progress in cs50

I finally made it through all the videos in week one of cs50x, which means it’s (finally) time to start programming a little bit (albeit in C for this portion of this class). While I had a little bit of time before work this morning, I finished watching and taking notes and got to start playing with cs50.io, the course’s cloud9- based in-browser IDE. I practiced a little bit of Linux commands and got a little bit of steam rolling before throwing a quick hello world together and tonight, when I get home from work I intend to finish the other programs they have assigned for this portion of the class. They shouldn’t be too hard, but I am excited nonetheless to start a little hands-on work and get the old cogs turning.

I think that once I have completed this class, I want to find one about Java. Or maybe I will start it before I’ve completed cs50, if I ever feel the need to take a break and learn something else. Or maybe I will focus on a different languages, maybe more towards something like a full stack. Why was I thinking Java? Well, it’s what I learned at an early age and I think I could pick it up again fairly quickly. It is also very portable and has a lot of uses outside of just web development. I plan on learning plenty of other languages besides this, I just think Java is the next one I want to learn. Maybe. I have plenty of time to do research about it over the days I can’t find tidbits of free time at work, so maybe I’ll find something better suited, I’m not really sure yet. But thinking about it is at least a step in the right direction, if nothing else.

On another tangent, I really need to design a kind of plan of syllabus (by the end of cs50?) on what kind of track I intend to follow on my road to code. I’ve heard more than a couple people talk about this by now and it sounds like some solid advice, especially to keep my excited ass on track and not jumping from one thing to another to another with no rhyme or reason, which could certainly happen with my level of excitement around this topic. I have to stay excited though, I won’t sizzle out – especially not because of a person.