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snakenobi on 25 August 2011
Xenostar said:
You can learn to programme fine even with basic math knowledge, dont let what anyone says put you off, clearly there are some areas that require good maths (physics engine, Graphics, etc ) but for small apps dont worry about it you will learn anything you dont know and need on the way. Agood understanding of logic and logic operators is probably more useful to get started.

yup programming seems easy and i am very interested in it but complex maths is what scares me.

 

today was my first day and they started with physics where it went off my head

 

maths was understandable but i don'ty want to be doing maths as in literally

 

i am a critical thinker,can think logically and algorithmically.

 

 

what do you think is need for apps like that on iphone market



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snakenobi on 25 August 2011
ghettoglamour said:
websites are not very complicated to program, any programmer with the minimum of skills in programming (and in maths, if you ask) should be able to make a simple website.

In fact, the difficulty of programming such websites as social networks, online shops, intranets for enterprises, etc. is the content of it.
Great programming skills are often less needed than understanding what(and how) the people that are going to use your applications want and need it to do.
Another important thing which hasn't been mentioned yet the ability to work in team, since almost every application nowadays is made by several people who actually need to work and discuss with each other. To me, this is way more important than maths skills.


yeah i don't want to be developing programming new technology but but programming products and services

 

can you tell me if sites like yahoo and facebook needed any complex programming

 

and who does the encryption on most sites around the world,for that complex maths would be needed as far as i know



Xenostar on 25 August 2011
snakenobi said:
Xenostar said:
You can learn to programme fine even with basic math knowledge, dont let what anyone says put you off, clearly there are some areas that require good maths (physics engine, Graphics, etc ) but for small apps dont worry about it you will learn anything you dont know and need on the way. Agood understanding of logic and logic operators is probably more useful to get started.

yup programming seems easy and i am very interested in it but complex maths is what scares me.

 

today was my first day and they started with physics where it went off my head

 

maths was understandable but i don'ty want to be doing maths as in literally

 

i am a critical thinker,can think logically and algorithmically.

 

 

what do you think is need for apps like that on iphone market


You should only really need to learn physics if your making certain types of games or some kind of simulation, but youll need to be more specific when you say iphone apps, iphone runs everything a PC does from full 3d action games to apps that are basically just a front for a website, its all on a smaller scale of course but the work involved is technically no easier or harder.



snakenobi on 25 August 2011
Xenostar said:
snakenobi said:
Xenostar said:
You can learn to programme fine even with basic math knowledge, dont let what anyone says put you off, clearly there are some areas that require good maths (physics engine, Graphics, etc ) but for small apps dont worry about it you will learn anything you dont know and need on the way. Agood understanding of logic and logic operators is probably more useful to get started.

yup programming seems easy and i am very interested in it but complex maths is what scares me.

 

today was my first day and they started with physics where it went off my head

 

maths was understandable but i don'ty want to be doing maths as in literally

 

i am a critical thinker,can think logically and algorithmically.

 

 

what do you think is need for apps like that on iphone market


You should only really need to learn physics if your making certain types of games or some kind of simulation, but youll need to be more specific when you say iphone apps, iphone runs everything a PC does from full 3d action games to apps that are basically just a front for a website, its all on a smaller scale of course but the work involved is technically no easier or harder.

mostly all apps

not taking games as they need a graphic designer



scottie on 25 August 2011
snakenobi said:
nightsurge said:
Faxanadu said:

 

i can still cope with calculus and linear algebra but physics is out of reach

 

i want to be programming websites and other utility applications,what will be required for these.

i don't think developing a website and its design requires that tough of maths.i am pretty good algorithmically

 

for example what is required for making vgchartz,facebook,yahoo?please datail which part requries what maths

 

Physics skills and knowledge are only required for fairly specific aspects of computing, mostly related to computer modelling. Regardless, if you do end up having physics related problems, then feel free to send me any questions you have - I tutor first year university physics and should be able to help you out.

 

As others have said, the amount of maths and physics required really depends on what part of programming you focus on.

 

AI and computer modelling will be very maths heavy

 

Developing something like VGC would be much less maths intensive than that.



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hentai_11 on 25 August 2011
snakenobi said:
ghettoglamour said:
websites are not very complicated to program, any programmer with the minimum of skills in programming (and in maths, if you ask) should be able to make a simple website.

In fact, the difficulty of programming such websites as social networks, online shops, intranets for enterprises, etc. is the content of it.
Great programming skills are often less needed than understanding what(and how) the people that are going to use your applications want and need it to do.
Another important thing which hasn't been mentioned yet the ability to work in team, since almost every application nowadays is made by several people who actually need to work and discuss with each other. To me, this is way more important than maths skills.


yeah i don't want to be developing programming new technology but but programming products and services

 

can you tell me if sites like yahoo and facebook needed any complex programming

 

and who does the encryption on most sites around the world,for that complex maths would be needed as far as i know

You should watch the film "The Social Network". 



adriane23 on 25 August 2011

Like others have said, it depends on what you plan to program. Strong logic skills and critical thinking are the key for any programming language. Have you learned any languages yet?



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Kirameo on 25 August 2011

Many maths are required. I would advise you to get around 30~35 maths to start.



 

Ail on 25 August 2011

It highly depends what kind of product you are developing.
Where I work, about 30% of the workforce has a maths, physics or mechanics PHD but that is not the norm.
Very few computer programming actually require strong physics as this is often done by a third party toolkit you will be using...

In any case you will need strong logic skills which typically is tied to good maths skills ( if you are good at maths you are good at logic and vice versa..)
You will need good maths skills for algorithmic ( which will happen if you end up working on performances).

I do work in an area where maths is key but once again it is not the norm  ( bsplines, knot vectors, pcurves, non manifold solids, anyone ?)



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dahuman on 25 August 2011

Unless you are coding really advanced AI or physics related projects(NASA or physics labs,) you shouldn't need too much math.