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[Qwerty73]

I am a complete novice to programming and never understood it as a kid....I am now 37 and have decided to exorcise the demons. I was going to try and learn VB6 but I have a mac. So after looking round I hve found Realbasic which i am lead to believe is almost the same as VB. My reason for trying to learn VB was to advance my ability with Excel and just try accomplish something I always loved but failed at!!!:cursing:

So does anyone know of any good books/ tutorials for pseudoidiots when it comes to programming in realbasic?

Secondly, can a real novice really pic this up given practice...yeah I have made a web browser following a tutorial and made my own alterations but when I read some of these forums I am just mesmerized...a look similar to the one my 3yr old gives me when I ask him if he can say 'supercalafragalisticexpealidosious'

[Vswe]

I don't know anything about books for realbasic but everyone starts as a beginner, doesn't we?

[Irfan_A]

@Vswe: Yup.


I am hobbyist programmer. I use LB.
For books about RealBASIC, you can go to Amazon. Many books in there, like RealBASIC for Dummies, Beginning RealBASIC from Novice to Professional, etc. Check it out.

Good luck.

[rinfuza]

There is one I use it is called Beginning RealBasic from Novice to Profesional.It is good 400 pages of text and pictures.I am not actually using since I am only on JustBasic for now.Also you should try JustBasic to understand programing and when you download it you can follow the 7-week tutorial that is included with the download(it is part of program).When you are done with that 7 weeks and mastered all there is to master with JustBasic you should go to LibertyBasic and master it after mastering it you should master RealBasic or Visual.And if you are interested in web and internet applications and programs you should master HTML and PHP.After mastering all that you are free to master: Java,Python,Pearl,C,C++,Visual C,Visual C++,C combined with direct x and 3D programs to make games...

[AdvMutant]

rinfuza said:

There is one I use it is called Beginning RealBasic from Novice to Profesional.It is good 400 pages of text and pictures.I am not actually using since I am only on JustBasic for now.Also you should try JustBasic to understand programing and when you download it you can follow the 7-week tutorial that is included with the download(it is part of program).When you are done with that 7 weeks and mastered all there is to master with JustBasic you should go to LibertyBasic and master it after mastering it you should master RealBasic or Visual.And if you are interested in web and internet applications and programs you should master HTML and PHP.After mastering all that you are free to master: Java,Python,Pearl,C,C++,Visual C,Visual C++,C combined with direct x and 3D programs to make games...

I don't like the way you're explaining yourself.
Mastering a programming language means knowing it inside out, something you can't do in 7 weeks. It takes lots of time and practice to know a programming language, not to speak of mastering it.
Also, IMO there is no point to 'master' JustBasic, then LibertyBasic, RealBasic/VB, HTML/PHP, and only then one of the languages you mentioned.
Why are you learning JustBasic, LibertyBasic, RealBasic and HTML if all you want to do it to code with C? Why not just learn C in the first place? BASIC and C are two different families. I say, if you want to code in C, go with C. There is no need for introduction. There are lots of books for C beginners, too.

I started with VB NET, moved to C#, then to VB5, and now learning C/C++. And I didn't 'master' any on the mentioned, I was just searching for my best language - the one I like the best and I'm the most comfortable with. I think I'm gonna stick with C/C++, because I like having everything under control.
Some languages are considered harder than others, but you can start with any of them. There is no need for any kind of introduction if you want to learn a programming language. Just go for it.