Programming
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- ********
I wish I could program/script but I just can't think that way. I was never good at math in school and I have a hard time grasping simple programming concepts. Is there a way I could learn to program? Books, etc? Programming for dummies...
- brandelec0
trial by error mate. just lots of practice.. its not really all that math - just logic
i'm on the same boat, i can fumble my way through things at best
- ********0
Sigh, you're right.
- Jaline0
I am shite at Math, but still learning how to program somehow. It all comes down to practise. I just bought two Javascript books.
- kewHexton0
try psuedocoding first - write your ideas out, then hit the computer and try to translate it to code?
work it out logically first on paper... like you probably already do with your design
- typist0
you are doing great!! rob
http://www.tripleflux.com/comps_…- shit you're finding things I forgot I made********
- those rollovers are great and I like the ocotpus********
- shit you're finding things I forgot I made
- sherm0
what do you need math for when programming?
I gotta say I don't use it much except for positioning or something..
I do mostly CMS backend data access type stuff and front end effects doodads.
- heavyt0
I think math does come up from time to time, but more importantly, it indicates a way of logical thinking. Sort of progressing through a problem until you find a solution.
There are a lot of patterns in programming that i think math-types find easier to understand. IT is a left brain vs right brain issue.
- richardkark0
The biggest part is to be excited about what you want to create. Start simple. Find simple programming tutorials. I started with javascript, learning how to create alert pop ups, which is stupid, but was exciting back then. You learn a bunch of small things and your mind gets used to the logic and syntax.
- ********0
uberdesigner = pseudoprogrammer.
- acescence0
learn python.
it is a very elegant language that is good for programming newcomers. it is also very powerful and useful in the real world.
- Pupsipu0
i think i almost get OOP programming now. I run into technical problems sometimes, but who cares. I'm terrible at math and hate coding anything to do with math, but it's easy enough to take those formulas from other people.
- ********0
for javascript this one is ok:
http://www.beginningjavascript.c…
- ********0
- jiaf0
I feel ya man. I don't enjoy days where I'm coding stuff all day, It's frustrating. When you get finally get it sorted out it feels good though.
I'd do some reading, do some tutorials to do and when you learn a new technique try and come up with a slightly different or more clever use for it, which is way more rewarding and makes the process a lot more interesting/fun.
- Corvo20
Hard work. Adults are more specific in intelligence than young teens, though, who take any discipline for granted without many questions. It takes some new sort of motivation for an adult to learn a discipline properly. Self-learning as an adult is very difficult, so my best guess is take an evaluation and propose to UNI. Even if most stuff is already known it's getting back to the learning method that makes the difference.
- this biggest problem with self learning as an adult is time.powertoni
- ********0
^best explanation yet. I used to absorb things easily but now I'm like a rock.
- Fariska0
set yourself a goal or project.And do it. Amazing how much stuff you'll learn just aiming at your goal.
