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If you're a bit stuck for ideas as to what to turn your programming hand to, you should check out http://projecteuler.net - personally I find them pretty fun, and practice is always a good thing, right?
That is... perfect. I love you
Easy tiger! The Java section has been quite helpful to me, and the VB. I was awesome in VB ~10 years ago but must have bumped my head 'coz it was all gone a while ago when I had to debug code on some internal applets at work. Couple of hours with Bucky and it all came back, so go on ahead and do some tutorials
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It's easy cougar in the C tutorials
Really though, that is brilliant. I mean, everything else i've tried i've got through the basic 'Hello World' then went on to the next chapter and run away screaming. This i understand perfectly, i even have a few ideas about how to apply it already. What's more he's got someone (good) working on 200 Android tutorials
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Hey PermaBand,
I remember when I had to make a choice like this for what language I wanted to learn, the best thing to do is to think about things like:
- What do I want out of this?
- Do I want a career in this industry?
- How much time am I willing to commit to this?
If your just a hobby developer then I would look at just using Visual Basic.NET or if you want a little challenge try the slightly harder c#. If you want to start developing games for major corporations such as Infinity Ward or Treyarch then I would definitely suggest learning C++ - It is at the heart of almost every game these days, however it's not for the feint hearted and you can't just rush into it. If you don't want to spend a lot of time learning things about the language then I suggest you just develop in c# or VB.NET. However if you are willing to put a lot of time into the learning process then you should start learning Java or C++,
Hope this helps you a bit,
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I remember when I had to make a choice like this for what language I wanted to learn, the best thing to do is to think about things like:
- What do I want out of this?
- Do I want a career in this industry?
- How much time am I willing to commit to this?
If your just a hobby developer then I would look at just using Visual Basic.NET or if you want a little challenge try the slightly harder c#. If you want to start developing games for major corporations such as Infinity Ward or Treyarch then I would definitely suggest learning C++ - It is at the heart of almost every game these days, however it's not for the feint hearted and you can't just rush into it. If you don't want to spend a lot of time learning things about the language then I suggest you just develop in c# or VB.NET. However if you are willing to put a lot of time into the learning process then you should start learning Java or C++,
Hope this helps you a bit,
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If you REALLY want a helping hand into C get the C for Dummies All In One Desk Reference. really thorough, really easy, really big.
Aren't 99% of those "For Dummies.." books regarded as being terrible? Much like "Learn X in 24 hours books."
The MIT OpenCourseWare site is well worth a visit. There's a lot good course material including lectures and notes for you to be able to work through in a structured way for Python, Java, C & C++.
Well this one does have the odd thing the author has had to correct on his website, such as specific things now considered bad practice, but that's to be expected anyway. I think it's rather good.
I've actually bothered to start learning basic coding again and started off with his XHTML & CSS tutorials and they are great.
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Okay - first 'run to OcUK for help' post (and basically the first hurdle), but after watching Bucky's C tutorials and understand most of it i feel like giving C++ a go. Thing is he recommends Dev-C++ as a compiler/IDE. I hear that might not be a great choice since it doesn't seem to have been updated in five years and i can't find it in any repos (compiling from source sucks, unless it's from the AUR).
So, any recommendations?
So, any recommendations?
Okay - first 'run to OcUK for help' post (and basically the first hurdle), but after watching Bucky's C tutorials and understand most of it i feel like giving C++ a go. Thing is he recommends Dev-C++ as a compiler/IDE. I hear that might not be a great choice since it doesn't seem to have been updated in five years and i can't find it in any repos (compiling from source sucks, unless it's from the AUR).
So, any recommendations?
I believe you can download Visual Studio for free which probably the best IDE. There are also C/C++ plugins for Eclipse and another open source IDE called Code::Blocks.
If you want a text editor check out Emacs and Vim.
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I think GCC is a package that's installed by default on most distros. I was hoping to avoid Vim, good as it is it takes almost as much learning as what i'd want to do with it, but you know... nothing ventured and all
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Yeah, but if i were going to use something like Notepad++ then why wouldn't i just use Gedit?
If you are using a Unix OS I suggest Emacs. I use it for pretty much everything and although it takes a while to learn, it is worth it.
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Well since Bucky only has 15 tutorials on pure C where would you suggest going next? Thanks