Amazed at what they teach at Uni

[Iceplug]

Not Univeristies as such but if you look at some of the Official Microsoft courses on VB.Net they frequently use constructs like CInt, MsgBox, IsNumeric (and even tell you how to use InputBox for gods sake). This kind of thing really does wind me up as not only does it not show you the .Net way but doesnt even let you know there is an alternate way.

I was dismayed as well, when I accidentally forgot to explicitly convert an integer back to a single and .NET picked on me, telling me that I forgot a CSng()?! (2005 btw )

 

[Heiko]

I would not expect a Univ professor to teach best practises or give recommendations on coding level.

I would expect hin to help me understand the underlying basic principles, maybe some patterns, too.

 

[waynespangler]

Back in the 60s you had 2 choices, Fortran(Engineering) or Cobol(Business). The programing language was secondary to learning how to solve problems on the computer.
I dont know if universities have changed since then but I wouldnt worry about the syntax but learn the logic of solving the problems.
Wayne

 

[Jay1b]

Generally i wouldnt worry about learning an individual language i would learn about how to design programs, there layout and process control. Then the language is easy to pick up. That was what my degree was aimed at, although i did have 1 exam where we had to write a java program on paper, and i got marked down for poor syntax. Which pissed me off.