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You can see Java running on most university's websites, and those websites look awful. One thing I experienced with Java is that it is much slower than other web technologies.
Front-ends aren't written in Java, what does Java have to do with it?
I feel like I don't know anything --- CompSci Major
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Re: I feel like I don't know anything --- CompSci Major
#12Because its a good CS school. CS is about the mathematics of computation, not about the computers. Technology is an implementation detail. ;) (It's an ivory tower academic course, not a course intended to help people start businesses).
You can find Dijkstra's notes online and they're all handwritten, for example.
How can I change this
Study and practice whatever it is you specifically want to get better at, I guess, be that database administration or dealing with small business taxes, taking payments or whatever.
Re: I feel like I don't know anything --- CompSci Major
#13Pick something you want to make and make it. The best guideline for this task is to scope small. For example, try and code a clone of Breakout. Now try and do it in a language you've never used. Maybe try and render it server-side and send the info to a canvas element on a web page. The other direction you could go is implementing algorithms in various languages as a sort of mental workout, but that's a lot less fun.
Re: I feel like I don't know anything --- CompSci Major
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You can see Java running on most university's websites, and those websites look awful. One thing I experienced with Java is that it is much slower than other web technologies.
Front-ends aren't written in Java, what does Java have to do with it?
Re: I feel like I don't know anything --- CompSci Major
#15Good luck, I know you can do it :)
Re: I feel like I don't know anything --- CompSci Major
#16You can't gain confidence by studying, you must gain confidence by doing. My suggestion is that you start building things, pick an idea and execute it begin-to-end. Then pick a more complex project and do it all over again. It is very important that you finish everything you start though so pick your battles wisely. Good luck, I know you can do it :)
Re: I feel like I don't know anything --- CompSci Major
#17You can't gain confidence by studying, you must gain confidence by doing. My suggestion is that you start building things, pick an idea and execute it begin-to-end. Then pick a more complex project and do it all over again. It is very important that you finish everything you start though so pick your battles wisely. Good luck, I know you can do it :)