Well after managing to stay out of a class room for more than 10 year I have finally decided to go back to school. I have enrolled in a Beginning and Intermediate Java programming class at WakeTech here in Raleigh. And at only $70 a class, I would be stupid not to.
Why Java? Well, the application that is developed by the company that I work for is written in Java and I figured if I ever want to make the switch from system/networking engineer position to more of a developer role then now is the time. Plus I have already started doing the Installshield development for our next software release. So I guess I am hoping to extend that “developer” role in to some basic Java work.
It’s kinda ironic that I would be wanting to switch to a developer position, 10 years ago while in college I was a CS major and hated the thought of having to take programing classes. Now the older, possible wiser me, is seriously kicking myself for not just sticking with it.
I have taught myself several languages in the past (PHP, Python, AutoIT, HTML, JavaScript, InstallShield, etc) but I don’t feel that I have a full grasped every aspect of each language. Meaning that I can develop in it but I don’t know if what I am doing is the best practice or not. This is something that I hope to get from this class. Plus I have tried to teach myself Java for a quick project at work and failed miserably. I quickly turned to Python to get the job done.
So with that I leave you with the Java Hello World that we did last night in class (This is done from memory so it may be wrong.)
public class Person { public static void main( String[] args ) { System.out.println('Hello World'); } }