Programming I VB.NET

[Keon]

[Chairman_Tiel]

I'm going to assume Tunnel's a giant baby, then, if he's going to get his butt whooped by that.

Or a pony. Either or.

[hyperlite]

Spoiler:

This is before fr0st got that face-lift and yellow contacts.

[Tunnelthunder]

I hope I don't loose a fight to anything that much smaller and weaker than me.... It would suck to say "First man killed by an aye-aye" on my grave, too.

[Keon]

"Here lies tunnelthunder: First to get eaten alive by Fr0stbyte124. fr0stbyte125 is a different matter.

[Dux_Tell31]

UPDATE

So every day now, I've been hoping from the boredom of listening to the teacher lecture over and over again. That we'll get to start hacking away at the keyboard. My wish has come true, at least to a degree. In the attached document was my class work for today, its no more than copying and pasting (no critical thinking). So take a look!
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?eawidtd8lf8caos

Also for people who aren't familiar with Visual Basic, I have uploaded the video that my teacher used to introduce me to VB, so "enjoy" this as well.
http://youtu.be/m2sD8s_qMcY

[fr0stbyte124]

Well, they don't leave much to chance, do they?

[Dux_Tell31]

Well, they don't leave much to chance, do they?

What do you mean by that?

[fr0stbyte124]

They give you the layout, the names of the controls, what specifically to do for every event. I get that it's an introduction the language and Visual Studio, but I would normally expect a programming class to include at least a little problem solving.

But maybe that will be later. This class only started last month, right?

[Dux_Tell31]

They give you the layout, the names of the controls, what specifically to do for every event. I get that it's an introduction the language and Visual Studio, but I would normally expect a programming class to include at least a little problem solving.

But maybe that will be later. This class only started last month, right?

Thats correct, I've also had to remind myself constantly, that this curriculum is people who have absolutely no experience with computers, if that gives some context to the class.

[Keon]

Welcome to class. Here is how to sit down in a chair. I will now demonstrate. Please find a chair and sit down. VERY GOOD!

[Dux_Tell31]

Amped up the sucker level in class today, we started the "super hard" unit on variables.

[hyperlite]

If you already know everything in this class why take it?

Are you going to continue?

[Dux_Tell31]

If you already know everything in this class why take it?

Are you going to continue?

Because I don't know everything, just close to everything. The concepts I understand perfectly, unlike many of my classmates. The things I have trouble with are the vocab, and a few syntax things. Like memorizing this blasted Hungarian Notation System.

Also this a pre-requiset course for other, more useful programming classes.

[fr0stbyte124]

Short version:

ByVal: variable is cloned, original remains untouched.
ByRef: reference to orignal is passed, original will be modified.

Primitives (bright blue type) default to ByVal.
Class objects (teal type) default to ByRef.

Lamda expressions destroy the entire concept of ByVal/ByRef and I pray you never have to use them.

C equivalent, for the curious:

int a = item (val)
int* a = &item (ref, literally a 4 byte memory address)
int a = *(&item) (val at ref)


Edit:
Why do you need to know Hungarian notation?