To the Stars
This post continues the Intro to Java Programming series, Part I of which can be found here. This is based on work done for the Open University module M813 Software Development and the free Udacity course in Java Programming as referenced below.
References:
Introduction to Java Programming, San Jose State University available on Udacity
This post summarises technical learnings from the free Java Programming course on Udacity, which is recommended to gain the required programming foundations before starting the OU’s post-grad Software Development module, M813. These notes are in addition to those I’ve been making while studying the Udemy Java Developer course: see my posts here and here.
How Long is This Course?
According to Question 4 of Homework 0, this Udacity course takes 180 hours over 10 weeks = 18 hours per week. Really? I just knocked out Lesson 1 (of 7) in a couple of hours – and that included ‘blogging’ time as well as ‘doing’ time.
Here’s the Syllabus:
Lesson 1: Intro to Java
Delving Into JAVA for the First Time
I learnt some great Python programming skills via Coursera last year (and a bit of R programming too, although that felt too much like work so I’ve knocked R on the head for the time being). I’ve been busy in the background applying that Python coding knowledge to various web scraping & data mining/data analysis projects.
But what’s up next for me in 2017 as part of my wider career-change programme & associated Personalised Training Program?
Well, if you’ve been follow the Systems Thinking category you’ll know I’m studying Systems Theory (or at least one approach within the bigger Systems field, called Systemic Inquiry) with the Open University. That’s a formal post-graduate course, with assignments and deadlines and all that good stuff, so it’s taking up quite a bit of my time. I’m also working on the Udacity Nanodegree in Machine Learning. Can’t quite believe I still find time to do a finance job as well as all that (thank god it’s only part-time!) but it keeps the cash flow flowing and helps take the pressure off and allows me the luxury (actually, I would describe it a necessity) of retraining into a new field.
But one other item on my original PTP (Programming Stream) was to learn Java programming. I need to get that under my belt if I want to progress onto the next OU post-graduate module on my list: M813 Software Development. So I booked onto the best-selling Java Developer course on Udemy, and it’s time to crack on with studying that now. [Read more…] about Java Developer (from start to end)