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Beachless

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Admiral Snackbar said:
But I am Admiral :D
Thank you, I will steer clear of VB.

Ahh I get it, okay so definitely a no go. Thanks Beachless. I appreciate the more experienced people helping me out here.

Aight I got you! Thanks prOd.
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Always remember though that even if you speak to a experienced person to go and do your own research and realize that everyone is different and what works for one person may not work for another. I have met a few people who love Basic and other "human readable" languages and made good careers from them.
 
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If anyone ever asks me what I would recommend, it would be C++. Because it gives you a good grounding (and also very bad habits if you're not careful[sup]1[/sup]), especially when it comes to memory management.

[sup]1[/sup] Pointers are life, pointers are love, but they will **** your program up lest you control them properly.
 
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XennoX said:
If anyone ever asks me what I would recommend, it would be C++. Because it gives you a good grounding (and also very bad habits if you're not careful[sup]1[/sup]), especially when it comes to memory management.

[sup]1[/sup] Pointers are life, pointers are love, but they will **** your program up lest you control them properly.
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I must say, my new job is predominantly C++ and I'm really enjoying it.
 
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Let the holy war commence:

Go FTFW, screw your C++ good grounding BS - this is the 21st century

/flamesuit
 
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XennoX said:
Let me guess, you got burned by pointers?
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You act as if pointers are these mythical beings. They are really not difficult to work with. Plus there is so much protection now with smart pointers, even prior to that they were still pretty easy to manage.

And to answer your question, no he hasn't he just doesn't like c++. We use go at work which has pointers, but it's garbage collected as well.
 
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XennoX said:
Let me guess, you got burned by pointers?
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You guess wrong.

And it's not that I don't like C++, I just don't like the old people carrying on about C++ as if it is the holy grail of languages out there.
 
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Hamster said:
You guess wrong.

And it's not that I don't like C++, I just don't like the old people carrying on about C++ as if it is the holy grail of languages out there.
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Hey! What's this old people stuff

Way back (yes - old person), I had a love for C++. Also did it for the 3rd year of my diploma (achieved 100% for final exam ).

So... Old person, loved C++ and was good at at, and I would recommend C#!

There, old person out...!
 
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Mike Smit said:
Hey! What's this old people stuff

Way back (yes - old person), I had a love for C++. Also did it for the 3rd year of my diploma (achieved 100% for final exam ).

So... Old person, loved C++ and was good at at, and I would recommend C#!

There, old person out...!
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Some old people grow up to be cooler than others
 
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So I've switched over to notepad++ from Khan Academy's live viewer completely now, because of KA's limitations and it's quite an adjustment. Having a live preview next to you is so convenient, but I suppose I'll manage with constantly pressing ctrl shift alt r to run the code in chrome.

For now I have a few questions though that I'll post in a sec.
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Also, something I'll have to learn is how to make websites scale appropriately, if I zoom to 110% the webpage gets all wonky - but that's something I can focus on later.
 
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Admiral Snackbar

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    <div class="header">
        <h1 id="puppy-header">All About Puppies.</h1>
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        <img id="sleeping-puppy" src="https://www.kasandbox.org/programming-images/animals/dog_sleeping-puppy.png" alt="sleeping puppy" width="610px">
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		<p>A puppy is a juvenile dog. Some puppies can weigh 1–3 lb (0.45–1.36 kg), while larger ones can weigh up to 15–23 lb (6.8–10.4 kg). All healthy puppies grow quickly after birth. A puppy's coat color may change as the puppy grows older, as is commonly seen in breeds such as the Yorkshire Terrier.

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Will update this as I go along.


-_-'

Every time I press tab on the online editor it changes location instead of moving my text.
 
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