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Programming Languages

8/27/2016

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A lot of people have religious fervor over which programming language is the 'best'. I never joined that debate - it seems endless, if not pointless. Every language has good and bad points -- if you don't understand that, you aren't experienced enough in the language yet. The best programming language to use is the one that will get the job done within the constraints of the problem.  

A constraint could be a language that your company says you must use - so that's the 'best' language to use. A constraint could be an inability to hire someone with experience with a language you want to use. A constraint could be a tight deadline that precludes you learning a new language that might be more useful than the language you already know. And, of course, there are always technical constraints between various pieces of software that excludes or encourages the use of a language. 

So, I'm pragmatic regarding programming languages. What works works. Let's deliver something and move on the next cool thing to code. 
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JavaFX

8/27/2016

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Back in the day I wrote some small dialogs and simple user interfaces with Swing, but I never became proficient with it. I just never had the need to do so - especially since I became a supervisor, manager, and director at the software company I was working for. 

So, now that I've gotten back into coding in Java from the Android side of things, and now that I'm teaching Programming and Problem Solving I and II at Pima Community College which uses Java as the teaching language, I have more reason to dive deeper into Java. 

To my surprise, JavaFX seems to be reasonably easy to learn and use. Check out my BattleShip game I created to try out some JavaFX concepts. It's rather simple, but not too bad for a first effort. 

The problem with creating software for others to use is that the fun coding part of it is only a small part of the entire process. I like designing and writing and testing code, but I don't care for creating the graphical elements, the sound, or the user interface. Each of those areas is a full time career in themselves. So I'm focusing on the coding and the user interface you see will be simple and usually text-based just so I can keep moving and learning and enjoying myself. 
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