A guy wrote to me who wants to learn how to program. He found some helpful advice on Microsoft's website that said he should learn visual basic. He bought a 600 page book and the first 200 pages just talked about the IDE and didn't cover code much. I had the sense that he would be happier working with Cygwin. I suggested Linux also but then he would have to learn to install and administrate it, I thought Cygwin would be better to start because the installation is so easy. He only knows a little basic from college, but he says that is the course he did best in. Can you suggest any books or websites I can refer this guy to about how he could become both a productive user of and programmer of cygwin? Getting around the shell and some editors would be a big start. Then there are many websites for the different languages available. I know the python tutorial at http://www.python.org/ is very good. So what I'm asking for doesn't have to be Cygwin specific. Mike -- Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
