Learning Programming.

[Sackboy]

You don't need maths to do introductory programming.

At most, you need a concept of what an integer and a real number are. Oh, and you need to be able to count (still maths, but more arithmetic), which if you've lived to this age, I'm sure you can do.

From there, it just takes a bit of reading (which I'm also sure you can do; don't think you've made over 2000 nonsensical posts ).

For the kind of introductory programming you're doing, just pick a language and stick with it for now. Swapping between languages the whole time when you're just learning is detrimental to your cause.

And expect to have a lot of people answer your language-specific questions with "oh, just use Java" or "oh, in C# you don't need to do that". It'll tempt you to circumvent problems you encounter by just switching languages, and if you ever have to do something in a specific language, you'll get stuck.

Of course, if you run into issues, posting on the forum is always a good idea; lots of comprehensive answers to be found here.

Do you know of any applications written in "Introductory C"?

 

[sn3rd]

Do you know of any applications written in "Introductory C"?

Er... I'm not sure if you're being facetious or not...

But if you aren't, "introductory" is a very vague term... But there are loads of applications written in various levels of C.

 

[murraybiscuit]

maths, not necessary. in my opinion, the top criteria for programmers are logic and perseverance. you need to be able to plan, build, test and problem solve. good programmers just do this better than the rest.

you also need to set yourself a real-world challenge and have somebody put you under pressure to do it. otherwise, you'll tinker till the cows come home. find something that you want to do and do it.

php was the logical language for me - i work on web, don't need to compile it or pay for licenses or ide's. it's ubiquitous on windows, linux and mac. the community is big, has plenty of shared code and it has a great offline chm reference. throw in mysql and you can build, test and deploy a web app off any server.

if i were to start again, i'd probably learn python or java. because google is the future and integration between the cloud and a multitude of cross-platform devices is where it's going.

 

[DerpiesFreud]

look for a proper teacher i tried to teach myself basic and failed
my teacher taught me delphi an now i make buisness class apps
proper teacher
books arent enough

 

[czc]

So do you guys think that C++ and PHP are good ways to go?

Using WAMP to test PHP locally?