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100% programming courses?

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  • 17-05-2011 2:08am
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    unreggd
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    Does anyone know how to go about learning programming / software development on its own?

    Any degree covers EVERYTHING: Software, Networks, BIS, Systems Analysis, Maths, Design, Web, Databases

    On average, I did 7/8 hours of software per week = 250 per year = approx 1000hrs over the 4 years of the degree

    Are there any courses where you can just do programming? Or do they not exist because 20hrs of programming per week is too much to handle / take in?

    I'm not goin ahead with my IT degree, but I'd still like to learn programming.

    thanks!


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    wnolan1992
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    You could probably find an online course that specialises in it... the name of that online University thing that was being advertised all over the place a while back, the "learn at your own pace" one would probably be your best bet.

    Most Level 8 degrees in IT would, as you say, include other stuff.


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    unreggd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭unreggd


    Cool, I'll look into that

    I know Fás do a course that aims to produce junior developers, but the course description is vague at best

    However, its harder to get onto the course than a degree! And in general the courses are formed to fit the industry, so might check that one out


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    rick_fantastic
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    unreggd wrote: »
    Does anyone know how to go about learning programming / software development on its own?

    Any degree covers EVERYTHING: Software, Networks, BIS, Systems Analysis, Maths, Design, Web, Databases

    On average, I did 7/8 hours of software per week = 250 per year = approx 1000hrs over the 4 years of the degree

    Are there any courses where you can just do programming? Or do they not exist because 20hrs of programming per week is too much to handle / take in?

    I'm not goin ahead with my IT degree, but I'd still like to learn programming.

    thanks!

    1. Writing code requires an understanding of the architecture and platform that the code is going to run on. Its not as simple as "writing code" you need to understand at least at a basic level what the code is going to run on. like if your writing web services you need to understanding inbuilt queuing on whatever platform your coding on, unless you plan to write an entire operating system. programmers that dont understand architecture etc are mostly crap programmers.

    2. Unless you have a concept of OO DB then you need to understand relational databases because you need them, what are you going to do, hard code everything = FAIL

    3. If you cant design the system on paper how will you code it? if you dont have a grasp of maths / logic how can you write code? if you dont understand the OSI model how will your code interface / take to other systems?

    4. You did 7/8 hours of class contact i take it... thats enough for anyone... did you do any coding outside of class... most programmers I know were spending an average of 20/30 hours a week programming outside of class contact

    5. You wont learn more about programming from a class that you cant learn from a book... you wont become a skilled programmer if you don't practice constantly


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