Going into Software Engineering

[Lambdadelta]

I'm going to be doing software engineering at university next year. I looked through the course overview and it's going to be Python in first semester.

I'm alright with JASS (and vJass) and I've had basic experience with VB from secondary school, so I don't think I'll be too newb to programming logic and algorithms.

Any tips or advice, fellow programmers, JASSers and Hivers?

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Codecademy has python if you're super interested in it: http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python

Good luck dude!

 

[Magtheridon96]

Lucky bastard.

The university I'm going for is going to start us out with Java and C next year :v

 

[saphiree]

Only advice I can give is to try to use it as much as possible in your spare time (especially early on). A thing I'm not too good at myself :/

 

[PurgeandFire]

You'll be well off. Python is very easy to learn and comfortable. As soon as you start learning it, you'll start making connections with vJASS. I personally used:
http://www.learnpython.org/
It is very clear-cut and straight to the point. If you have some programming experience (vJASS is fine), then you should be able to go through it no problem. I think it is best to just familiarize yourself with the keywords/structures (def, class, loops, lists, etc.). If it is an intro class, it should be very beginner-friendly anyway, but it'll make it a lot easier if you are already used to the basics.

Although, you may want to look into whether you're using python 2 or python 3. There are some key differences (especially the difference in the "print" function), so try to see if you can find that out before class starts.

Good luck! (P.S. it is indentation based, so make sure your tab button is working)

 

[Lambdadelta]

Thanks for the advice