Hey all, Just thought I'd share this with you all.... I've been using Eclipse (eclipse.org) with the research group since early July and it's leaps and bounds better than the previous package I was using. There's an available built-in SVN feature which makes tracking changes to the program a breeze (thought I still prefer Winmerge for merging my own changes). Additionally, the debugging features, call hierarchy, declaration features are great to have. Anyhow, just thought that maybe someone here might benefit from trying out this open source software.
I just started a programming class this semester, intro to C++ really interesting stuff, been trying to learn as much as I can!
Glad to see you're interested in the subject. Pick up as much as you can now, I had to play catch up when I joined the research group. If you're up for an adventure look into Parallel Processing to see the challenges associated with the subject. Give Eclipse a try, you'll find it especially useful if your professor pushes Object-Oriented Programming.
Eclipse rocks. :headbang: There are plug-ins for just about anything you can think of. Any language imaginable, all sorts of version control software, name it, there's probably a plug-in for it. Just don't run Eclipse on a slow machine. You'll be there for weeks. :lol:
So you programmer guys, I'm trying to make a website that I can showcase my work on. My University currently isn't running website design classes, so do you guys think I should just pick up a book? How hard is it? Some guy quoted me $250-300 for a home page only, **** that I'll just learn myself. I have all winter to design it until summer when I start detailing again.
Just like to say the following: Being a Sr. in Mechanical Engineering and learning FORTRAN (yes you read that correctly) is useless! Why cant they teach MATLAB! Even my advisers are trying to change it but the old school profs. are not wanting to change that fast for some odd reason! Back to your regularly scheduled program...
Maybe the local community college offers design courses? I hadn't thought of that until just now. I might look into it myself. The cosmetics of web design escape me completely. Every time I've tried to do look and feel stuff on a website, it's ended up looking like the work of a middle school student. I don't have an eye for it.
My adviser did all his work in Fortran, I've had the distinct pleasure of reading through his dissertation which contains tidbits of his code :gross:. Undergrad uses MATLAB for its numerical methods class now (along with most of the local industry) and while it's useful I believe it's good to have some exposure to C++ or hell, if you're an unfortunate guy such as myself, even Java...
Few of my profs have tried to change it to MATLAB as it is used in industry and better for MEs but some of the older ones have kept it out as they think FORTRAN is still used alot which it is not. I think they just dont want to deal with it as they dont know how to program in it. I dont know, I am slowly trying to learn it as it is almost needed for our design projects.
If you need a hand with any CFD methods shoot me a message, I'd be happy to help as much as I can. Shocking as it may sound Fortran still exists though primarily in the national labs since the code is so huge that no one wants to think of converting it to another language. For instance, the shock physics code used by the U.S. DoD is in Fortran...all 90,000 lines of it....:drinking2:
In my limited experience it isn't too tough... If you look around online I'm sure you'll find more than enough resources to get you started. See if your school has any licenses for Adobe Dreamweaver then just start plugging through tutorials. The GUI should make it pretty easy to get a start since you won't be bogged down by the language itself.
Many web hosting services, such as 1and1, include site building tools and templates to give you a jump start without having to dig into the HTML, CSS and other code. Dreamweaver is a great tool, been using it since the Macromedia days, but it is not for the faint-hearted. While most of the work is WYSIWYG, there is a lot of hand coding/tweaking to make things work. If you decide to go the Dreamweaver route check out the many templates available to get you started. Many of the templates are free, obviously the better ones require you to open your wallet.
Fourtran??? My grandpa has been retired for 10 years and he even says that Fourtran was outdated 10 years ago...
haha, yeah it is a very old language. My dad still has some of his Fortran programs that are on punch cards. Oh well, I learned it but dont remember any of it. :shrug:
