At university we had lessons in C++.
First lesson: Make a calculator
Second lesson: Make an application that uses sockets to connect to an FTP-server and downloads a file. No FTP-libraries allowed.

It's always 0-100 real fast with these people XD

Step 1: Hello world.

Step 2: Create a programming to beat the Turing test in a programming language you created and then create a compiler for it.

I see I'm lucky that we go step by step where I study

At least it's challenging

at the end of first semestre, we strated learning what objects are in java so...

The Batchelor degree cource of mine is even worse. The calculator application is towards the end. And in semister finals project they actually expect us to make an full blown application (one that could actually be sold if you wanted to).

@Jifuna Yea, I really like that part too. The thing is though: I have been programming for a lot of years before university (OOP mostly though), so for me, it's just a challenging task in which I am able to solve myself, however a lot of the other students have not programmed other things than HTML pages, some people not even that. Given that this is only the second semester, it's a quite difficult task for some of them.
I enjoy being challenged though :)

@devs Yes, indeed! But I understand that for others it could be very difficult if you have no experience yet.

It's their way of finding talent.

At my uni at the end of the second semester we've only finished covering extends/implement and ArrayLists in Java. Problem though is: all midterms and exams are completely handwritten with no reference materials...

@agentwolf44 ouch. That's a really slow pace, too.

I wish my course was this way

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