DevFright – Page 13 – Learning Programming

How to Install Eclipse for the Stanford CS106A Java Class

December 6, 2012 by Matthew 3 Comments

To successfully complete the CS106A Programming Methodology class at Stanford on iTunes U, you’ll need to install some software called Eclipse. Eclipse is a development environment that is freely available to download and use on both the Mac and a PC.

For those of you studying CS106A, you’ll need to download and install a special version of the development environment which can be found on the Stanford website. As well as installing Eclipse, you will also need to install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The Mac typically comes with JRE installed already although a quick check for software updates will ensure you are running the latest version.

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CS106A Lecture 1 Notes

December 5, 2012 by Matthew 4 Comments

Today I viewed lecture 1 of the Stanford CS106A course on iTunes U. No programming was done on this introductory lecture but instead, a lot of details about the course, about what will be learned as well as a number of items relating to the students at Stanford who actually take the course.

Although I have made a lot of notes, I wont be going in to detail on some of the points as parts of the lecture relate to students at Standford only.

Prerequisites of CS106A – ie… what do you need to know?

For those who haven never programmed before, you’ll be glad to learn that there are no prerequisites at all for this course, other than the lecturer hinting that it would be good to know how to switch a computer on. As no experience is needed, that means that most people should be able to work through this course although I’d expect that those wanting to take the course will have a reason for wanting to take it and therefore, might have some background. [Read more…]

Where to Begin on the Path of iOS Development

December 4, 2012 by Matthew 3 Comments

I mentioned in my Hello World post that my goal is to learn how to develop apps for iOS devices (meaning the iPhone and iPad). To reach that goal I decided to check out the iTunes U courses for iOS and quickly landed on the CS193p course from Stanford University titled Developing Apps for iOS (Fall 2010). On loading up the course I see that the prerequisits are the CS106A, CS106B and CS107 which means I need to learn Java (CS106A), C++ (CS106B) and CS107 which covers several languages and the differences between them.

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Hello World

December 4, 2012 by Matthew Leave a Comment

Over the past 11 months I have been learning how to program. I started off with Java and went on to C++ and then to Objective-C. This site exists for me to document what I learned in the lectures as well as some tips and sample code to help you find answers to programming questions/techniques that you are struggling with.