I'm Studying Information Technology

[darkthief]

Hey. I just made it to my IT course for my 1st year at uni. Can anyone tell me, who has been studying Java, C+, and all those other computer stuff, how easy/hard it is and how you cope with it ect. ?

[Chrono Detector]

Yeah I'm resuming IT studies in the next month or so and I've done it in the past. Some areas are not so hard, as for others, well, yeah. I've studied java before and believe me, its hard. Same as VB.NET as well.

Hardware or computer systems isn't too hard, I found it pretty easy, I passed the test with flying colours.

As for networking, it has its ups and downs.

Thats all I can remember, I'll post more later.

[Decado]

I did a full year of Software Engineering. I did Programming in Java

It's good and fun while you can get it... but let me get this across. Once they throw u into it, there's no assistance (in my uni...in terms of the code). If u fall behind, you will most definitely fail.
(Unless the tutorials are walk through with the Java language...which ours wasn't. I know of some uni's that teach it minorly...so they walk u through the steps, or give u easy programs to write on a compiler such as BlueJ)

If you've never done Java before, i seriously urge you to get as much help/tutoring you can get before or during your course.
However, i doubt it would be as hardcore or more engrossed into the Java language as it is my course, b/c u'r saying you're doing IT, which must cover a broad range.
I've studied java before and believe me, its hard
not to scare u or nething..just be prepared if u haven't done it before and the course is very engrossed in the language.

Good luck :)

[M-50]

I have done some C++ but not for uni or anything, just in my spare time. It was not very hard but not easy either. I found it fun.

[darkthief]

Oh God~ I better do some advance study of java before i start uni. I made a success of making a "Hello World" tutorial. but all i did was copied the code and didn't really look through it thoroughly -_-"

[Decado]

lol, yeah. that's the thing... the code looks fine until u have to create your own.
O_O

i remember that Hello World program...

stuff like

System.out.println("Hello World");

etc right? XD

how heavy is Java going to be..? do u know..?

[Chrono Detector]

Yeah I've done that "Hello World" tutorial before.

I found java hard because there a lot of different codes to remember and use which is a real headache.

I heard java takes up a lot of system resources and its slow as well, which is true. Java is a nightmare. I assume your going to study HTML right? That is easy.

[darkthief]

Well my major program i'm doing is Computer Systems and Networks. HTML is easy i suppose. And remembering a lot of codes? Is there some sort of easy way to pass through that?

[Chrono Detector]

For networking, which I've done before, isn't going be too bad. Your going to have to remember all that networking, porting, HUBS, LAN/WAN/MAN theory and cable stuff most of the time. And get familiar with Novell Netware and so on as well. I had fun doing networking.

As for programming in java, yes you have to remember a lot of codes. I'm not familiar with java, I've done it like 2 years ago and I failed so I wouldn't know much about it.

[Decado]

u don't really have to "remember" code...but create new ones for the specific task. there are countless ways to do one thing.

[darkthief]

BAH~it's like learning language other than english {LOTE} only it's computering...i heard there are some group activities. what type of computer work requires group activities?

[Chrono Detector]

Networking mainly. And sometimes hardware/computer systems as well. I had to work with a team or partner most of the time. Most classes are just solo work.

Are you doing a degree or a TAFE diploma/certificate may I ask?

[darkthief]

I'm doing a bachelor at one of the best universities of Australia ^^.

[db]

I took Intro to C++, pretty easy but do not ditch classes. Falling behind isnt good :P

I also took Data Structures, its more on how the logical side of the code (Database like Linked list, arrays, hashing, o notation, etc.) works than coding itself. Mm Thats about it. Currently Comp Engy Major