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This is a really good point. I am not a programmer at all, but did learn a little bit of ASP.NET at university. I never use it anymore, but I ended up teaching
by coffeecheque 12y ago
This is a really good point.
I am not a programmer at all, but did learn a little bit of ASP.NET at university. I never use it anymore, but I ended up teaching myself PHP.
I use PHP regularly, not to build anything grand - but it gets me by. I can write little scripts like working out who's unfollowed me on Twitter, small information systems, reminder applications, hack Wordpress plugins, etc.
I wish I was taught Python at uni right out of the blocks. I've tried to learn it a few times, but ended up forgetting to do lessons and just going back the the crutch that is PHP.
The theory of CS is way beyond me at this stage of life, but a little bit of programming knowledge is a very useful thing (even if it is only PHP)
- phatfish 12y agoIf you can understand the the core ideas of data structures and how to manipulate them (Arrays, Loops, Conditionals, Objects etc.), and can put that understanding into practice to solve a problem, you really are 90% of the way there. Learning another language is easy, just try it :) Also a language like Python really is a breath of fresh air if your only experience is PHP.