View Single Post
  #26   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 21-05-2010, 01:38
Ian Curtis Ian Curtis is offline
Best Available Data
FRC #1778 (Chill Out!)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Puget Sound
Posts: 2,521
Ian Curtis has a reputation beyond reputeIan Curtis has a reputation beyond reputeIan Curtis has a reputation beyond reputeIan Curtis has a reputation beyond reputeIan Curtis has a reputation beyond reputeIan Curtis has a reputation beyond reputeIan Curtis has a reputation beyond reputeIan Curtis has a reputation beyond reputeIan Curtis has a reputation beyond reputeIan Curtis has a reputation beyond reputeIan Curtis has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Starting programming...

While finding prime numbers isn't particularly useful for driving robots, it is coding experience! As Greg mentioned, Project Euler gets you writing code to solve problems, and rewards your effort with little check marks.

Once you've solved them once, it's fun to go back and solve them in other ways too (MATLAB, Excel, Python, C, using an Arduino, etc.)!
__________________
CHILL OUT! | Aero Stability & Control Engineer
Adam Savage's Obsessions (TED Talk) (Part 2)
It is much easier to call someone else a genius than admit to yourself that you are lazy. - Dave Gingery