>>3818
cool

>>4058

https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pgubook

>>5058
Quick question about floating/double rounding errors in Java. Teacher tried to explain, but amounted to "it can sometimes round +/- 1 of your smallest units without explanation. Any further clarification possible?

We did a simple cashier problem where we make do full-on braindead and deduct and write out how many of each bill/coin to give the customer back. As he said sometimes it was a penny more/less/exact to the real mathematical price. To his credit he did offer several suggestions to avoid/correct for it.

>>5616
If I recall correctly, it has something to do with with the internal representation of the double initializing the entire length significant digits and the loss of precision at the end causing a tiny rounding errors at the end that can bubble up. I'm guessing you were instructed to use BigDecimal, or something similar to more accurately handle decimals of specific lengths.

Still plenty of jobs for java devs, so yes.

I also think it’s a nice language but I’m biased

>>5054
Nothing wrong with Javascript, my first language was some fucking Game Maker shit

>>5425
Do you have a source for that?

>>5054
In regards to web development, doing CRUD is not real programming. CRUD is create read update delete.

If you're programming a jobs board, you can create jobs, read them, update a user's CV and personal information, and delete job applications. To code something like that, it's not real programming because it's CRUD.

Get her to make a battleships game using the command line on C, and making a tic tac toe game in C++ using the relevant algorithm where each square is numbered 1-9 and a winning line adds up to 15. If she can do that then she has programming talent.

Programming requires a certain level of problem solving and intuitive thinking, so when programming jobs are hiring, the recruiter aims to negatively filter out the people whose past experience and portfolio consists solely of CRUD projects. Not everyone has that talent.

Hoon

You'll meet smart people. Like if you'd learned Lisp 40 years ago.

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lisp, no arguments given just a trust me bro statement

If you're going to be building websites, you certainly will need to. Outside of that, there's not too much reason to.

You should definitely learn HTML/CSS and JavaScript. Those are important computer programming languages you'll need to learn if you want to dive into web development. Additionally, you can also use Python software frameworks for web development, like Django or Flask.

>>5671
also if he is interested in security he can use JavaScript to find vulnerabilities https://youtu.be/FTeE3OrTNoA?si=rsYhg90uFCqste4O

Go to CodeCombat and play all their games. Seriously.

>>5240
Would personally recommend Java > Python though I see the benefits of either given the situation. Mainly stems from the abridged (but still present) requirements of syntax in Java. IMHO Python cuts too many corners for the sake of simplicity and it's a much bigger jump from it to other mid/high languages.
Now alternatively as a stepping stone yeah go for it. Scratch (Block) -> Python -> Java, etc.

Honestly, I recommend *starting* with this book: https://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/pgubook/ProgrammingGroundUp-1-0-booksize.pdf

Then moving on to Javascript or Python, depending on how urgently you want a job

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>>5610
now I see, there's something wrong with the [ c o d e ] here, or I am not using it correctly

>>5611

ok but for real, (cond == true) is way more readable at a glance than (cond)

>>5632

Depends on how you name your variables.

I find this:

if (you.areGay()) { you.suck(it) }

nicer than:

if (you.areGay() == true) ...

>>5450

Sounds like an idea for a demo. Would watch.

>>5450
It looks like she has no mouth.

You are reimplementing features HTTP already has. Don't make gopherholes, make better web sites.