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| learning to speak the language of your clients |
| 05.07.04 (5:21 pm) [edit] |
clients. if my product sells, then it will be because I can communicate my ideas in a language spoken by my clients.
C. The language of game programmers. Later I'll get into C++ but for now, based on what some coders have told me, C is the foundation. I did quite a bit of stellar evolution code in my masters (astrophysics) classes but that was in Fortran. I have a hunch that my clients will not speak that 'language'. It must be C.
I picked up Stephen Prata's "C Primer Plus" and have decided to read every chapter, answer all of the end-of-chapter questions, and most importantly, write ALL of the assigned programs at the end of each chapter. So far, I have zipped up through chapter 3. And now that the AP Calculus Exam is behind me and the AP Physics is within days, I will be spending less time grading-assessing-preppin g and more time preparing the launch of my own business.
17 Chapters. If I can do 2 chapters a week and when graduation passes (June 5) get into 3 a week, I will be finished with this book by mid June. I did accept a summer teaching position at Cal State San Marcos (Astronomy) that should not take up too much time since I have taught the class 4 times before.
I have several friends who also code in C and I cannot wait to practice my new language with them.
Anyone interested in a floating decimal point?
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