Novice Programmer

[Troop]

Alot of you may know me on the bnet world i'm Troop I was interested in programming awhile back but never got into it. Now i'm on my holidays ( 3months) I'm not abit more dedicated and have heaps of time on my hands to start. I'm seriously wanting to learn Visual basic's because its so Noob friendly.
If there's anyone out there who is willing to teach or instruct me in the way's of VB.6 I would be much greatfull. This is asking alot of peoples time i guess hopefully it would be a good experiance for me and you.

If you are willing to help me start contact me on the following:

AIM :   lx Troop xl
MSN :   zac_blythman@hotmail.com
EMAIL :   admin@zeropulse.net

Thanks

[iago]

First of all, don't ever EVER EVER call it Visual Basics!

Second, VB is a good language to start with, but don't get stuck in the rut.  VB is weak and powerless, and code is hard to expand and maintain, and it encourages shitty coding habits.  Move on to C or Java or C# or ANYTHING before too long.

[Quik]

even though Java and C# have little use in the real world :D

[iago]

even though Java and C# have little use in the real world :D

Where have you been?  Java is the highest demand commercial language by far!

I see very little written in C/C++ for commercial applications now.  The only time I see C/C++ used now is in open source software, but even a lot of that is moving to Java.

[Quik]

that's because nobody in India knows C/++, where they export all their labor!

[Troop]

Thats all well and great guys, but no one answer'd my question :(

iago or quick would you be interested in teaching me?

I'm prepared to learn and do anything.

[Quik]

quick may know VB well, but not i. i wouldn't be much of a teacher, and iago would NEVER go on Windows to program in *shudder* Visual Basic.

[Troop]

Lol, I See okay then... Well if theres anyone who uses this fourm please contact me thanks. :P

[Troop]

Or even maby learn Java if theres a good teacher..?

[Quik]

that would be iago, but not sure if he'd suggest you learn it first.

[Screenor]

Troop, there's a thing called the EDIT button, it's fastenating really...You forget to say something in your post...You click it, and POOF! You can edit your post like magic! Also, Quik and Quick are two different people. If you want Quick, go to Op [] @USEast.

[Troop]

i know there 2 differnt people, think im stupid?

[Screenor]

Well you just spelled Quik's name as Quick...So I assumed you were confused. :-\

[Quik]

as did i sc33n0r, which is why i referenced to Quick in my post about learning VB :P

[Screenor]

He didn't seem to understand you. :(

[Troop]

Okay i don't care lol

I want a teacher....

[Sty]

The best thing you could do for yourself is to buy a book...

[Troop]

Well a book teaches you "basics" of the language not how to program it to "battle.net" which is what i want to do.

Understand?

[iago]

"Battle.net" is a fairly advanced topic.  It's best to start with something that's possible to do without ripping off all the code.  I didn't even attempt to make a bot until a couple yars after I started programming, because I wanted to make sure I was ready for it, and I didn't want to be asking stupid questions.  Of course, now with the bnls and the packet buffers and all the other crap, it's a lot easier to do, but you should be able to do all that yourself in my opinion :(

[Troop]

Okay man, I'll learn "Visual Basic" myself and when i know everything i'll ask again :-D haha!

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[Newby]

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I wish I had a ferrari!

[Troop]

.....Cough

[Sty]

Okay man, I'll learn "Visual Basic" myself and when i know everything i'll ask again :-D haha!

(Lock this topic if you wish)

If you really knew everything you wouldn't have to ask again..  ;)

[Troop]

Ill learn "visual basic" not the bnet side of it...

duh

[Diawyn]

Actually I wouldn't suggest that, it's like REALLY crappy. Start out with C++, it's interesting and extremely powerful. Yes Quik, Java is going to be the monopoly of programming languages, eventually.

Don't have a book? Well, go pick up some Dietel and Dietel ones, or www.johnsmiley.com, he has great books. If you cannot buy a book at the moment, Fyre has made some great tutorials which are located at...http://forum.clan-exile.com/viewtopic.php?t=55

Goog luck!

[Newby]

Actually I wouldn't suggest that, it's like REALLY crappy. Start out with C++, it's interesting and extremely powerful. Yes Quik, Java is going to be the monopoly of programming languages, eventually.

Not necessarily true.

Games dominate the market essencially. If you wrote a game in Java, I'd slap you until you bled.

[iago]

Games are a small part of the market.  Business class applications that every business can't do without (Microsoft Office, for instance) dominate the market. 

Also, VB is a good place to start.  It gives you an idea of how to program, and it's simple and english-like.  The mistake people make is that they don't move away from VB once they've learned everything it has to offer, and they continue to beat a dead horse. 

Incidentally, Java runs much faster than VB (we're proven this at work), and there are games written in VB.  So there.

[Diawyn]

I remember reading somewhere and iago telling me that Java will soon take over C++. It does look like a lot more users are using Java though, since it works on every O/S.

[wires]

Ill learn "visual basic" not the bnet side of it...

duh

Never knew Visual Basic had a bnet side of it.  I think I need to search for this one day. :o

EDIT: Visual Basic is my life. <3

[Screenor]

Wires, you have no life. ;)

[GameSnake]

Learn Python first!

[Quik]

Kinda posting in a dead topic?

[iago]

Useful advice is useful advice, no matter how old the topic is.

I tend to go by the rule of thumb, "Don't post in old topics unless you have something useful to add"

[AntiVirus]

Troop, if you want to learn VB then you will have to buy a book.  No one will teach you an entire language over the internet, that is just sucide.  If you need help finding books, I will be glad to help, but that's just all your going to be getting told.

[wires]

Or, you could just learn the language yourself.  I taught most of the stuff I know myself then bought a book later. :/

[iago]

It depends on the language.  It's easy to learn a language like VB or Pascal on the fly, they're designed to be easy (and useless..).  To learn a real language, I recommend a book.

I've read good things about "Thinking in Java" by Bruce Eckel.

[StaiN]

Indeed Books are the way to go. Tutorials are good aswell but I find myself getting drawn away from Tutorials cuz theres other things I could be doing on the Computer ;) Pr0n jk.. Like IM's and stuff. So BOOKS DO IT.

[Joe]

Microsoft VisualBasic 3.0 Language Reference, which came with VB3, was my bible durring my learning process, but theres obviously a newer version out there somewhere. It was sufficient to teach myself VB6, but sometimes I had to improvise because of changes. Either way, I survived.

Also, I have MS VB3 Programmers Guide, but have yet to read it. I suppose its supposed to teach you coding habits. If so, avoid it :P
EDIT: Programmers Guide teaches you how to use the IDE. That was a 3 second crash course for me.

[GameSnake]

Well let's see, I learned almost all I know about Python and Lisp from the provided support and provided links to support from the authors website's,  but then again, as pointed out by iago, easier languages are easier to learn on the fly.