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Rank order (and justify) the five most important items you learned in this Unit.

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   Ryan Bridglal said...
   10:13 pm - April 5th, 2009

   Originally Posted: 8 Mar 09 5:20 PM MST

   #1. Java is it’s own programming language.

   I’ve stated before, JAVA is closely related to C sharp. This is true, but the reality is, JAVA is it’s own language and you can’t use the same exact code in either language. With my C# experience, it helps with learning JAVA, but you still have to learn all the little details to create a program.

   #2. Coding is a P.I.A (Pain in the Ass).

   I love programming, but to create a graphical program with source code and command line compiling is a pain in the ass. It’s easier and faster to create a program with a IDE. It does all the hard work for you. But, for beginners, this is not a good way to learn; because you miss out on the details of how to code and write a program from scratch. I can only hope for the following weeks I can use the IDE to create my programs.

   #3. pausing a case statement and continuing on input is difficult to implement.

   It is, because I don’t know how to do it. I spent hours researching the subject and could only figure out how to pause the case statement. I have no idea if it is possible to resume from a pause, within a case statement. Nothing is impossible, no… really, with all the proper resources, there is a way. I was unable to achieve my goal before this deadline.

   #4. Refining you code is important.

   By refining and making clean code, your program gains elegance and ease of understandability.

   #5. Keep track of how many times you debug a program.

   One goal of all programmers should be to spend an hour on code and hours on debugging and refinement. I’ve realized, you need to slow down a little while writing code. With this method, you can precisely compose code spend a few less hours debugging it. So, you spend an hour precisely writing code, and only another 2 hours debugging it (instead of hours).