It's good for beginners though you godda admit. I made the mistake of starting out with vb and didn't understand much. Mind you, saying that, to be honest they didn't teach me very well. Didn't bother giving me the msdn library and expected me to learn how to do it. Just gave me these darn exercises to copy and compile. Didn't even show me how to build a form. Mind you they say it's easier with jaws but I haven't found a way, otherwise I'd start using vb right now. I've learned just about as much to get me started at least.
Regards, Damien -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Liam Erven Sent: 18 June 2006 23:48 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Writing text adventures I actually suggest vb if you're gogin to start out if you're brand new. Now if you want to knwo somethign that will be useful, learn C. A lot of other languages are based on C or some form. Heck. I'm learning php now, and it has a lot of things that are similar to C. What people need to realize is that you can't pick up a language over night. Auto it is fine and good, but all it is is a windows scripting language. Do yourself a favor and learn an actual language that will serve you in the future. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Writing text adventures > Hi, Damien. > I respect your opinion, but I don't feel anyone needs to know how a > computer works to write a program and learn a programming language. In > fact, programming has more in common with math concepts than anything > else. > Here in the U.S.A. most people who graduate from high school have had > Algebra and are well versed with the concept of variables, enumerated > numbers, number arrays, and the diference between an integer type number > and a floating point number. This is stuff I had learned at least by > Junior High in Pre-Algebra. > Take the formula > a = [EMAIL PROTECTED]@2 > The a, l, and w are all variables in Algebra. The a for area, l for > length, and w for width. > Well, in programming the concept is no different. Instead of those > variables how about one to add score like > s = s + 20 > so what your equasion does is takes the current value of score, (s,) > adds it to 20, and makes s now equal to s+20. I don't see anything > complicated about it, and anyone who knows Algebra should understand > those concepts. > Sure there is more to programming than just math like lines of code, > but Algebra style code makes up allot of the program. > You have functions which divides what parts of your program do what. You > have if and else statements that tell your program to do something based > on specific conditions. > I think allot of the initial problem with new programmers is either > lack of math understanding, need concept building, or sometimes outright > fear that he/she can't learn something. > > > > > > > X-Sight Interactive wrote: >> Ari, >> >> I wouldn't try c++ as a beginner myself - I made the big mistake of >> trying >> vb - didn't understand any of it I didn't know anything about how >> computers >> worked - so I tried autoit, and I still use it now, and will continue >> using >> it until I have learned and am competent with another programming >> language. >> >> Regards, >> >> Damien >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1606 (20060617) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
