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Nikkol
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Nikkol
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 Posted - 22 August 2003 : 18:08:13
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| vbscript (a watered-down version of Visual Basic) is a good place to start if you've had no experience what-so-ever. it is pretty intuitive. The forums use vbscript mostly with ASP (Active Server Pages). you should also look at what your goal is for learning the scripting language or full programming language. If you intention is to make web applications, then you'll want to start with scripting most likely. |
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OneWayMule
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Posted - 22 August 2003 : 18:17:51
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There is no "use this and learn that" answer to your question.
Depends on what you want to do, what resources you have access to/available (hardware such as a server, money for development tools, etc) and your experience.
As for web development languages, some people say PHP is easier to learn, other say learning ASP is good for unexperienced people, and others would say learn (ASP).NET because it's more powerful etc.
Again, it depends on what you want to do with it.
Same goes for the "software programming languages". If you want to create some little windows apps, I'd say go with Visual Basic, if you plan to create applications that need to be powerful, fast etc. I'd recomment C++.
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jrbp
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Posted - 22 August 2003 : 18:27:26
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| what i want to do is create forums and other programs for the web and wysiwyg html editors and games and other programs for windows it would probably be better to learn c++ then because games need to react fast |
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laser
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Posted - 22 August 2003 : 20:40:52
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Yes, but C++ can be very hard for newbie programmers to learn. I'd suggest start with something "easier". Even if you learn C that would be easier, because it doesn't have all the object orientation that C++ has. Probably the best advice is to start off small. Write stuff that you KNOW you can finish, but is challenging at the same time. Build on your knowledge, push the rules (sometimes!) and you'll go a long way. You probably won't be a gun programmer in 6 months, but you should have something to show for the time.
Oh, and don't go back and laugh at your first program ... you can go & look at it, but appreciate how much you knew at the time. I have sunk weeks into a few screens of code, at the end it doesn't look complex but the amount you have to learn to write it is the journey. |
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HuwR
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Posted - 23 August 2003 : 02:58:13
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1) ASP is NOT a language, so you can't really learn it
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If you want to create some little windows apps, I'd say go with Visual Basic, if you plan to create applications that need to be powerful, fast etc. I'd recomment C++.
Well you could try Delphi, as this will do all of these things and mean you only have to learn one language |
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jrbp
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Gremlin
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Posted - 23 August 2003 : 11:00:12
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| Some languages are definately easier than others to learn , but at the end of the day it's the logical approach to writing a program and problem solving you need to learn most, after all programming languages really are much like the spoken language the words are different but the end results are usually the same. |
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Roland
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Posted - 23 August 2003 : 19:17:32
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Originally posted by Gremlin
... after all programming languages really are much like the spoken language the words are different but the end results are usually the same.
Except that most people are forgiving when you make a typo or mis-pronounce a word. Computers tend to get all upset when you do something wrong 
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Gremlin
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Posted - 23 August 2003 : 23:03:51
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| LOL, Yes that is very true Frutzle :) |
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