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Something strange happened to software development (/thread-7303.html)Something strange happened to software development - kyonides - 08-03-2018
I was checking out some questions and answers regarding programming languages and this is what I have found there.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-strangest-line-of-thought-in-software-development
John Ohno Wrote:These problems are compounded in practice in industry, where there’s a lot of java code being written by kids just out of college (where they spent four years getting told that inheritance is the best way to do code reuse & abstraction layers have no downsides, while they worked on nothing but toy problems).
I found some paragraph quite interesting and started wondering why teachers would care to make their students waste their precious time with nonsensical stuff.
RE: Something strange happened to software development - DerVVulfman - 08-03-2018
Well, if Moghunter used inheritance when making his original XP menus, his scripts would have been 50% shorter and more compatible with nearly anything else.
Nonsensical stuff? Toy problems? Perhaps that would be dependent upon the professor. When I was dealing with code, it was more towards dealing with customer databases, point of sales and salaries. Still, I expect Java to be more audio-visual, so gaming would be a logical direction.
Be wary of professors with special projects... One might be putting together a lazer weapon system using his students as workers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nKXjJ7O0s4