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Thinking of getting into programming seriously. I have dabbled in some programming but that was always a side skill to better assist me in my main skill. I think trouble shooting/debugging would be a major one. Discuss
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Thinking of getting into programming seriously. I have dabbled in some programming but that was always a side skill to better assist me in my main skill. I think trouble shooting/debugging would be a major one. Discuss
Excellent memory, plus be sure to use comments because when you write some code and look at it six months later you might not know what it does. Here's a simple on I wrote years ago that turns a word into a phone number. You know sometimes people translate their phone number into a name or word, for example the Fort Worth Star Telegram's number is 1-800-deliver. This was written as a DOS command line program.Thinking of getting into programming seriously. I have dabbled in some programming but that was always a side skill to better assist me in my main skill. I think trouble shooting/debugging would be a major one. Discuss
Thinking of getting into programming seriously. I have dabbled in some programming but that was always a side skill to better assist me in my main skill. I think trouble shooting/debugging would be a major one. Discuss
I think you’re on target with troubleshooting for sure. The ability to think outside of the box or mental flexibility. Most problems have several solutions, so the ability to recognize alternative paths would be helpful. Good luck, plenty of well paying IT/programming gigs out there. You should do well.
Ever use Python?Thinking of getting into programming seriously. I have dabbled in some programming but that was always a side skill to better assist me in my main skill. I think trouble shooting/debugging would be a major one. Discuss
I think you’re on target with troubleshooting for sure. The ability to think outside of the box or mental flexibility. Most problems have several solutions, so the ability to recognize alternative paths would be helpful. Good luck, plenty of well paying IT/programming gigs out there. You should do well.
Visualizing and brainstorming, particularly if you're going object oriented. The ability to map out what a client needs the software to do, and then organize/map a diagram. Memory usage. Not as much of a project constraining show killer as fifteen years ago with today's hardware, but efficient memory use will save you lots of problems downstream. That means if applicable get to know your pointers. Memory leaks are fun. Always search for potential Dynamically Linked Libraries, one, to learn how everything works together, and two, why write foundational or supporting code when someone open sourced something you can already use. If you're getting into C++ it pays to understand the power of the potential for user defining just about any layer of the language. Being a visual mathematician helps. Learn to write and reference efficient arrays. Lastly, always comment, always make the comments neat and readable.
I also program as a support skill. Been doing it for about twenty years.
Ever use Python?Thinking of getting into programming seriously. I have dabbled in some programming but that was always a side skill to better assist me in my main skill. I think trouble shooting/debugging would be a major one. Discuss
I think you’re on target with troubleshooting for sure. The ability to think outside of the box or mental flexibility. Most problems have several solutions, so the ability to recognize alternative paths would be helpful. Good luck, plenty of well paying IT/programming gigs out there. You should do well.
Visualizing and brainstorming, particularly if you're going object oriented. The ability to map out what a client needs the software to do, and then organize/map a diagram. Memory usage. Not as much of a project constraining show killer as fifteen years ago with today's hardware, but efficient memory use will save you lots of problems downstream. That means if applicable get to know your pointers. Memory leaks are fun. Always search for potential Dynamically Linked Libraries, one, to learn how everything works together, and two, why write foundational or supporting code when someone open sourced something you can already use. If you're getting into C++ it pays to understand the power of the potential for user defining just about any layer of the language. Being a visual mathematician helps. Learn to write and reference efficient arrays. Lastly, always comment, always make the comments neat and readable.
I also program as a support skill. Been doing it for about twenty years.
Self lerner, I think is the mostThinking of getting into programming seriously. I have dabbled in some programming but that was always a side skill to better assist me in my main skill. I think trouble shooting/debugging would be a major one. Discuss