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Well i don't really know whether i should be here, but i'm just after some advice really. I'm 18yrs old, and am studying C at the moment, which i'm finding challenging to say the least. I'm probably going to Leeds University to study Computer Science later on this year, and am just wondering if C and VB are the best languages to start off on? - This is what i've heard. I'm interested in gaining a grasp of object orientated stuff, as well as a more general purpose code, like C. If anyone can shed any light on this, or just offer me some friendly advice to a beginner-programmer, then please please get in touch. llitanzios85@hotmail.com Thanks so much. Lewis. :)
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Well i don't really know whether i should be here, but i'm just after some advice really. I'm 18yrs old, and am studying C at the moment, which i'm finding challenging to say the least. I'm probably going to Leeds University to study Computer Science later on this year, and am just wondering if C and VB are the best languages to start off on? - This is what i've heard. I'm interested in gaining a grasp of object orientated stuff, as well as a more general purpose code, like C. If anyone can shed any light on this, or just offer me some friendly advice to a beginner-programmer, then please please get in touch. llitanzios85@hotmail.com Thanks so much. Lewis. :)
If you really want to learn programming.. you need to learn a real fully object oriented language like C++... VB6 is great but it teachs bad programming habits.. understanding C++ and object oriented programming well will help you learning C# , VB.NET later.
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Well i don't really know whether i should be here, but i'm just after some advice really. I'm 18yrs old, and am studying C at the moment, which i'm finding challenging to say the least. I'm probably going to Leeds University to study Computer Science later on this year, and am just wondering if C and VB are the best languages to start off on? - This is what i've heard. I'm interested in gaining a grasp of object orientated stuff, as well as a more general purpose code, like C. If anyone can shed any light on this, or just offer me some friendly advice to a beginner-programmer, then please please get in touch. llitanzios85@hotmail.com Thanks so much. Lewis. :)
Lewis: I too would not recommend VB. It doesn't do OOP well and you will want to switch to something else. If you are having a challenge with C then C++ is not going to be easier. I suggest starting with Borland Turbo Pascal (or at least some version of pascal) which is what most CompSci majors start with and have for over 20 years t most universities. It seems to be a good language to learn on. I myself started with Fortran but that was a long time ago... Turbo Pascal can be written OO or not so after you learn the basics of programming you can move on to OOP. C is also great but personally I would recommend learning C and C++ as a second/third language. I'm sure there are some who can dive right in and will disagree with me but for most beginners Pascal has earned the mantle of being the language of educators. Good luck. CD.:suss:
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Well i don't really know whether i should be here, but i'm just after some advice really. I'm 18yrs old, and am studying C at the moment, which i'm finding challenging to say the least. I'm probably going to Leeds University to study Computer Science later on this year, and am just wondering if C and VB are the best languages to start off on? - This is what i've heard. I'm interested in gaining a grasp of object orientated stuff, as well as a more general purpose code, like C. If anyone can shed any light on this, or just offer me some friendly advice to a beginner-programmer, then please please get in touch. llitanzios85@hotmail.com Thanks so much. Lewis. :)
I would recommend learning C first, and then C++. Its a very logical manner to learn the two probably most important languages you could learn. They are both fairly complex, but if you know them well, development for Windows and *nix systems gets infinitely easier. VB isn't even really a OO language, it just is a bastardization of OO, its primary goal being to "protect" you from yourself. VB is ok for very small, quick programs, but programming a large project in VB is almost unmanageable.