I've finally taken a break from programming. I've been working a lot lately on the MySQL stuff and java. I have completed 1 and a half programs. The first program I finished wasn't as extravagant as I wanted but could not think of a way to get it to work. I hoped to use a template, but I found it too hard, so I just hard coded the html into the program. It connects to the database and creates a webpage from the data. Each database entry outputs to a web page. The second program that I'm halfway done with makes an index page for the database. The final page will be an html file that will list the movies in the order of the release date. I have the code done to create the web page. I just figure out how to get to sort by dates then title. I think that has to be done with the SQL statement. I don't think I should have too much left to do, and I think I might end up finishing it tonight.
I've come to realize how much a geek I am. I love this programming stuff, but I get burnted out easily. When I took comp sci classes here at Madison, I liked them until I couldn't figure out what to do. There was such limited help that they offered you. You were not supposed to talk to anyone except the professor about your programs. This cut down on the learning that could go on. If you were having troubles, you could not ask someone you knew in the class, because it was considered cheating. I can understand why they do this, but to the extent they take it to seems extreme. I also recognize with programs, there is no way the professor can tell 2 programs apart from the code. But what I'm doing now, I can just do a search on Google and find what I want. I've become effiecent at reading through sample code and understanding what is going on. I'm such a dork.
