BN013

TheReverend

Anyone doing the course?
How is it?
Is a laptop needed?

I applied for a vacant place and was just wondering if anyone here is doing it?

Thanks

paulsc

ye im doing it, im not sure if a laptop is required but id say it is better of to have one

TheReverend

paulsc wrote: »

ye im doing it, im not sure if a laptop is required but id say it is better of to have one

How are you finding the course?

Tom Dunne

What is the course?

TheReverend

Tom Dunne wrote: »

What is the course?

Bachelor of Science in Computing in Information Technology

Link

Tom Dunne

Ah, I thought it sounded familiar.

I think with any course, a laptop would be beneficial, but not an absolute requirement.

TheReverend

Tom Dunne wrote: »

Ah, I thought it sounded familiar.

I think with any course, a laptop would be beneficial, but not an absolute requirement.

ok cool, i wouldnt be able to get a laptop straight away anyway, maybe a few months in

Do you know much about the course like is it good/bad/etc?

XRustyAssassinX

HEY IM starten on the 14thdoin the bn104 course shud be great i hope der is not too much maths

Parawind

Thats a slight variation on the course i did, which also led to bn402, yes there is maths, but its quite easy stuff, (make sure you master it trust me it will help later on, knowing your logs and 3d co-ordinate geometry etc very well).

I went throught the 4 years without a laptop and tbh i never felt i had a need for one, once you have a pen drive you'll be fine.

Its a really good course, some of those subjects have changed around a bit but they should be the same for the most part, i assume you will be stuck doing Java

I'll warn you now its hard and not used anywhere in the real world, its good for learning all of the fundimental principals of programming but your never going to make anything useful in java. No matter what they tell you about java being this great thing, don't listen they told me the same thing and its all lies, nowhere uses it except for mobile development and by the time you get to that module in BN402 java will not be used there anymore either.

I recommend learning php, phyton, c or c++ outside of your course if your interested in programming you will find them far more useful and much more straight forward.


If someone had made this clear at the start for me i wouldn't have wasted so much time, thats why i'm really ramming this point home.

Java really is the only problem with the course, everything else is great, the facilities, lecturers and course content is all top notch. You will learn a crap load in this course about a wide array of computing areas.

XRustyAssassinX

thanks man im starting bn104 course tomorrow first year ell its registration i live in dunshaughlin i get the bus from der to the slip road but hav to walk like a mile to get to itb then a mile back into blanch center to get a bus dat brings me to blanch village which finally gets me a bus back to dunshaughlin i was wondering is der any better way or wat!!!!!!! can i get a bus from itb to blanch village please reply

XRustyAssassinX

hey im starting bn104 course tomorrow first year ell its registration i live in dunshaughlin i get the bus from der to the slip road but hav to walk like a mile to get to itb then a mile back into blanch center to get a bus dat brings me to blanch village which finally gets me a bus back to dunshaughlin i was wondering is der any better way or wat!!!!!!! can i get a bus from itb to blanch village please reply

Drodan

The 38 and 38c run through the village, it's not that long a walk like 20minutes I think (not that I've done it now so don't take this as a certainty).

XRustyAssassinX

the only one at blanch dat i know of dat goes through blanch is the 39 haukins street can i get the ones u said at a bus stop near itb campus so i dont hav to walk

kenon

The 38's go through Blanch village. Apart from the 38a which goes on the motorway. Some of the morning 38's go straight into itb.

The urbus service run up to itb on the hour I think.

XRustyAssassinX

so i can get a urbus from blanch center to itb? or from slip road

kenon

Urbus wrote:

Castleknock Road – Chesterfield
↓4 min
Castleknock Village
↓4 min
Castleknock Road – Laurels
↓3 min
Blanchardstown Village
↓6 min
Blanchardstown SC
↓7 min
Castlecurragh RD
↓4 min
Blanchardstown IT
↓4 min
Tyrrelstown / Corduff Road
↓5 min
Kilshane Way
↓10 min
DAP Logistic Park
↓10 min
DAP Bus Stop - Car Park
↓15 min
Swords Village
↓5 min
Rathbeale RD
↓5 min
Balheary Road

You can get it from the centre or Blanch village.

XRustyAssassinX

thank so much i figured al out how to get there and back with urbus thanks so much