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Post #120,844
by static
10/10/03 6:17:38 PM
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New How about teaching them how to template?
I rarely start a new program from absolute scratch. Instead, I have a "template" which is the bare bones of a working program which I copy and then proceed to modify. I found this very necessary when writing programs for Windows 3, as there was maybe 150 lines of overhead that every program had.

Wade.

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Post #120,867
by tjsinclair
10/10/03 7:47:57 PM
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New Good idea
We'll be using Visual C++ 6 in class so we'll be starting with a built-in template but it's a useful skill nonetheless.

It also helps you get past the "blank screen" syndrome if you can start writing some things right away.
Tom Sinclair

"Man, I love it when the complete absence of a plan comes together."
- [link|http://radio.weblogs.com/0104634/|Ernie the Attorney]
     Pair programming for coding newbies? - (tjsinclair) - (27) - Oct. 8, 2003, 11:19:22 PM EDT
         Could be interesting. - (static) - (4) - Oct. 9, 2003, 02:12:58 AM EDT
             Good points - (tjsinclair) - (3) - Oct. 9, 2003, 08:46:30 AM EDT
                 Like Alex says below - (drewk) - (1) - Oct. 9, 2003, 09:26:47 AM EDT
                     Got it - (tjsinclair) - Oct. 9, 2003, 10:45:37 AM EDT
                 Separation of thinking and typing. - (static) - Oct. 9, 2003, 11:27:17 PM EDT
         I found PP a skill that's hard for me. - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Oct. 9, 2003, 07:14:37 AM EDT
             Bingo. - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 9, 2003, 07:28:56 AM EDT
             Agreed - (tjsinclair) - Oct. 9, 2003, 08:49:40 AM EDT
         Re: Pair programming for coding newbies? - (JimWeirich) - (1) - Oct. 9, 2003, 08:37:55 AM EDT
             They'll be next to each other - (tjsinclair) - Oct. 9, 2003, 08:50:12 AM EDT
         Another idiotic software idea - (deSitter) - (16) - Oct. 9, 2003, 06:16:12 PM EDT
             Beg to disagree... - (hnick) - (11) - Oct. 9, 2003, 06:23:50 PM EDT
                 With one minor difference in my case - (tjsinclair) - (8) - Oct. 9, 2003, 08:51:53 PM EDT
                     Where to begin? - (deSitter) - (5) - Oct. 9, 2003, 09:31:02 PM EDT
                         Details? - (tjsinclair) - (4) - Oct. 9, 2003, 10:51:34 PM EDT
                             Re: Details? - (deSitter) - (3) - Oct. 9, 2003, 11:29:08 PM EDT
                                 Good points, thanks - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Oct. 10, 2003, 01:18:59 PM EDT
                                     How about teaching them how to template? - (static) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2003, 06:17:38 PM EDT
                                         Good idea - (tjsinclair) - Oct. 10, 2003, 07:47:57 PM EDT
                     Ok, to extend my point - (hnick) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2003, 07:53:11 AM EDT
                         My thoughts as well -NT - (tjsinclair) - Oct. 10, 2003, 01:24:14 PM EDT
                 Consider it as parallel processing - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2003, 08:48:46 AM EDT
                     That was my thought as well -NT - (tjsinclair) - Oct. 10, 2003, 01:23:08 PM EDT
             Re: Another idiotic software idea - (JimWeirich) - (3) - Oct. 11, 2003, 01:12:59 AM EDT
                 Re: Another idiotic software idea - (deSitter) - Oct. 11, 2003, 01:50:24 AM EDT
                 Speed and pair programming. - (static) - Oct. 11, 2003, 04:31:03 AM EDT
                 Re: Another idiotic software idea - (neelk) - Oct. 11, 2003, 07:52:40 PM EDT

Somewhere out there, a Big Cheetah is still running WordStar and extremely anal benchmarks...
135 ms