programming

sunny22 · June 16th, 2005, 11:57 PM

This summer my goal is to learn a programming language. Which one whould i learn. I know a very very small amount of vb6. Any tips, tricks, anything to help a beginner?

sr71000 · June 17th, 2005, 12:23 AM

i found perl very easy to work with. because it dosen't need to be compiled it's uber easy to edit and fix when you're having a problem and is great to use with html, a great and easy second language to learn

. i'd save the more complicated languages until later

. I really did find perl to be a great start. download perl from http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/?_x=1 and then i'd you can start writing your programs in notepad. save them as .pl and open them in the command prompt and you're ready to go

(ps..the command prompt will close automatically when the script is done if you just double click it...so you have to click start, run, type cmd, and run it that way..so i suggest making a folder called programs right on your c: drive and make like easier

lol. Also..i'd suggest checking out arachnophilia (google it) it's a great tool to write your programs. It'll highlight stuff to help make it stand out, and it has build in support for a number of languages...a great many numbers

lol.

sunny22 · June 17th, 2005, 12:30 AM

ive heard of pearl but not as much as vb, java, and those other uhgelanguages, how cxome?

VHockey86 · June 17th, 2005, 12:34 AM

perl is a scripting language, it has different applications than other higher-level programming languages such as C++/Java

**Whir** · June 17th, 2005, 12:35 AM

Stick with VB6 if you know it. Master it. It's a pretty simple language as far as syntax goes. And once you know it, you'll be able to learn the other higher languages very easily (JAVA, C++, etc).

sr71000 · June 17th, 2005, 12:38 AM

it's what's called a glue language...you wouldn't really use it to write a big program like firefox or open office or something like that...it's for small stuff....it's used for a lot of stuff on web pages...like submission forms...like when you sign up for an account it's perl...stuff like that

it's used a lot for the web. If you decide to use perl, let me know...i've got a pretty good trick to make life easy

. This is the trick but i'll explain it better later if you want me to. make a folder on your harddrive called programs. then make one inside of it called perl (that way if/when you learn more languages you can keep them seperate). Then create your first file. it will look exactly like this

Code:

system("cmd")

and basically all that does is this: system is one of the 3 ways to run a program and is the most common. so now system tells the perl interpriter to run whatever is inbetween (" ") . Now i told you we have to run everything from the command prompt..the reason this perl file has to be placed right in your perl programs file is because it's going to run cmd or the command prompt. Because cmd was run from a file in C:\programs\perl where all your programs are...that'll be the default location when you run that file (from now on...just double click it and a command window will pop up automatically pointing to c:\programs\perl and then you just have to type in the name of the program you want to run

. Then, just make a shortcut of it on your desktop

. If I lost you just let me know and I'll help you go through it step by step. That'll make a lot more sence if you ever use perl also....lol.

/edit and it wasn't a typo...it's perl, no "a" in it. try googling it and getting an idea of it. What's nice about perl is no compiling so you can edit on the fly

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sunny22 · June 17th, 2005, 12:40 AM

ok I'm lost and perl does seem easy enough so i will try it

please explain ur trick step by step lol

sr71000 · June 17th, 2005, 12:43 AM

ok...i need some sleep now...use perl for a few days...get a feel for it the harder way....then pm me. Oh yea. i'd never programmed ever before and i started my own program for fad on the third day....i stopped because the new update fixes the problem my program addressed....lol...so it's no big..but it's very simple to pick up

. Just let me know if a few days and then we'll talk about it. it'll make a LOT more sence then. you just have to download the perl interpriter that i linked to above..and then your scripts you can write in notepad.

just google for perl tutorials!

EXreaction · June 17th, 2005, 01:21 AM

I would have to reccomend VB, i just love it! If you want something that takes a while to program, make a BlackJack program with vb6! I did that in my intro to computer programming class, and to get the final project it took me 2 weeks!

sunny22 · June 17th, 2005, 01:43 AM

i would hav eno idea how to do that do u have directiosn or can usend me ur code?