Aaron Jones wrote:
Well John, I'm crap at both Maths and Programming so you're probably
right!!! lol
Aaron.
On 14/04/06, John Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Robert Simpson wrote:
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You should design your interface using whatever design method
you are most comfortable with. Or (better) just design your
interface using creativity and good sense and don't worry so
much about rigidly defined design methods.
I had a little chuckle at this. I was reminded of the old PBS painting
shows on TV that I used to watch. The artist would make "happy little
trees" and flit about the canvas. His little dabs and whips of the
paintbrush would transform into a wooded glade, a rushing river,
mountains
with the sun dancing off the edges ...
Of course, when I tried to do the same thing, it turned out like brown
blobs. When your hand automatically knows how to turn, and the brushes
are
so familiar you know which one you have just by the feel of it, then you
can
paint with the freedom seen on the TV shows. Until then, you'll just
make
brown blobs.
It's the same with programming and programming languages, really. All
the
books you read and courses you take in college are just there to help
you
get familiar with the brushes and the canvas. They'll help keep you
from
making brown blobs, but you'll never make a masterpiece by the book.
Robert
I was always impressed with Dijkstra's contention that a programmer's
most important quality is a familiarity and skill with mathematics. The
ability to think in abstract terms and understand the concept of proof
of correctness is certainly more important than learning a certain
methodology and blindly applying it.
JS
Persevere with your Math. My daughter had her Masters in Math by the
age of 18 and when given some programming to do was intuituve and
immediately productive, not needing to learn languages and methods. I
attribute that to having been imprinted with the necessary intellectual
discipline at an early age.
