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  • tastylime23g
    tastylime23g
    LikeASir wrote: »
    Since it's for the AP exams, just wondering, do you need basic knowledge on the other subjects it deals with? Even if it does explain Java, would I be able to follow along with the rest of the book?




    Also asking anybody, any good websites you recommend for things such as C++, HTML, etc...?
    As for Java, I might use oracle.

    http://www.codecademy.com/
    http://www.tizag.com/

    For any web development or mark-up (PHP, HTML, CSS) It's what I used. If any of you actually want to make yourself a prospect employee in the future, definitely take up mobile and iOS development. This includes Android. That's the future of the web.
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  • LikeASir
    LikeASir
    tastylime23g wrote: »
    http://www.codecademy.com/
    http://www.tizag.com/

    For any web development or mark-up (PHP, HTML, CSS) It's what I used. If any of you actually want to make yourself a prospect employee in the future, definitely take up mobile and iOS development. This includes Android. That's the future of the web.

    Hmm, codecademy looks like it is good in the fact that it will keep me more entertained and attentive than just reading walls of texts.

    Will definitely keep on using it to see how well it works for me.
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  • 1nsomniac
    1nsomniac
    LikeASir wrote: »
    Since it's for the AP exams, just wondering, do you need basic knowledge on the other subjects it deals with? Even if it does explain Java, would I be able to follow along with the rest of the book?




    Also asking anybody, any good websites you recommend for things such as C++, HTML, etc...?
    As for Java, I might use oracle.


    Since this is the only website I've heard about programming, is this any good?

    The Barrons book will be just fine; I don't think you'd have any problems with it. HTML you can just kind of search online, play around with it and figure out a lot just by doing that. C++, I've only dabbled a little in, so tasty would be the one to ask about that lol
    [MOD]dot wrote: »
    No idea what you work with - but if you have contact with customers (or want to have, good opportunity to climb), you'll want to learn a couple of languages, at least spoken.
    One of the greatest and most underrated qualities.


    Go for the biggies first obviously, or be more specific if you know which regions your company works with.
    Spanish, French and Chinese should all be taught in elementary school as far as I'm concerned, when the mind is still easily molded.
    English skipped because if you can read this post, you know English.

    French is kind of tied with German, time will determine which will be the major EU language.
    Chinese is a biggie, and extremely easy to learn.
    German opens you up to the other Germanic languages, with similar grammar. Since you bring up programming, being familiar with Scandinavian grammar might be beneficial since they're huge in IT development.
    Spanish is pretty easy too.

    Once you've finished with those, move on to at least two more specific languages.
    I'd go with Italian for a wider southern Europe access and Latin for epic win.


    also you can call yourself a polygot which is cool

    ^this. polyglot <3

    Though I think calling Chinese "extremely easy to learn" is an exaggeration. Any language is relatively easy to learn if you're pretty smart and are passionate about it. Chinese is kind of unique because it uses characters unrelated to the phonetic makeup of the word. In other words: if you look at a written word, it's not going to tell you how to pronounce it. Whereas if I look at a new word in English or German, I might not know what it means, but I'll at least have a good idea how to pronounce it. Also, as there are varying tones in Chinese, foreigners usually have to practice a lot by rote to get these right.

    I will put in a plug for German: if you can learn English, you can learn German. The grammar is highly logical. So is the spelling and pronunciation; it's virtually always what you expect. The rules are stronger than the exceptions to them, unlike in English.
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  • Lammero
    Lammero
    1nsomniac wrote: »
    I will put in a plug for German: if you can learn English, you can learn German. The grammar is highly logical. So is the spelling and pronunciation; it's virtually always what you expect. The rules are stronger than the exceptions to them, unlike in English.

    Except for the Hegelians
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  • RawrJafrikan
    RawrJafrikan
    LikeASir wrote: »
    For getting fit, learn to cook(or improve cooking) healthy.
    Get a hobby so you have something to do when you're bored/tired of learning or working out.



    How are you planning on learning?
    I might as well try to do something more productive this summer.

    I'm going off of this at the moment
    http://thenewboston.org/list.php?cat=31

    IWasMunch wrote: »
    In my personal experience, getting a job is a helpful way to prepare you for the workplace.

    I'm not talking about a job that will necessarily impress future employers after you graduate from college. Any sort of job will most likely give you some helpful knowledge/experience that can help you further down the road.

    Just my two cents.

    Its kind of hard finding one that is suited toward what I want to do... I don't want to learn how to bag cans, thats not what I want to do for a living... Parents want me to just so I know how bad life would suck if I don't study.
    Falloutt wrote: »
    most jobs out of high school do not offer skills that can be transferred to a later work place and usually are based on robotic tasks, example: general labor, restaurants, etc.. you are better off trying get an internship related to your field of study rather than just a job, little is picked up with the previously mentioned work environments.

    Exactly

    Debellate wrote: »
    Swimming is a great work out and is really fun, so long as you have pool/beach access and know how to swim. ;)

    Yeah, have one in the backyard. Got bronzed just in a few weeks.
    [MOD]dot wrote: »
    No idea what you work with - but if you have contact with customers (or want to have, good opportunity to climb), you'll want to learn a couple of languages, at least spoken.
    One of the greatest and most underrated qualities.


    Go for the biggies first obviously, or be more specific if you know which regions your company works with.
    Spanish, French and Chinese should all be taught in elementary school as far as I'm concerned, when the mind is still easily molded.
    English skipped because if you can read this post, you know English.

    French is kind of tied with German, time will determine which will be the major EU language.
    Chinese is a biggie, and extremely easy to learn.
    German opens you up to the other Germanic languages, with similar grammar. Since you bring up programming, being familiar with Scandinavian grammar might be beneficial since they're huge in IT development.
    Spanish is pretty easy too.

    Once you've finished with those, move on to at least two more specific languages.
    I'd go with Italian for a wider southern Europe access and Latin for epic win.


    also you can call yourself a polygot which is cool

    I currently know how to speak and write fluently in Japanese and English. Other than that, I only know the basics in French and Arabic. I used to know quite a bit of Spanish but you know what they say: "You don't use it, you lose it".


    Anyway, thanks for the feedback. Please add on so others can benefit.
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