Where do I get started? Seriously......

I wanna be a programmer when I grow up, seriously, and I know nothing about programming, so where do I get started? Is it a good idea to start with writing SCAR scripts? if it is, teach me how to write SCAR scripts. I heard everybody saying C++ is the strongest program language, where and how I learn it, I'm pretty good at using computer, I just wanna start to learn something about programming. Advices please......

 

Start with SCAR because its the easiest, but anyhow, Moved to --> Other programming (or whatever its called)

 

Yea.. C++ is kinda hard for a beginner.. I suggest reading tuts about delphi to learn the basics about making SCAR scripts.. Then read around SRL manual to see about the procedures and functions it has and then start making some scripts.

 

Try python if you don't want a boring beggining. Python is kinda tricky in the beggining, but is pretty fun


Download Python

 

do NOT pick SCAR. It's not a programming language, it's just a simplified version of Delphi. Go for something Object-Oriented like C# or Java.

 

pick Batch. Its about the easiest to learn. You cant do much with it though. And with most of the other languages you can mess up your computer but with batch you can only mess it up if you put Del C:\ (deleats the c drive)

 

but then, Batch isn't a real language. The best start is always an object-oriented language because that's what you will find useful for the rest of your life (if you choose to become a programmer).

 

Do NOT learn scar... like mentioned above it lacks many purposes and flexiblities. There are plenty of books on object oriented programming. A good beginners book is blue J, which is a visual Java object oriented prog, etc. You might wanna google it, and think about buying/or checking out if your library has it.

If you're into webdevelopment, and writing scripts.
http://w3schools.com/ Vey good site, (start with html)

 

or you can find e-books on torrent sites (illegal but still). A good torrent network to search is www.torrents.to (lets you look through many websites.)

 

Ratwacker, please stop posting about your del C:, it won't work.
Sheesh.

 

Object Orientated code might be a bit complex to start off with, but is good to learn. Instead of learning a language where the language pretty much forces you to use OOP techniques, choose a language that supports other programming styles. Python does this well.

It's very easy to learn (Helluva lot easier to learn then VB) and really is quite powerful.

Whilst it's an interpreted language, and that used to mean slow as hell, speed isn't much of an issue with Python. However, when you do really need to get the best preformance possible, you can always find 5% of your code that;s taking 80% of the time (The bottleneck) and reimplement that as a c module. That way you pretty much the the ease of use, readability and Rapid design time of Python, and the quickness of C. Hell, you could probably write some ASM and chuck it in with Python if you really wanted too.

Anyway, don't go for Batch whatever you do.

 

the basics of object oriented programming isn't very hard to understand at all.