Hello. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I am a complete beginner to programming, and need a little advice before getting started. I want to start with a language that's not next to impossible to learn for a beginner, but builds sound programming techniques and will give me an overall understanding of programming in general. I would like to eventually move into C++ programming, as I am told that this is the most powerful and flexible language around. Any advice or help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
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Ah, if I were you, I'd start with C/C++. I can't think of any languages I'd recommend learning before C/C++. BASIC causes brain damage. No offense....
Begin learning C untill you're familiar with structures. Then, move up to C++ because all your basis of C can (sort of) be used in C++, and you can skip all the beginners stuff.
You'll see that C++ gave structures another name (classes) and added some features. From there, when you really understand the basics of classes and object oriented programming, you're on the run...
PsychoBoy
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set of keywords and it is very easy to create a simple
programs. Its just when you get into object windows library (OWL), object linking
and embedding (OLE), and several other things where it gets difficult.
This is all you have to do to print hello world to the screen:
/* Hello World program, to see how C/C++ works */
/* Include standard input and output header file */
#include
/* main(), start of program */
main() {
/* print to screen or window */
printf("Hello, World!");
/* Exit program with no error */
return 0;
}
Text inside /* */ are comments and just documentate the
program.
If you're still looking for a programming language to learn,
I suggest perl. The resources for Perl on the internet are
abundant (the only programming language I have been able to teach
myself soley over the internet) and it is a very simple language
if you are experienced with the internet and HTML.
-Matt(AA)
: Hello. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I am a complete beginner to programming, and need a little advice before getting started. I want to start with a language that's not next to impossible to learn for a beginner, but builds sound programming techniques and will give me an overall understanding of programming in general. I would like to eventually move into C++ programming, as I am told that this is the most powerful and flexible language around. Any advice or help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.