How to start the easy way.
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I am very new to this kind of discussion boards and I hope I am using the facility properly. The issue I require some assistance on is where to start really. I have asked for a 60 day trial version of .net from microsoft. However what I would like to do is just find a way back into programming as it has been 13years since I last done some at college (COBOL etc). I went into support and never had an opportunity to go into development. It would be nice to try and do some programming as a hobby and see if I still enjoy it. So does anybody have advice on where a beginner should begin and is there anyway of getting hold of free/cheap software until one finds if they still have the knack. Any feedback would be most gratefully recieved.:| George Pullar (Complete Beginner)
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I am very new to this kind of discussion boards and I hope I am using the facility properly. The issue I require some assistance on is where to start really. I have asked for a 60 day trial version of .net from microsoft. However what I would like to do is just find a way back into programming as it has been 13years since I last done some at college (COBOL etc). I went into support and never had an opportunity to go into development. It would be nice to try and do some programming as a hobby and see if I still enjoy it. So does anybody have advice on where a beginner should begin and is there anyway of getting hold of free/cheap software until one finds if they still have the knack. Any feedback would be most gratefully recieved.:| George Pullar (Complete Beginner)
I think there are several ways to get you going in programming world but here are my 2c ideas: 1) Get stared with HTML. It's easy and free! You need an internet browser and a text editing (notepad etc..) program. These comes loaded witn most of OS. 2) Buy Visual C++. If you don't get a development suite, it will cost you under $100 rather spending several $100. It appears to be the most common development tool out there for Window programmers. Not a bad way to start and there are lots of examples in this web site. 3) Get Linux. It's free (although it's not quite true.. it may cost you few $$) and it comes with several compiler included in. C, C++, Java etc..etc.. There are lots of different languages and development tools out there but those 3 ideas would be the way I would take it. Good luck and enjoy.:)
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I think there are several ways to get you going in programming world but here are my 2c ideas: 1) Get stared with HTML. It's easy and free! You need an internet browser and a text editing (notepad etc..) program. These comes loaded witn most of OS. 2) Buy Visual C++. If you don't get a development suite, it will cost you under $100 rather spending several $100. It appears to be the most common development tool out there for Window programmers. Not a bad way to start and there are lots of examples in this web site. 3) Get Linux. It's free (although it's not quite true.. it may cost you few $$) and it comes with several compiler included in. C, C++, Java etc..etc.. There are lots of different languages and development tools out there but those 3 ideas would be the way I would take it. Good luck and enjoy.:)
Thank You Anonymous I will try HTML / C++. I never realised that linux had these compilers, I will load this on to a partion next chance I get. Please let me know if I can hep yourself outsometime with any support questions as this is my more familiar background. Thank you for the feedback. :-D George Pullar (Complete Beginner)
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Thank You Anonymous I will try HTML / C++. I never realised that linux had these compilers, I will load this on to a partion next chance I get. Please let me know if I can hep yourself outsometime with any support questions as this is my more familiar background. Thank you for the feedback. :-D George Pullar (Complete Beginner)
dod wrote: never realised that linux had these compilers Hey, it would not make any sense providing free sources that require non-free compiler :) My latest articles: XOR tricks for RAID data protection Win32 process suspend/resume tool