

irish_ninja

aaaahhh so you must no the way of the ninja:cool:

Ass

irish_ninja wrote: »

aaaahhh so you must no the way of the ninja:cool:

Yeah, apparently the ways of the ninja don't involve grammar or being able to find answers to questions where answers are easily and readily available.

irish_ninja

And that comment helps anyone or gives them a better opinion of you,how?
And I dont think it is important to put %^&*&_,. in every single comment.
The message is more important than proper grammar.