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Drake

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Posted: 16th Oct 2004 08:58 Edited at: 16th Oct 2004 09:09

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hi

Ihave a little problem. I want to learn programming so I did a lttle research about programming and I learnt that c++ is to havy for me plus I completely dont understand how to program. all thos tutorials "hello world" does'nt explain anything. so do you know where to finde tut's or book's that explain fundamentals of programming specially "basic language" programming, thanks

btw... sorry for my english its not my native language so I may make some mistakes

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Neofish

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Posted: 16th Oct 2004 09:08 Edited at: 16th Oct 2004 09:29

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I feel nice, I will write you a DBP tutorial explaining "Hello World" in detail if ya want

(in clear english)

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Killswitch

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Posted: 16th Oct 2004 21:32

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Honestly the best way to learn how to program to just get one with it, 'hello world' programs are very basic yes, but they do use eal commands and introduce real principles.

The best way to learn is through coding - or running other peoples code and trying to modify it in some way (for learning purposes) that way you can get used to how a program is put together.

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Posted: 16th Oct 2004 21:34

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I learn differently to other people so I have no idea, although I do know that the Hello World tutorials don't always help.

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Posted: 16th Oct 2004 23:33 Edited at: 16th Oct 2004 23:35

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Basic executes 1 command at a time.
Once it gets done with that command, it moves on.
If there are no more commands left, it terminates itself.

Here is a simple hello world program(written in DBP):

print "Hello World"
wait key

The print tells the computer to make text show up on the screen, and the "Hello World" is the text. The quotes tell the computer that it is text.
Now the computer moves on to wait key.
It will be stuck on this command untill you press a key, then it will move on.
Scince there are no more commands left, it terminates itself.

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Posted: 17th Oct 2004 00:47 Edited at: 17th Oct 2004 00:47

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Learn about variables, command paramaters, the concept of functions (both in the language and user-defined). Then go on to learn about arrays and types (structures). Then put it all to practical use.

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bitJericho

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Posted: 17th Oct 2004 01:22

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the best book EVER I had in college, and it dealed only with the logical side of programming..

obviously, what you want is a programming logic book.. now if you already know how to use if/thens loops, functions, arrays and all that then this book wouldn't be much use to you..

just grab a c++ book in that case..