Any Developers/Programmers in the house?

STBR

Just curious.

Be it anything from Web Dev. [XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, ASP, JavaScript, etc.]

To software development [C-based, etc.]

Or even anyone who makes applications for mobiles, iPhones, etc.

EDIT: Forgot to add about myself.

I'm experienced in XHTML and CSS, and have a good knowledge of PHP/MySQL, but I will hopefully be bringing that up to a good advanced knowledge of both this Summer. At which point I will start JavaScript.

Not a great skills set but hey, only 16 so have enough time!

Mainly interested in web languages because I'm going to be building web startups such as Twitter, YouTube, etc. and selling them for hundreds of millions/billions!

Not becoming a web designer/developer!

Professey Chin

I did Java & VB but thats years ago.Only now back to Java for android dev and work.Its gobbeldeegook to me again now
Square 1 it is *sigh*

ItsYourTime

I did Computer Science in college and Masters in BIS. Have an interest in all these!

Although i did C it wasn't well covered so I wouldn't be that strong in the lines of sequential programming. Would be strong with OO programming, especially Java as I did this on placement for six months. I self thought myself Flash but I couldn't have done it without a good grounding in Java and Javascript.

Tutored XHTML, CSS etc. while i was doing my masters.

My masters project involved creating macrosites that could be rendered in Opera mini, retrieving URLs from NFC tags. These were static pages but still had to look alot into the usabilty issue involved.

Pygmalion

17 (as of 21 minutes ago :P), know mostly C++, also Python, Javascript, PHP and (x)HTML/CSS but rarely used any but C++. Hoping to go to DCU after summer for computer applications.

Not hugely experienced at coding or anything, never really made anything large or contributed much to projects, but as you say there's plenty of time.

Anyone reading this who is interested be sure to look up the Science Olympiads next year (usually there's an online competition around November/December, then a proper competition end of January/Start of February) if you know C/C++ (or are willing to learn by then).
Fun competition, not that much competitors for the programming one (a lot for Physics/Chemistry/Biology) and you may get a trip abroad out of it.
Worst case scenario you fail miserably and leave with something to put on your CV.

Oh sorry if I sound like an ad but found it fun and a lot of people don't seem to know about it.

STBR

Pygmalion wrote: »

17 (as of 21 minutes ago :P), know mostly C++, also Python, Javascript, PHP and (x)HTML/CSS but rarely used any but C++. Hoping to go to DCU after summer for computer applications.

Not hugely experienced at coding or anything, never really made anything large or contributed much to projects, but as you say there's plenty of time.

Anyone reading this who is interested be sure to look up the Science Olympiads next year (usually there's an online competition around November/December, then a proper competition end of January/Start of February) if you know C/C++ (or are willing to learn by then).
Fun competition, not that much competitors for the programming one (a lot for Physics/Chemistry/Biology) and you may get a trip abroad out of it.
Worst case scenario you fail miserably and leave with something to put on your CV.

Oh sorry if I sound like an ad but found it fun and a lot of people don't seem to know about it.

Happy Birthday then dude!

Well plenty of time for me anyway... Don't know about you, 17 like...

Ah no

What do you intend to do after college?

Pygmalion

SirDarren wrote: »

Happy Birthday then dude!

Well plenty of time for me anyway... Don't know about you, 17 like...

Ah no

What do you intend to do after college?

I imagine just working as programmer somewhere, seems most fitting my course choice and interests. But 4 years to choose.

STBR

Pygmalion wrote: »

I imagine just working as programmer somewhere, seems most fitting my course choice and interests. But 4 years to choose.

Ah man, would you not go down an entrepreneurial route?

I hate when people are like "yeah just get a job" when their skills set could earn them billions if they were to become entrepreneurs!

Richard Cranium

Computer programming and all that has always sort of interested me. Mainly because I know less than nothing about it.

You say you are 17, so I assume you taught yourself all you know about it. I was wondering how you actually do that. Do you need to already have a powerful computer and a load of specialised software downloaded from the internet or is it something that you can do on any old dinosaur of a computer at all?

I'll more than likely be doing either maths or engineering in college next year and there are programming modules in both of them so I'll probably find out all about it soon enough, but I'd like to have an idea what I'm getting myself in for.

[/luddite]

Pygmalion

Richard Cranium wrote: »

Computer programming and all that has always sort of interested me. Mainly because I know less than nothing about it.

You say you are 17, so I assume you taught yourself all you know about it. I was wondering how you actually do that. Do you need to already have a powerful computer and a load of specialised software downloaded from the internet or is it something that you can do on any old dinosaur of a computer at all?

Do it on any old piece of crap, my computer isn't great.
I started with C++, just download Dev-C++, go to cprogramming.com and start goind through the C++ tutorials.

A lot of people recommend starting with an "easier" language, but personally I think if you're willing to put in the time it's better to start with a slightly harder one, it's far easier to go from a hard to an easy language than it is to go to hard one after you've been using an easy one, and you learn a lot more about how stuff really works.

Pygmalion

SirDarren wrote: »

Ah man, would you not go down an entrepreneurial route?

I hate when people are like "yeah just get a job" when their skills set could earn them billions if they were to become entrepreneurs!

I hate when people are like "You could be achieving so much more" when I'm perfectly happy to live a comfortable, stress-free life :P.

cocoa

lol, lots o' young coders about the place...

I'm 20, just finished second year of Electronic Engineering. Have experience either through my own interests or from my course with HTML, CSS, PHP, C, C++ and Java, and more recently TCL...

It's not hard to get into programming, and you don't need a powerful machine unless you're really awful at programming. The whole point is being able to do things efficiently, so as long as you have a text editor, a compiler and a nice tutorial then you're good to go

I can't say I'd fancy the whole entrepreneur thing myself, sounds like too much stress and too much dealing with business people... I'm currently enjoying a summer in the research world and so far it seems to suit me pretty well

STBR

Pygmalion wrote: »

I hate when people are like "You could be achieving so much more" when I'm perfectly happy to live a comfortable, stress-free life :P.

Pfft, I can't see how working for the next nearly 50 years of your life isn't stressful.

Whereas if you were to become a sucessful entrepreneur you could be retired before you're 20.

But whatever you're into.

STBR

Actually scratch the before you're 20 part, more like in a few months.

cocoa

If you enjoy what you're doing, why worry about retiring?

Pygmalion

SirDarren wrote: »

Pfft, I can't see how working for the next nearly 50 years of your life isn't stressful.

Whereas if you were to become a sucessful entrepreneur you could be retired before you're 20.

But whatever you're into.

Except that probably like 99% of these startups fail miserably, it's just that only the successful ones make the news so no-one realises how much failures there are.

STBR

Pygmalion wrote: »

Except that probably like 99% of these startups fail miserably, it's just that only the successful ones make the news so no-one realises how much failures there are.

Oh no don't worry I know a fair bit more about web startups than what's in the news.

And of course lots of them fail [not 99% though], that's why you need to get good VCs, backing, etc.

But if you think you're going to fail/it can't be done then it makes it a lot more likely.

STBR

cocoa wrote: »

If you enjoy what you're doing, why worry about retiring?

No reason whatsoever.

But for me personally, I would much prefer to have enough money to not need an occupation. And then, if you loved a certain occupation so much, you could still do it but while having the money in the bank as backup or whatever you need it for.

JC 2K3

I do Computer Science in Trinity.

I'm very good at it, but don't really code recreationally, I could grasp the concept from as early as 12, but wasn't motivated enough to teach myself anything significant.

I now know, to varying degrees, Java, C, C++, Eiffel, Perl, SQL, PHP, Flex and a few others.

I think I prefer assembly code and hardware though.

MIN2511

Hmmm... I am very interested... I am learning php atm and i have an idea that would appeal to you-i am honestly not messing...

PM me if you like


I am finishing up my Computer Science degree, studied Java in college. Much prefer php and web design... Working on a personal project(i haven't done much in a while but i think this might be a boost i need)

turgon

I know PHP and JavaScript (as well as HTML/CSS), just as a hobby!

Currently working on a project to manage my book collection. Using AJAX to send requests to the server to add books and remove them etc, also working with the Amazon.com API to retrieve information and images. All stored on a MySql Database. AJAX is the future. I dont see any reason why most web apps shouldnt be using it, along with Javascript DOM. The possibilities are endless. XML is a great idea too. AJAX allows for perfect separation of data and rendering. Ok Im rambling...

I always get bored of a project after a few weeks though. Getting kind of bored now although Id like to finish it because it would be really handy for me!

Actually started using Ubuntu (Linux) initially to code PHP because apparently it better. Ubuntu is also great ... and .. FREE!!!!!

JC 2K3

turgon, you should have a look at Adobe Flex if you like AJAX. It has an awesome eclipse-based IDE and is really nice to work with.

giggsy664

I know a bit of HTML. And I mean enough just for a Geocities site. I have also failed at making maps for Team Fortress 2