[GLLUG] Programming logic & design

[Caleb Cushing]

My school taught "intro to programming logic & design" which supposedly
taught  that but they didn't teach a language with it. Julie want's to learn
how to program. She seems to be under the impression that I know enough
about it to teach her. which I don't. I'm just starting to attempt to teach
myself again. I know a few people say that you should learn the logic and
design first. I kind of disagree, I thought the class should have taught
some kind of language because it's hard to get interested when what your
doing doesn't do anything at all.

On 4/26/06, Andy Lee <ALEE at courts.mi.gov> wrote:
>
> These things are usually taught along with a language through the Intro to
> Computer Science courses at universities. I think it's helpful to have some
> language in mind while learning, so that you can map your designs to code of
> some sort. I'm currently teaching Object Oriented Programming in Java using
> Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java text, which has a good introduction to Object
> Oriented Design theory, and the basics of modeling with UML. The full text
> of the 3rd edition of Thinking in Java is available for free online, and a
> sample including the first 7 chapters of the 4th edition (includes Java 5
> updates) is also available online.
>
> Being a proponent of Object Oriented Programming, I'd recommend looking
> into UML as a good tool for working out your designs, from Use Case diagrams
> to Activity diagrams to Class and Data models. There are a lot of resources
> available online for learning UML, and a really good open source product
> called ArgoUML from the Tigris project that simplifies a lot of the
> diagraming tasks. Start working on paper first though, and just sketch out
> your designs, the key is learning to design your entities, not use a tool.
>
> Hopefully I've provided enough buzz words and products above to allow you
> to Google your way to getting started.
>
> -- Andy
>
> >>> "Caleb Cushing" <xenoterracide at gmail.com> 4/26/2006 3:20 PM >>>
> I know that before you study a specific language your supposed to learn
> logic and design. any recommendations on free resources for learning this?
>
>
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