bioglaze's Journal: On programming

Summer vacation will soon begin so I finally have time to work on my own projects, some of which include programming.
    Today I had "Linux and System Programming" course examination which went fine except one question about sockets.
    Ohjelmointi II (Programming II) examination is on friday, emphasis on design by contract. Language in the course is Java 1.5 which is a huge improvement over previous iterations, but I still prefer C++ over Java. If I learned something valuable from this course, it must be pre- and postconditions. I also come up with more descriptive names for methods and attributes than before.
    I haven't got enough free blocks of time to work on my raytracer, but when examinations are over, I at least have a change. Of course I will convert the code to use conventions I have learned after the last modification, which also rises the question if I should start it from the scratch.