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Imaginecup talk @ UCD 7th - 2pm [Xbox game prizes etc.]

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  • 07-02-2007 2:08am
    #1
    aaronquigley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭


    Hi,
    This message relates to a talk on the Imagine Cup which is an MS sponsored Student Technology Competition.

    There will be a talk tomorrow by people from Microsoft Ireland in (B1.08) in the Computer Science building 2-3pm on the Imaginecup. Students who stay to the end can go in for a raffle for some XBOX games and Digital image Suite software.

    (Directions: http://www.cs.ucd.ie/staff/aquigley/home/index.php?Introduction:CSI_Directions)

    Any Irish students who register for the imagine cup competition at www.imaginecup.com will go into a draw for an XBOX, Colour printer and Digital Camera, with the draw taking place in early March, once the closing date for registrations has passed.

    Aaron.


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    I_Mr_Euphony
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    Hi,

    I attended this talk and the competitions that we were introduced to were quite good/interesting.

    The only real problem I have with this competition is that anyone who wishes to take part in the main, Software Development competition is required to use Microsoft-centric technologies to develop their concepts :confused: . Technologies such as .Net and C#, technologies that we don't learn anything about in college. (And I'm sure that there is a reason for this)

    Granted that with enough time we could learn the technologies required but with the concept summary required in little over a month, and the submission date for complete projects about another month after that, its not really possible.

    Maybe next year....?

    ~Euph


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    aaronquigley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭aaronquigley


    I_Mr_Euphony wrote:
    Hi,

    I attended this talk and the competitions that we were introduced to were quite good/interesting.

    The only real problem I have with this competition is that anyone who wishes to take part in the main, Software Development competition is required to use Microsoft-centric technologies to develop their concepts :confused: . Technologies such as .Net and C#, technologies that we don't learn anything about in college. (And I'm sure that there is a reason for this)

    Granted that with enough time we could learn the technologies required but with the concept summary required in little over a month, and the submission date for complete projects about another month after that, its not really possible.

    Maybe next year....?

    ~Euph

    Indeed, the time window on this is very tight so next year might be a good option. As for ".Net and C#" take a look online for ongoing discussion on how difficult they are to pick up if you are familiar with LAMP or Java.

    eg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_C_Sharp_and_Java (note WikiPedia is just a starting point and this is a heavily edited article with 500+ updates).

    The danger of teaching with something new, just for the sake of it (ie. not because it's core to a degree) is that something newer comes along. Case in point, I taught a web-engineering course (which was software engineering focussed) back in 2001 and it was all JSP with JDBC etc. (which did slant the concepts that were covered) and I wouldn't touch those with a barge pole now if I was teaching it.

    Aaron.


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