Hello all

[P3-450]

First of all sorry for asking this here, I cant find anywhere else suitible. Mods feel free to move if you want.
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Im a total newbie when it comes to programming of any kind. But Im the kinda guy that likes to try a bit of everything when it comes to computer :bigyello:

My question to you guys is basically, where do I start?

What language to you recommend me starting of with?

is there such thing as leaning programming the easy way :eek:

Im just talking about simple programs to start of with. Something that even I could do ;)

Thanks :)

[NoteMe]

It is a perfect question for the General Programming section, and if I could I would probably have moved it there. There has been a couple of threads like that there all ready. One thread like that is this one:

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=292304&highlight=start


A good read, and a search will reveal more threads like it in the same section.


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[Dillinger4]

Don't get caught in the .Net like a fish. :lol:

[MartinLiss]

Moved. And while I'm an "old dog" and I use VB6, I would suggest you start with one of the .Net languages.

[NoteMe]

Yes, .NET is a great thing. But at most Unis and Collages (here in Norway at least) you are started off with Java. It hides a lot of the difficult stuff as pointers and stuff for you as good as it can, and you still have lots of OOP to play with, and all that.


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[Dillinger4]

I think it all depends in your language background. I find C# difficult to program in. Part of it is since i use Java for everything i don't know much if the .Net api but other than that i find some of the added language features i just don't need. ie function pointers, passing by ref plus having a unified type system is annoying . I think adding a unified type system was talked about in the Java community and shot down. Some are gonna say well if you don't like the added language features then just don't use them. But you have to keep in mind if you are ever planning on becoming a developer you are gonna have to use them at some point because most of the code you write is usually not from scratch. So your gonna be fishing through someone elses(usually) bad code. Also certifications. The more you have to know the more there is to get tripped up on.

[P3-450]

Thank you all

I think Im gonna start off with VB6 and see how I get on

[Valleysboy1978]

Hmmm, depends on what kind of experience you already have.
If you know the basics of programming then VB6 is probably the best one to start on. Java might also be a good one to learn as it is based on C++ so should you ever need to do C++ you have some basis.

Most of the 3rd generation languages (C, java, vb, pascal etc) are very similar in their basic structure so once you learn one it isn't too bad learning another. :thumb:

[P3-450]

I did a bit of Turbo Pascal back in college but that was about 5 years ago and didnt make anything special.

I was told that Delphi is the same as pascal, so I could give that another go too.