Xavier0971

Oh I did don't worry lol. But I was interested in Mellowmorgan's quote because it instilled ideas that I really didn't think about. Derek W's I took into thought but I learned it right away in my Advanced Computer Programming class for Visual Basic (As we all know that Visual Basic takes break downs a little more than other languages due to more data types and so forth... you guys get where I'm going.) But I just wanted an overview on different techniques. But please don't get me wrong though, I'm glad for different answers seeing as I wasn't specific in what I wanted. But I totally see where your coming from and the importance of breakdowns. I actually used these guys tips and it's progressively helped me. Thank you guys for the awesome tips (: Thanks for the advice (:

I just want to say thank you for the reply and your tips. I had a sure feeling about the Practice, Practice, Practice method (which believe me, I'm doing that). But I liked your touch of just sitting back and reading the example over and over and writing down a summary. I'm going to try that. What's funny is I had a high school teacher who did all of his coding tests and exams by paper. At the time I thought that was just flat out ridiculous but now... now I see the reason why and I thank him. But none the less I thank you for the nice well thought reply and I will get back to practicing and trying your method. If you feel like there is anything else I should know to get ready. Please feel free to leave it and I will reply back (:

Hey guys the name is Xavier. I have a question for all of you Computer Scientists out there. I really and truly want to get a Computer Science degree and I'm trying everything I can. From reading programming books to keeping up with different topics (Science, Math, History, so forth and so on). Now I've recently been studying up on Java and I'm picking it up real quick. But I've noticed something. I know the ins and outs of it so far. Like I can tell you the different data types and operators, things of that nature. When programs are brought up in the book, I can sit down and tell you what each expression is and statement and things like that. So I have no problem reading the code, but when it comes to me sitting down and receiving a exercise to do on my own I kind of freeze up and think, "Oh man where to start?" It's weird, because I understand it but I just don't know how to put it down right away. I'm curious is this natural to happen when coding? I want to hear from you guys. Tell me about your experiences and how you dealt with them so I can try to better myself in the process. If you guys have any tips on how to better my programming skills, please do not hesitate. I will take in any information you guys throw at me. Like I said I'm here to better myself. Can't wait to hear from you guys (: Thanks