INTD 100A

1
INTD 100A

• Computing Sciences
• Freshman Seminar
• Wrap Up

2
Bits and Pieces

• CS vs. CIS Careers
• Improve your career opportunities by focusing on
  a good set of 300/400 level courses
• Everyone should take the database course this
  is where the future is.
• Dont take the Web for granted
• If you focus on HTML you are focusing on the
  past.
• Dont be misled by Dreamweaver and other cute web
  page systems
• The key is web site design, not web page design
• Web Services are the present and future.
• Is the Internet part of your IDE?

3
Bits and Pieces

• Internships
• Formal
• CAS has a formal process.
• Even a no-pay internship on your resume is worth
  it.
• Informal
• Given the growing interest in Java, you may find
  something this summer, especially in the NYC and
  Phila. Areas look around.
• Avoid make work projects.

4
Bits and Pieces

• CMPS 144 and Disc. Structures.
• If you are having problems with Disc. Structures,
  there are ways to get into CMPS 144.

5
The Five Year B.S./M.S. Program

• Always worth a look
• Talk with Dr. Bi by the end of your sophomore
  year.
• Advantage for CIS majors
• Strengthens theoretical foundation.
• Advantage to CS majors
• Insight into software management issues.

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Java vs. C

• After learning one, the other is easy, so
• Learn one very very well
• Java
• Make real use of 1.5
• Learn to really use objects
• Learn the API
• Use javadoc
• Make a jar file

• C
• Templates
• STL
• Really use C objects
• Dont get suckered into writing C using a C
  compiler.

7
Op. Sys.

• Learn at least two
• Microsoft Windows (XP)
• UNIX/Apple
• Mainframe

8
Learn to

• Use objects
• Encapsulate
• If you are doing the same thing over and over
  again, you will not be a productive software
  developer.
• Reuse is the only real key to productivity.