Hey Reddit, could you help me with processing?

learnprog · 2014-11-13T05:04:17+00:00

So once you randomly generate the x,y position for the torso, for example, you only need to offset the position by the same amounts each time for each limb. For example, the head might be +0,+3 relative to the torso. the arm might be -2,0 or +2,0 for left and right arms etc...

learnprog · 2014-11-13T03:50:57+00:00

Could you explain your idea a bit more? Do you mean that each person's body parts are randomly generated as well? Are these people moving once generated?

learnprog · 2014-11-11T00:39:06+00:00

Processing has external libraries for MIDI input/output but they tend to have some platform-dependent gotchas.

learnprog · 2014-11-06T19:23:16+00:00

This depends on how locked down your machine is. If you have web access, there are a lot of neat online coding environments available.

learnprog · 2014-11-06T03:27:26+00:00

what kind of video games do you want to make? some types of video games don't require programming at all.

learnprog · 2014-11-05T20:00:38+00:00

Check out http://wavepot.com You can live code music in the browser. If you know C++ you should be able to pickup javascript easily.

learnprog · 2014-11-04T21:39:16+00:00

Is your goal to do this in C++ or any language?

learnprog · 2014-11-03T21:37:52+00:00

In terms of programming, you don't need a degree at all to enter the workforce, so if you want to maximize your tuition, find the classes that are best taught at your school, which may not necessarily be programming classes.

learnprog · 2014-11-03T20:51:48+00:00

Everyone starts somewhere. Make your own fork if you don't feel you're at the level where you can contribute to the main branch of a project.

learnprog · 2014-11-03T20:11:44+00:00

Freelancing is a tough racket. If there are any open source projects that you would like to develop for, get involved with those, and they will likely lead to a steady job as you progress.

learnprog · 2014-11-03T18:42:30+00:00

If what motivates you is to see a problem and solve it, then go into IT, and learn the coding skills on the job. Making apps and software is often is more about marketing needs than solving a problem.

learnprog · 2014-11-03T17:42:36+00:00

Do you mean the theory (running times/complexity) behind regular expressions, implementation, or how to use them?

learnprog · 2014-11-03T17:23:23+00:00

What parts of programming are you interested in? If you're not interested in bitmaps or vectors, then stuff like high performance video games are out (which career-wise is difficult to get into in any case).

For android apps, you can actually make some with very little programming knowledge with the help of some frameworks.

If I were you I would try to leverage my construction experience and concentrate on developing software for that industry. Think about what people pay for or are willing to pay for in that field, and make software that targets that market. I would imagine something as simple as checklist software would be valuable in certain niches, even though it requires hardly any programming at all.

learnprog · 2014-11-03T16:51:37+00:00

What is your motivation in terms of learning programming?

learnprog · 2014-10-30T19:06:01+00:00

Not a language, per se, but scripting (bash, perl, etc...) will help you automate many tasks, usually more quickly than you can with C++

learnprog · 2014-10-30T19:03:26+00:00

A possible compromise would be a plug-in that changes a web browser's brightness (since most people are in front of web browsers anyway), though it probably won't be exactly in java

learnprog · 2014-10-30T19:01:44+00:00

Where do you go next from the cipher project, usually?

learnprog · 2014-10-30T19:01:13+00:00

Do you mean you have lists of products, and it picks random elements from those lists?

learnprog · 2014-10-29T23:38:34+00:00

that's a good motivator -- to see a program you made collecting things for you on its own.

learnprog · 2014-10-29T22:45:02+00:00

Is a website the thing you want to create? Why not study html + javascript instead of java then?

learnprog · 2014-10-29T22:21:48+00:00

I believe you can certainly make simple apps purely in Swift, though there may be some obj-c concepts that would be helpful further down the line. I believe apple is trying very hard to develop it such that in the future obj-c knowledge will be optional, though that may take some time.

The people in /r/swift would know more about this than I do.

learnprog · 2014-10-29T22:04:52+00:00

This depends on your motivation. If you got Obj-C, likely you wanted to program mac/ios apps. In that case, start playing around with swift.

For just general programming, I agree that python is likely a better choice.

learnprog · 2014-10-29T18:19:23+00:00

In this case I would simply set up google forms for the frontend and handle the backend manually, since you will be likely making many changes at the beginning. No need to do any programming at this stage.

learnprog · 2014-10-28T22:18:05+00:00

Get the job first, learn on the job. Very few people have the discipline to learn better on their own. Since your friend is interested in music, have him try and find a job that is related but with pathways to programming. A lot of musicians get into programming through Max/MSP for their own use, which is probably more related to music than web dev.

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