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Java Forum / First Aid / February 2005Help requested for MSc Dissertation Survey
I'm carrying out a survey as part of my dissertation for an MSc in Information Technology at the University of Liverpool. I'm researching the relative advantages of learning Java using an Integrated Development Environment when compared to using a text editor for creating code. The survey has thirteen questions only, which should take you less than five minutes to answer. Answers to all questions are optional, your responses will remain strictly confidential and will be used as part of a summary in my final dissertation only. If you can help, please visit this URL to complete the survey: http://www.jeremyrussell.co.uk/studentsurvey.jsp Thanks in advance Jeremy Russell > I'm carrying out a survey as part of my dissertation for an MSc in > Information Technology at the University of Liverpool. I'm researching [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jeremy Russell I tried to help, but your web form refuses to cooperate (see below). :) Column not found, message from server: "Unknown column 'count0' in 'field list'" com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:1977)  SignatureRegards, Karsten Same here, Column not found, message from server: "Unknown column 'count0' in 'field list'" com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:1977) Hi all, Yes I had a problem (aka error) and yes, I've fixed it now. Please have another go - you might need to use a different URL, to bypass the cookie check: http://www.jeremyrussell.co.uk/studentsurveyquestion.jsp There was one question that was causing this problem. Typically, it was the very last question, which only caused this problem if you helpfully replied "Y" to "May I contact you again?" I think I already learnt something from this experience 1) Test everything thoroughly and then test it again. 2) Sod's Law says that "it goes wrong for helpful folks" 3) I should really learn to code. My apologies and thanks for your patience, all Jeremy >I tried to help, but your web form refuses to cooperate (see below). :) > >Column not found, message from server: "Unknown column 'count0' in >'field list'" > >com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:1977) >> I'm carrying out a survey as part of my dissertation for an MSc in >> Information Technology at the University of Liverpool. I'm researching [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> Jeremy Russell > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Jeremy Seems to work now. And by the way: shame on you for not making Eclipse an option in the IDE comboboxes. ;) -- Regards, Karsten Or IntelliJ. >> Hi all, >> [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >Seems to work now. And by the way: shame on you for not making Eclipse >an option in the IDE comboboxes. ;) Well, I figured I'd leave something to enter into the 'other' box ... Eclipse does seem to have been the most popular 'other' thus far. Note : it would be difficult to have used Java for "more than 10 years" as it was publically released on May 23, 1995. It was available for d/l before that (late 1994), but of limited interest. "Seamus" <zawadzki@yahoo.com> scribbled on the stall wall: > Note : it would be difficult to have used Java for "more than 10 years" > as it was publically released on May 23, 1995. It was available for d/l > before that (late 1994), but of limited interest. Reminds me of late 90s job ads asking for five or seven years experience on win95. 1997-1995=two to three years...People who write job ads can be such morons. I remember another one where they asked for someone with experience configuring modums. >"Seamus" <zawadzki@yahoo.com> scribbled on the stall wall: >> Note : it would be difficult to have used Java for "more than 10 years" [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >morons. I remember another one where they asked for someone with >experience configuring modums. Fair point - I do enjoy reading typo's in job ads. I figured ten years+ was acceptable as an option, since as you say the language has been around just about that long. Thus far, no-one has claimed that much experience, which is encouraging. JR reminds me of a job request I cam across back in 1999. "applicant must have 10 or more years experience in all of the following: C++, Visual basic, Data base application development or Java" some times I feel that the PHBs do not really know what they are talking about.... hmm... :-) > I'm carrying out a survey as part of my dissertation for an MSc in > Information Technology at the University of Liverpool. I'm researching [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jeremy Russell What if I didn't take a class? My dissertation is intended to compare the relative benefits of learning in a class with or without an IDE; however, if you would like to answer based on your presumably self-taught experience, that'll be equally helpful. I've amended the wording very slightly to account for that. >> I'm carrying out a survey as part of my dissertation for an MSc in >> Information Technology at the University of Liverpool. I'm researching [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >What if I didn't take a class? > My dissertation is intended to compare the relative benefits of > learning in a class with or without an IDE; however, if you would like > to answer based on your presumably self-taught experience, that'll be > equally helpful. > > I've amended the wording very slightly to account for that. Thanks, because when I was learning it, no one was teaching it. >I'm carrying out a survey as part of my dissertation for an MSc in >Information Technology at the University of Liverpool. I'm researching [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Jeremy Russell Why is C++/C# an option in prior languages instead of C/C++. C# has nothing to do with C ++? You're right, I changed that. What I'm really trying to establish with that question is whether a respondent had prior OO experience before taking on Java. >>I'm carrying out a survey as part of my dissertation for an MSc in >>Information Technology at the University of Liverpool. I'm researching [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >Why is C++/C# an option in prior languages instead of C/C++. C# has >nothing to do with C ++? > I'm carrying out a survey as part of my dissertation for an MSc in > Information Technology at the University of Liverpool. I'm researching [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jeremy Russell I got the following error message on studentsurveyresponse.jsp (after submitting results on studentsurveyquestion.jsp) > Something has gone wrong with the survey. Further details are shown below. > > String index out of range: 500 > > java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1441) SignatureRegards, Roland de Ruiter ___ ___ /__/ w_/ /__/ / \ /_/ / \ Dammit. Sorry, I think that's fixed now. I've received 40 responses thus far and would like to thank all the responders for their help! >> I'm carrying out a survey as part of my dissertation for an MSc in >> Information Technology at the University of Liverpool. I'm researching [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >> java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1441) Seems a bit unscientific wouldn't you say? did your prof. approve this methodology? >Seems a bit unscientific wouldn't you say? did your prof. approve this >methodology? As a part of this study, yep. > The survey has thirteen questions only, which should take you less > than five minutes to answer. A number of the questions make assumptions that are not necessarily true. For example, questions 3 and 4 ask about "your first Java Programming class", which assumes that the person has taken a Java programming class. > Answers to all questions are optional, How is that? 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