Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Chapter 3
This was an interesting chapter for me. It started to delve into things that I really enjoy about programming, a way to make code easier. Such ways as using a groupbox so you don't have to edit the tab order, using the & to make it so Alt + (Next Letter) = access key for the button, and Forms vs. Local Variables. The math class section was pretty interesting, wish I had taken this class before any of my math classes. I look forward to attempting the assignments tomorrow.
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I think we are kind of in the same boat. I will attempt my projects tomorrow as well! In response to your comment about learning this before your math classes: Isn't that how it always is? We always feel like why didn't we take this class before that one. Anyway, good luck to you!
ReplyDeleteI think I had been programming in Visual Basic for a year before I ever realized how to make the keyboard shortcuts for my menus, but it's amazing what something so simple can do for the user experience.
ReplyDeleteAs for your comment about the math class...that there is a double-edged sword, my friend. I did horrible in math, and am 30 years old and in College Algebra while I pursue my degree.
Instead of actually learning the material, I programmed the formulae into my calc, and would always get the correct answer...but couldn't show my work, and thus did horribly.
And when the teacher asked us to come up one-by-one and erase the memory on the calculator? I wrote a program to mimic what that screen looked like, so she saw what she *thought* was me erasing it, and I got to walk back to my desk with a smirk on my face.