So, I have decided that I am tired of not really understanding how to write a useful computer program. Sure, I have written some admin scripts in the past, but I never really understood that whole object-oriented programming thing.
Many moons ago, when I was an EE student, I took a horrendous class, Introductory C++ for Scientists and Engineers. This class was by far the worst class I ever took in college. Sure my final project compiled, but it didn't do anything that it was supposed to do. The text book was written for a newer version of C++ than was available in the computer labs that semester. This made for interesting syntax errors while coding. I spent the entire semester trying to reconcile syntax instead of really learning the actual problem solving skills that are common to all computer languages.
Enter the latest book that I am reading, Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science by John Zelle. This text book is so far the most readable tech book I have ever worked with. Since it uses Python as the programming language, the syntax is much simpler and more forgiving than Java or C++. Give it a try.
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