CPT 307 Week 5 : Newbie to Newbie Blog Part One
For this assignment, we were once again tasked with making a blog post targeted towards a 'newbie' that is looking to pick up programming, specifically, with Java. Java has certainly proven to be less intuitive than Python, but is not entirely unapproachable. This week, we had to explain to our 'newbie' what the advantages are between the different types of data structures and how to choose the best algorithmic design for what they, as the programmer, are trying to accomplish. To the uninitiated, programming and coding carries a stigma due to the fact that people refer to it as a language. Ostensibly, people make connotations with learning how to program and code as being as difficult as learning another human language. To be certain, there are new concepts and nuances to measure and master, but it isn't nearly as difficult as learning how to read, speak and write in an entirely new vocabulary. One of the major barriers of entry to programming