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[Sublime]

My name is Mark; 18 years old. In the past I've attempted to learn a few languages (vb, c++) including recently trying to pick up C#. Found out this website after typing in , "best programming forum". Hopefully it lives up to its expectations - which I'm sure it will. I can't seem to grasp the concepts permanently in my memory of all the information you get slammed on in the beginning of learning, "Methods, classes, variables, objects, expressions, parameters, etc.". I've tried ebooks, youtube, websites, but still to no avail, have been successful in my learning capability yet. It seems almost as if they need like practice lessons at the end of each page to work on to really test what you've learned to imprint it into your head. Also I will be taking courses this following semester for Computer Science, so hopefully being formally taught and having you guys as support will really help.

Also one more thing to add: If you guys have had experiences like me in the past, please let me know or suggest some ideas to me. It's not that I don't want to learn - it just doesn't come as simply to me because the whole logical concept in programming.

Thanks for reading if you did,

Sublime ;)

[TheCompBoy]

Welcome to CodeCall!

[jerrywickey]

Maybe you can start with just procedural programming rather than jump to object-oriented.

PHP is great for that. Very straight forward. Just a suggestion.

Jerry

[Sublime]

Alright; thanks Jerry.

[WingedPanther]

Welcome aboard! Once you get over the initial hurdle, it gets easier.

[Sublime]

Sounds good Winged. Thanks for all the welcomes! ;)

[fread]

Welcome to codecall, Mark!

[Soryy708]

Welcome! Go with C.
Then read Kerringhan and Ritchie's "The C Language".

[Sublime]

Soryy708 said:

Welcome! Go with C.
Then read Kerringhan and Ritchie's "The C Language".

Any particular reason to start with C? I read that it's better to start with a higher level language to get a grasp on OO before diving into lower level languages. Plus, I kind of wanted to learn just C++ and and use C libraries instead. Thanks for the recommendation.

[Soryy708]

C is simple, small, and awesome.
You don't have to know sophisticated crap to understand the Hello World code.
Learn C, and you'll have a good grasp on programming.
Also, C is the father of most modern languages; Learn that, know all.

[jerrywickey]

Just an idea.

How about some sample code (say less than a 100 lines of many programming languages) something that does a complete task, some simple task. Just to show beginners a taste and let them get their hands dirty.

I can put together a simple chat app. Lets any number of people with internet access to text chat together in the same chat room. In fact I bet I can do that in php and javascript in less then a 100 lines total.

Anyone else experienced wish to make an offering for the same task or a different in some other programming language?

Jerry

[Soryy708]

Try writing it in Brainfuck. (Yes, it's a real language)

Edited by Soryy708, 08 March 2012 - 04:40 PM.