Timeline for I'm graduating with a Computer Science degree but I don't feel like I know how to program
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| Nov 19, 2010 at 17:04 | comment | added | Ayush | I ahve been spending some time on Proj Euler myself. The key is not to solve the problems by brute force, rather to keep trying to cut down on processing times. try things you haven't before. Try running multiple threads etc. Knowledge of multi-threaded applications and coding can be very useful. | |
| Aug 25, 2010 at 4:08 | comment | added | Anonymous Type | +1 for project Euler - have to disagree with Charles, maths + programming is a lethal combination, you'll always benefit from it. it indirectly improves your brains logic gates ;) | |
| May 14, 2010 at 23:32 | comment | added | Xavier Ho | @Xster: nice one. | |
| May 14, 2010 at 17:26 | comment | added | Xster | pythonchallenge.com is key! While Euler are math problems to be solved by programming, pythonchallenge are pure programming problems | |
| May 13, 2010 at 21:30 | comment | added | Xavier Ho | @Charles: Yes, PE doesn't cover everything. It doesn't allow you to practice class design. It doesn't provide ways of doing generic programming. It doesn't tell you how to provide clean code. Every application is different, and the only reason I suggested PE is because Wendy mentioned she may want to learn a new programming language. If you already have some background in mathematics, PE is perfect for such a goal. | |
| May 13, 2010 at 20:33 | comment | added | Smandoli | Using it as Xavier Ho did seems interesting and useful. That is, making yourself master the basics of a new language. I suspect that PE will help you with either programming (on the tiny scale) OR math; so you can plunge in either way. These points aside, I agree with Charles. | |
| May 13, 2010 at 20:30 | comment | added | Broam | I would disagree Charles - Euler will provide motivation to understand certain concepts and execute upon them. | |
| May 13, 2010 at 16:03 | comment | added | Charles | Project Euler is of very little use to a novice programmer wanting to build programming knowledge. It's oriented towards figuring out how to solve math problems by coding algorithms. You can do a million of those without becoming a good programmer (you'll probably become a great mathematician though). Writing great algorithms isn't a high priority for most programming work. | |
| May 13, 2010 at 0:13 | comment | added | wp123 | I've heard a lot about the site but never had time to attempt the problems, but nowadays it seems like the only thing I have is free time so I might as well keep busy. | |
| May 12, 2010 at 23:55 | history | answered | Xavier Ho | CC BY-SA 2.5 |