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Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 1:47pm On Jun 25, 2012
Please i wanna study Elect/Elect and i was told by a friend that i would need programming to be an outstanding Engineer, please i do not know how true is that.And please if it is true i would like to know the best programming book to get for a beginner and online resources that can help me with programming.

Thanks as your positive responses would be highly appreciated.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by spikesC(m): 2:26pm On Jun 25, 2012
for me, i did say yes. But it depends, you need to learn embedded programming cos that is the most of what EEE is comprised of. But surely, it is not a must. My brother studied EEE in Nigeria, they were not required to learn programming, but when he started his masters in UK on mobile blah blah something something, they are being taught programming languages, highly advanced ones o.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 6:53pm On Jun 25, 2012
spikes C: for me, i did say yes. But it depends, you need to learn embedded programming cos that is the most of what EEE is comprised of. But surely, it is not a must. My brother studied EEE in Nigeria, they were not required to learn programming, but when he started his masters in UK on mobile blah blah something something, they are being taught programming languages, highly advanced ones o.

Thanks for the insight man.
But if at all i need to do programming just to be competent in any environment both home and abroad, pls wat programming language do i need to start leaning as a beginner?
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by Otuabaroku: 2:39pm On Jun 26, 2012
You need to study C and VHDL.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 3:24pm On Jun 27, 2012
Otuabaroku: You need to study C and VHDL.

Thanks man, you have done me well by providing me information, now at least i now no how urgent i need to start learning them.

But please one more help from you, i need site(s) where i can download the E books from or the name(s) and author of such text book so that i wont go and buy rubbish.

Once again i appreciate your help.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by Otuabaroku: 4:44pm On Jun 27, 2012
Here are some of the links and books you may find helpful:

1 http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/
2 Kelley A, Pohl I, A book on C : programming in C (4th Ed.)
3 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_programming
4 Mark Zwolinski, Digital System Design with VHDL second edition
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by spikesC(m): 5:20pm On Jun 27, 2012
java will also be a great plus
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 2:27pm On Jun 28, 2012
thanks guyz you've all done me well by posting positive, encouraging answers that will(has) provided solution to me.
At least i now know where to start from..and
Otuabaroku: Here are some of the links and books you may find helpful:

1 http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/
2 Kelley A, Pohl I, A book on C : programming in C (4th Ed.)
3 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_programming
4 Mark Zwolinski, Digital System Design with VHDL second edition

i have downloaded the books and i believe they will be of help to me.

Once again Thanks to you all.

And please if there are still more useful and important Ebooks and sites that you think that will be useful to me please do not hesitate to post them.
Thanks.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by cunbee0912: 8:50am On Jun 29, 2012
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Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by cripnip(m): 12:49pm On Jun 29, 2012
Are you doing the degree here in Nigeria? When I did mine, I was taught BASIC, FORTRAN, a little MATLAB which in my opinion are old, old and narrow. If you're doing it in a private school, you'll be taught newer languages. For me, I on my own learnt BASIC then VB6 then eventually VB.NET which I used to do my project. Also learnt C++ which helped in MATLAB (using it to model also those maths equations) as all curly bracket languages are similar
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 3:46pm On Jun 29, 2012
cripnip: Are you doing the degree here in Nigeria? When I did mine, I was taught BASIC, FORTRAN, a little MATLAB which in my opinion are old, old and narrow. If you're doing it in a private school, you'll be taught newer languages. For me, I on my own learnt BASIC then VB6 then eventually VB.NET which I used to do my project. Also learnt C++ which helped in MATLAB (using it to model also those maths equations) as all curly bracket languages are similar

Am doing the degree here in Nigeria and it's gonna be a Federal Uni. and that's why i wanna learn them on my own to improve my standards. Please i want you to give me more advise and insight and also name of current Books, their Authors and editions that i can buy and also Ebooks i can download and their sites,.

If i may ask, what field are you specialized?
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by cripnip(m): 5:02pm On Jun 30, 2012
About specialisation, hmmm. There is power, electronics, communications etc but i'm not too sure. As you may deduce, i didn't really do any of the traditional areas. My project was programming along somewhat social lines! My supervisor was a younger guy, if it was one of the old profs, they wouldn't have ok'd it.

In a 9ja uni (i also attended a fed one), they don't really focus on programming. All you need is
-Maths: Engineering Maths (buy the Green cover if you didn't do further maths in sec sch but the Advanced which is Red is a must. I bought a Kreyzig though)
-Electrical: very eat book by an indian: Theraja. It's like the EEE bible (if you don't want to look like a medical student, go for Hughes like I did)
-Electronics: you might want to be careful here as this is the closest of the traditional to programming. I used a book by Donald Neamen.

You'll hardly do real programming except you find a way to do i project in it (i wanted to do something about gsm and gps but i counted the cost and turned from it).

I'm assuming you're just starting or perhaps in yr 2. Another tip is watch out for those mechanical eng courses: fluid mech and thermodynamics. They have a way of reducing gpa
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 6:44pm On Jun 30, 2012
cripnip: About specialisation, hmmm. There is power, electronics, communications etc but i'm not too sure. As you may deduce, i didn't really do any of the traditional areas. My project was programming along somewhat social lines! My supervisor was a younger guy, if it was one of the old profs, they wouldn't have ok'd it.

In a 9ja uni (i also attended a fed one), they don't really focus on programming. All you need is
-Maths: Engineering Maths (buy the Green cover if you didn't do further maths in sec sch but the Advanced which is Red is a must. I bought a Kreyzig though)
-Electrical: very eat book by an indian: Theraja. It's like the EEE bible (if you don't want to look like a medical student, go for Hughes like I did)
-Electronics: you might want to be careful here as this is the closest of the traditional to programming. I used a book by Donald Neamen.

You'll hardly do real programming except you find a way to do i project in it (i wanted to do something about gsm and gps but i counted the cost and turned from it).

I'm assuming you're just starting or perhaps in yr 2. Another tip is watch out for those mechanical eng courses: fluid mech and thermodynamics. They have a way of reducing gpa

Thanks Bro. Actually i am just about to gain admission, so i want to be exceptionally good in EEE and my area of choice is either Communication,Electronic Design or Electronics and comp. hard ware.
Which area did u study in school? undecided
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by cripnip(m): 9:12am On Jul 03, 2012
if you'd read my post you'll see i did programming. in my school, everyone in the class did all the courses. no branching to any special field.

for your goal, pay attention to electronics: diodes, fet, bjt, mosfet etc. buy that book by donald neamen and get familiar with ic's and their data sheets
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 9:38am On Jul 03, 2012
cripnip: if you'd read my post you'll see i did programming. in my school, everyone in the class did all the courses. no branching to any special field.

for your goal, pay attention to electronics: diodes, fet, bjt, mosfet etc. buy that book by donald neamen and get familiar with ic's and their data sheets

Thanks man you've really made my day and enlightened me allot. Thanks man and God bless you.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by Otuabaroku: 9:24am On Jul 04, 2012
^^^ I think you are now being confused of what you want. In your initial post, you were seeking for Programming language you will be encountering during your course as Electrical & Electronic Eng. Student.The possible languages have been listed and some of the links provided. Paying attention to electronics as cripnip advised at this stage, I think would make you not mastering the languages listed due to time and distraction.

If you want to get a feel of courses you be doing in the Uni, you can study every possible courses suggested so far. However, if you want to master the programming languages you will be encountering in Uni, then concentrate on the one listed so far and get full grasp of them before Uni.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 10:51am On Jul 04, 2012
Otuabaroku: ^^^ I think you are now being confused of what you want. In your initial post, you were seeking for Programming language you will be encountering during your course as Electrical & Electronic Eng. Student.The possible languages have been listed and some of the links provided. Paying attention to electronics as cripnip advised at this stage, I think would make you not mastering the languages listed due to time and distraction.

If you want to get a feel of courses you be doing in the Uni, you can study every possible courses suggested so far. However, if you want to master the programming languages you will be encountering in Uni, then concentrate on the one listed so far and get full grasp of them before Uni.

Thanks Bro, but wait a minute. Which one do you mean by (then concentrate on the one listed so far and get full grasp) which one in particular are you talking about? is it the c or the c++ or5 the VB or the VB.NET or the FORTRAN cos am now getting confused.

Thanks for your advise.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by Otuabaroku: 1:31pm On Jul 04, 2012
^^^ Talking about languages widely applied in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, focus on learning C and VHDL. When you have got full grasp of the aforementioned, you can explore other ones you wish.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 2:06pm On Jul 04, 2012
Otuabaroku: ^^^ Talking about languages widely applied in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, focus on learning C and VHDL. When you have got full grasp of the aforementioned, you can explore other ones you wish.

Thanks man.

If i may ask? wat field are you in?
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by Otuabaroku: 4:25pm On Jul 04, 2012
You are welcome; my background is Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Best of luck.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 6:11pm On Jul 04, 2012
Otuabaroku: You are welcomed; my background is Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Best of luck.

Thanks man and God bless you real good.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by Nobody: 12:52am On Jul 05, 2012
Ah! Am fed already! Well done y'all. Am also an EE student. I've learnt alot!
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Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by neowelsh(m): 6:39am On Jul 08, 2012
@poster, i'm an elect/elect engnrng student of NDU, in my skol as an elect student u nid programin nd logic as a stepin stone, i did c++ in year2, java in yr3 1semester nd currently doin matlab nd wil b doin embedded programin nd OBJECT ORIENTED, in my 400L. As a result of d above u nid programin 2b an elect student, also it depends on ur skol. Have fun.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by ebixy(m): 3:01am On Jul 10, 2012
i was also reali enlightened thanks especially @otuabaroku and cripnip cool i was also reali enlightened thanks especially @otuabaroku and cripnip
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by bollybees(m): 7:33am On Jul 10, 2012
For any computing or technology courses I guess knowing basic CS stuff will be of advantage...@ MIT they merge EE and CS together...u can check ocw.mit.edu. U can take this basic courses @ www.udacity.com . Basically at Unilag EE guys do C++.
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by piouson(m): 3:40pm On Jul 17, 2012
monkvirus: Please i wanna study Elect/Elect and i was told by a friend that i would need programming to be an outstanding Engineer...
I guess you have you answer now, besides the fact that 'C' is the closest to Elect/Elect, anyone who learns C can learn any other language easily!!! Java PHP Python C++ etc... C is the mother of all!!
Re: Does He Need Programming In Elect/elect.. by monkvirus(m): 3:57pm On Jul 17, 2012
piouson:
I guess you have you answer now, besides the fact that 'C' is the closest to Elect/Elect, anyone who learns C can learn any other language easily!!! Java PHP Python C++ etc... C is the mother of all!!

Thanks man.

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