First Comp Sci Blog Post

This year I have begun to take a computer science class which will hopefully be rather fun. This past week, I actually started learning about and using java. The one lab which I found most confusing this week was the inputs lab. At first I had no clue what we were even supposed to do. I originally didn't even know how to define a variable, but after a short explanation from my teacher this soon became clear and it was only a matter of copying, pasting, and a small bit of simple addition programing to do the rest. After you know the "grammar" (put a ' here or a ; there) and understand that spacing and case do actually matter, it becomes much more simple. After you were given the line of code that got input for the keyboard, it was simply a matter of defining and manipulating the variables to finish up the lab. I found this same concept to be true of all labs. One I understood the concept, it was just a matter of repetition and small adjustments to actually get the labs to work. So far I have been doing fairly well but it certainly helps to have the labs individually explained before I start. In class I found that hearing the power points also often helped with the labs rather then just reading the ppt on my own.