Guest Flashstar Posted July 23, 2005 Well, I have no real hobby right now, so I was wondering what programming language I should learn. I have only programmed in basic once and I want to get to a more complicated language. I have forgotten everything, so I was wondering what I should do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aeromun Posted July 23, 2005 c++, once you learn quite a bit of that you can learn some of the various extra libraries of it to make graphics..like using opengl an stuff.. i love it.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Verran Posted July 23, 2005 Well, I always thought that VB was a good starter language because the syntax is very straight forward and the graphics make it a little more user friendly. However, VB is not free, and DevCPP is, so maybe you should start there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kamikaze_Badger Posted July 23, 2005 DO NOT DO ANYTHING REGARDING BASIC! I WARN YOU NOW! Start with C. And, use the links here: http://www.freeprogrammingresources.com/freetutr.html *sits and waits humbly for markiemrboo* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Overclocker16 Posted July 23, 2005 Start with Java. Though before I started Java I had done some C++. But, once you do and learn Java, then C++ will be easy enough to learn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Flashstar Posted July 23, 2005 Thanks for the info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kamikaze_Badger Posted July 23, 2005 Java will be much easier to learn if you learn C first. Why? C dosn't have any OOP .. So, in the end, I and several other coders say the following: START WITH C. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Flashstar Posted July 23, 2005 Is it ok to start with c++? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kamikaze_Badger Posted July 23, 2005 YGPM. You can start with it (I did...), but I don't recommend it. You'll have advanced stuff infront of you before you can even learn the basics. C++ has classes, inheritence, and polymorphism (So does Java, and that has much different syntax than C, peoples!). Visual Basic 6 teaches bad programming habits. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Overclocker16 Posted July 23, 2005 Sure it's ok. But IMO it's easier to start with Java. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kamikaze_Badger Posted July 23, 2005 No, it's easier to start with C so you don't have to deal with classes in your first god danged program. In Java, OOP is heavily abused. Hell, every single function is in a class. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spazmire11 Posted July 23, 2005 what bad habits dose it teach? cause i personaly like vb6.0 quite a bit, howeverr i think next year that like will be reaplaced with a like for vb.net is that just as bad? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
