programming for dummies

Ooo great thread :)

I have been thinking similar... and lots of this answers my questions!

I know vb a bit... done that at college, but it seems to be taken a slating lol

What is a good language then taking into consideration that a wee bit of programming has been done before?

Also, whats the difference between C, C++ and C#?

One last wee thing... python, ruby, etc? What are those exactly...? Are they java based... or whole new languages?

Thanks!
 
craig_kennedy83 said:
Ooo great thread :)

I have been thinking similar... and lots of this answers my questions!

I know vb a bit... done that at college, but it seems to be taken a slating lol

What is a good language then taking into consideration that a wee bit of programming has been done before?

Also, whats the difference between C, C++ and C#?

One last wee thing... python, ruby, etc? What are those exactly...? Are they java based... or whole new languages?

Thanks!
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I don't mean to patronise or offend, but wiki can answer most of those questions!

But, in answer to your last question, Ruby and Python similar to perl and are intepreted languages. Not java based at all, and not really similar. And Ruby rocks!
 
meghatronic said:
I don't mean to patronise or offend, but wiki can answer most of those questions!

But, in answer to your last question, Ruby and Python similar to perl and are intepreted languages. Not java based at all, and not really similar. And Ruby rocks!
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I get ya :)

Sadly i had thought of wiki (as when i was readin this i was on wiki readin about aids for some reason), but from wiki i got vast amounts of info and example of each.

I was more looking for quick pros and cons, what people find best and whats good for someone fair new to it :)

Thanks for the Ruby, Python and Pearl info tho, think ill avoid those, kind feel like some C... just god knows if C, C++ or C# is the way forward!
 
Wang Computer said:
Java or Pascal, depending on whether you want something useful or not.

Stay away from scripting languages like Python as they will breed bad habits in to you at this stage.
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Strongly typed, heavily OO languages like Java and C# can also cause bad habits to arise, especially due to the large amount of boilerplate and need for proper structure :)
 
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Everyone always suggests c++ because its the best and most efficient. But it will take a fair amount of headaches to get it to do what you want and a lot to build something approaching a program. The simpler languages arent simpler because the stupid people use them, its because they handle most of the rubbish, so you can get down to doing the real programming quicker.
 
Download Visual C# Express Edition and give C# a try.

.NET has far more to offer someone new who wants to dive in and have a go than scratching around in C/C++.
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Thanks for the tip. Didn't know that existed.

Cheers,

Nigel
 
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