Computer Programming

Week #3

I'm still retaining my initial goal of learning to code, but I've shifted from HTML coding in order to create a website and instead have move towards learning to computer program. I'm not going to claim that they're one in the same, but coding, whether for one purpose or another, still adheres to a set of guidelines and a flow of logic that require the same mindset. Despite the differences, the characteristics are similar enough so that this divergence isn't anything too drastic. And in the end all coding can go hand-in-hand and be incorporated with each other.



"Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer...because it teachers you how to think." -Steve Jobs

The above video is one of the largest factors that swayed me. I mean, who wouldn't listen to the advice of the world's must successful and wealthy people of which include Bill Gates (Microsoft), Mark Zuckerberg (FaceBook), and Chris Bosh (NBA player). But an infallible argument they present is a growing technological industry that is in constant need of coders. Their use of extremely wealthy men reinforce this argument of financial viability. I'm not above seeing this as a huge advertisement campaign by the whole of the computer-related industry, but it simply indicates there desperate need for computer programmers.

Again I've enter some courses on Udacity.com concerning Computer Science, one of which is a progressive walkthrough that teaches you computer programming by helping you create a simple program of your own. And there are still plenty of online resources that will help me.

This is my finalized DIY project: creating a computer program. I'll get an idea of exactly what program to create as I learn more about computer programming. The example of codes and the complex algorithmic process makes the task rather daunting. I may only get to creating the program from the CS 212 Course considering it's an "Advance Course."