Day 1

Today was an interesting day for development. I got my server up and running and with that learning that iOS has many flaws in which I will get into greater detail about in another post probably tomorrow morning. Using only the tools that I have now I have challenged myself to learn the C++ programming language more than what I know already. To be completely honest I have a very basic understanding of this object-oriented language but after reading three chapters from an old textbook that I had lying around. 

The textbook I'm using to base my knowledge of the C++ programming language is Larry Nyhoff's, ADT's, Data Structures, and Problem Solving with C++. This book does a great job at explaining the intricacies of the language itself and by the third chapter one is introduced to memory management using pointers. I enjoy having the liberty to control my memory in such a fashion. After all it's predecessor is C and I do love writing code in C. 

The next challenge that I have laid before me is familiarizing myself with using Wordpress to build a gallery website for a client. I have the package already installed on my server so all that's left is to fiddle around with it until I get the job done. I might have to pick up a book or two on the CMS (Control Management System) but it'll be worth it in my honest opinion. Maybe I'll even use it to transfer this blog over to a Wordpress site depending on how many hours I have to put into this but we'll see. 

Started creation of my curriculum for AP Computer Science as I may have the opportunity to become an AP Computer Science teacher depending on if the school accepts my curriculum or not. The hardest part about creating curriculums is that I have to create it in a way that no one will get confused on the concepts but that's hard to do with Computer Science unless the student has some really great math background. This is what I'm hoping for but I'm creating two tests the students must complete on the first day of class to gauge there skills as well as some simple Google Forms to get to know that students better as well as the OS (Operating Systems) they will be using at home to further adapt my curriculum to match. Using Linux for the past couple of years made me come to realization that Open-Source Software should be the only solution for these students that want to learn how to develop. We shall see when the time comes. 

Till Next Time

Aaron Jones