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Tony Nguyen
24,934 PointsWill Team Tree House offer C++ and Java Programming lessons soon?
I would love to suggest that you guys offer these lessons! I would very much love this website even more then I already do! :)
6 Answers
Patrick Cooney
12,216 PointsIn the meantime, for Java, you may want to check out Stanford's Programming Methodology course on iTunes U. It's completely free and it teaches you good programming fundementals using Java as the language. Be aware though, since it is from Stanford, it is a recording of actual lectures and so it has a traditional academic structure.
Oh, and the class that follows it, Programming Abstractions (also on iTunes U) uses C++. I didn't watch that one so I don't know what it's like.
Brian Phillips
15,074 PointsThere is also the Java Programming course on udacity.com
James Barnett
39,199 PointsThat doesn't seem to be in the plans for Treehouse at least not according to this thread, as those languages don't fit into Treehouse's niche of focusing on making web sites and mobile apps.
Patrick Cooney
12,216 PointsTo be fair C++ is used for Windows Phone development and Java is used for Android. However, in the same way they don't have an Objective-C (the language for iOS) course I wouldn't expect to see these anytime soon either.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsI doubt they will ever offer a Windows Phone development course, I'm not sure I know of any boot camps or online schools offering it, not sure the market share is there.
Patrick Cooney
12,216 PointsOh, yeah. I don't disagree at all. It is a well known fact that windows phone and especially Windows RT are terrible performers in terms of sales. Which in a way, makes it more and less attractive at the same time. On the one hand there is the potential to make some money if you build a good quality app because competiton won't be that strong. On the other hand there aren't many people to buy that app just because of how few people are on windows phone just yet.
On a side note, because of microsoft's trouble getting developers to build for windows phone, they just released a mostly visual app creation tool last week.
Serge Serbinenko
7,410 PointsNickRP has said over twitter that they are looking for a Java teacher. So I guess java is coming but not for a long time, because they have to recruit. Plan out a course and also record it
Patrick Cooney
12,216 PointsNah, dude. They are filming already, possibly on to editing. It's on the roadmap. November release.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsTreehouse hired a Java teacher last month if I recall correctly.
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherHi, I'm Craig the new Java teacher. Come learn Java with me!
Tony Nguyen
24,934 PointsYes! A year ago later... haha :)
James Barnett
39,199 PointsA year ago later... haha :)
Tony Nguyen - What do you think is a reasonable time frame to recruit a teacher, plan a track and make the first course?
Patrick Cooney
12,216 PointsTo be fair, James, they were able to recruit a teacher and push out the first course in 1 or 2 months.