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[Rohde]

Hi guys,

My name is Chris and I will be 21 this year. I just finished my second year (and fourth semester) of college at Christian Brother's University in Tennessee. I am a computer science major. I currently work for Starbucks Coffee Company. I am the oldest of 6 kids (don't ask me about that, because I don't really know) and I am a first generation college student. I'm very single and enjoying life all the more that way. Like a good many boys here in the south, I like fast cars, beautiful women, shooting guns, football, and four-wheeling. Unlike many southerner's, I hate rap, dislike almost all country, and could pretty much care less about anything Elvis did. I love Pink Floyd, Lynard Skynard, and Led Zeppelin.

I know a decent amount of java, some very limited C, and a tiny not really note worthy bit of C++ and HTML.

I thought joining here would be a great idea because I need to work on my C and Java during the summer. I would like to find some good software (preferably free software) that I can use to program and compile my programs. So if anyone has any ideas on that I'm game to check them out.

Also if anyone has recommendations for some more simply beginning C programs or some intermediate Java programs, I am looking forward to working on stuff during the summer. Also I think that I should start learning another computer Language so if anyone would like to point me in the direction of another good programming language that would be awesome.

I also thought this might be a good way to get some connections with people who might be looking for computer programers and have interships available at their company. I need an internship next year, and I don't care where it is really. I would prefer for it to be paid, but as its an intership I won't be picky about that.

If ya'll have any other questions for me I'll be happy to try and answer them. I look forward to getting to know a little about the people here.

Valhalla.

[Xav]

Welcome to CodeCall, Chris! Great introduction, nice to meet you!

NetBeans is a very popular choice for Java - and jEdit is great for C programs. It is worth learning C++, or delve into some fun web development languages - you already know a little HTML. Why not try learning XHTML/CSS, and then JavaScript and PHP/MySQL?

[John]

Hello Chris, Welcome to CodeCall!

[WingedPanther]

I'm a big fan of jEdit for any coding, along with command-line compilers. For languages, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and PHP are all good on the web side. Lazarus (using Object Pascal), C++, Java, and .NET are all good. If you think you'll invest in C++, I'd skip putting much effort in C.

For compilers, FPC is good for Pascal, GCC/MinGW is good for C/C++/Fortran. I don't think there are any particularly bad languages, though I don't hear much call for Ada or COBOL any more :)

[Rohde]

Thank you all,

I sincerely appreciate all the advice, I will research all of the the above progams and compilers to see which will most benefit me in my endevors.

I'll also have to type up all of the ideas for programming languages.
I have never heard of 'Eclipse' is it an Object oriented type of programming or is it more similar to XHTML and CSS?
I have often heard Pearl and Pascal brought up in programming conversations and that they tend to be used fairly often. How complicated are they and are they worth investing time into to learn them?
Xav, you said that i should learn XHTML/CSS since I know some HTML, I have also heard of DHTML is that the same as XHTML, or is it something seperate. If it is something seperate should I learn it in addition to or instead of XHTML/CSS?

by the way; does anyone happen to know, what language Smith & Nephew uses, because I am interested in interning with them as they seem to be a pretty impressive company with pretty impressive benefits and the like.

Thank you in advance,
Chris

[WingedPanther]

Rohde said:

Thank you all,

I sincerely appreciate all the advice, I will research all of the the above progams and compilers to see which will most benefit me in my endevors.

I'll also have to type up all of the ideas for programming languages.
I have never heard of 'Eclipse' is it an Object oriented type of programming or is it more similar to XHTML and CSS?

Eclipse is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Basically, it's an editor that is pretty popular.

Rohde said:

I have often heard Pearl and Pascal brought up in programming conversations and that they tend to be used fairly often. How complicated are they and are they worth investing time into to learn them?

I haven't used Perl, but Pascal is somewhat popular. It is seen mainly as the core of Delphi and Lazarus, which use an extended version called Object Pascal. There are several companies that exist strictly to make components for Delphi, so I'd say it's doing well enough. I do half my coding at work in it.

Rohde said:

Xav, you said that i should learn XHTML/CSS since I know some HTML, I have also heard of DHTML is that the same as XHTML, or is it something seperate. If it is something seperate should I learn it in addition to or instead of XHTML/CSS?

I think DHTML is HTML + JavaScript.

[Vswe]

Nice Introduction Chris and welcome to CodeCall. :) Your introduction was nearly as long as mine was :P. Hope you can find a good compiler that you like.

[Rohde]

Thanks wingedpanther and Vswe,

So than Delphi and/or Lazerus would definately be good to learn as well.

Python is a programming language I meant to ask about earlier. I've heard it spoken of by many younger programmers, I've heard that its good and simple and powerful, but also that it isn't used very much. Is there reason for that or has it just not caught on yet?

[WingedPanther]

Python is a scripting language. Most *nix environments have support for it built in, so it is common there. Windows doesn't come with support for it (you have to download a Python engine) so it's not used on Windows as much.

[chili5]

Excellent introduction.

I agree with Xav, about NetBeans. It is a really good IDE. I use it for most of my programming, it works great for me with Python, C++, Java and PHP.

Hope you enjoy yourself here. :)

[Rohde]

Thank you again, for the much appreciated advice. And I'll be around talk and learning as much as I can.