Re:Follow Stanford’s iPhone Programming Class For Free
by vlad on Friday October 31, 2008 @01:29PM
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I believe they work in groups to develop their own application. Also, I don't think there's a prerequisite of programming knowledge before taking this class, thus making it a great way for any 19-year-old student to collaborate on developing an app by the end of the semester. From other posts, it doesn't count as part of the computer science major--and it may not even count as an elective.
I'm a double major in Computer Science and Mathematics at another university. I'm taking a class in developing an iPhone application (though I'm not being taught anything, it's more of an experimental independent study), which will count as an upper-level elective. Sure, I'm also interested in the "real" level 400 classes as well, but I can't take those until next Fall! So in some cases, students who take such classes are actually going above and beyond their "level" in school, with instructor permission.
If I was at Stanford, I would definitely enroll in that class.
iPhone (and Facebook) app development is the type of stuff that any sufficiently intelligent programmer (surely most Stanford CS students?) should be able to pick up from books, tutorials, documentation, etc.
If you've got the opportunity to study CS at Stanford, I'd focus on the CS fundamentals, not the latest trendy technology. Though if you're looking for a fun break from the harder stuff, maybe it's worthwhile?