Even More Changes!

The week was very intensive in terms of making decisions.  I considered various possiblities, and came to the following conclusions:

a)  I am not ready to spend time developing Java programs just yet.  Android is really nice platform, but too diverse;

b)  since my Java understanding is very good (I can write quite complicated programs, using various available techniques and patterns), I better press on to reaching my ultimate goal of learning Objective-C, rather than reviewing Java;

c)  even though it is possible for me to take both C++ and Objective-C courses and study in parallel, it would be better to study C++ first, learn and practice more programming patterns, and then continue on with Objective-C.

So, in light of all those considerations, I've decided to take CS106B course as planned.  My C++ studies began in the middle of the week, and developed nice pace already.  I like Julie Zelenski videos very much, and her teaching style being different from Mehran's seem to suit me better:  everything is so vivid and clear, I hardly need to review the textbook.

One more decision I've made this week was purchasing the Xcode 4 from MacApps Store, and figuring out how to make it work with my C++ course requirements.  I should say, that the difference between Xcode 3.2 which I already had downloaded and installed some long time ago and Xcode 4 is quite big, especially when it comes down to configuring projects and workspace.  However, right now I've got both versions of SDK working all right, and even have done some pretty basic C++ coding!