C#, the Perils of Coding
December 7, 2018
As a graduate student at Colorado State University, I am always seeking out new forums or blogs that help with coding projects and learning new languages. ​Visual Studios is the Microsoft application that I've used to created some neat applications. Currently, I'm working on a yacht project to estimate types of yachts that can be rented and the cost for renting them. It allows for a user to add or remove a yacht to inventory.
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Walkthrough: Create a simple application with C# or Visual Basic is a helpful tutorial that gets any student started in the right direction. It starts off by helping the student configure the IDE. It progresses to establishing a project template to start creating a graphical user interface and the necessary code that makes it work. The initial code that is created is a boolean (true or false) commands. This is a common coding scenario. See the Image 01.
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This has been one of the better languages that I learned at Colorado State University. It's easy to digest and the IDE has smart text that helps fill in declared variables. Since the 2015 release to 2017, it has become a more intuitive application.
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I am still a novice with Visual Studio. It is a robust application and I feel like I've only scratched the surface. With each project, I learn a new feature that speeds up coding and debugging time. Overall, it has been a positive experience. Although my career goals have changed from the days that I decided to be a programmer, I find it helpful to understand the vernacular and process in my day-to-day job. As an instructional designer, knowing multiple programming languages will help me develop course matter that goes beyond the one dimensional aspect and potentially create more interactive features.
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