Programing for dummies

Discussion in 'Programming' started by Get Union Jobs, Jun 11, 2012.

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    This may be a dumb question but is there such a thing as programing for dummies, or some other self help ways to learn?
     
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  2. kids

    kids Active Member

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    Find some ebook about programming for dummies, download examples, and do step by step as ebook for dummies
     
    kids, Jun 12, 2012 IP
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    Rukbat Well-Known Member

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    The best book from which to learn programming (not a programming language - that comes after you learn programming) is Wirth's "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs". You can download a pdf at Algorithms & Data Structures.pdf, and you can usually find a used copy at Amazon for about $5.

    Don't expect to be writing programs by July. Programming isn't something you can learn in a week (or a month). Read Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years. It doesn't take that long to be able to write some code, but a week isn't realistic either.
     
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    Ev0Lv Greenhorn

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    You can also check this online source of information on how to program. w3schools.com
     
    Ev0Lv, Jun 17, 2012 IP
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    w3schools is great. It depends on what type of programming you want to learn. I would recommend C or processing first.
    Processing isnt used in lot applications though but its straight forward enough to learn.

    Great places for info is lynda.com and kelbytraining.com but they're aint free

    best luck mate :)
     
    spids, Jun 18, 2012 IP
  6. Rukbat

    Rukbat Well-Known Member

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    1) http://w3fools.com/

    2) Learning a programming language isn't learning programming. You learn programming first (in English, or whatever you're most comfortable in), then you learn a few languages to do it in. Learning a language and thinking you've learned programming is just fooling yourself.

    Programming isn't code, it's algorithms and data structures.
     
    Rukbat, Jun 19, 2012 IP
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    alysasherma Peon

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    Hey guys!! Don't feel that you are dummies .....

    ****Never Give Up****
    ****Never Loose Hope****
    The real strength lies in Tenacity.As you are beginners the base language that is "C language" will help you more because all the programming languages are developed by taking C as the basic language..Put the maximum effort to learn that language then really you feel very easy to write the programming in any language .At the initial stages take the help, later you should write the programs on your own .
    This may help you definitely...

    Thanks
     
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    spids Active Member

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    You would have got your answer a lot quicker if you used the big G
     
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    Rukbat Well-Known Member

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    Who ever told you that nonsense? 1) We were programming long before Dennis Ritchie invented C and 2) there are many languages that have absolutely nothing to do with C and look nothing like it.


    Again nonsense. Put the effort into learning programming (in English, or whatever language you're comfortable in) - algorithms, methods, data structures - then you'll be comfortable writing code in any language you've studied.

    A person who knows a programming language but doesn't know programming makes a dummy look like a genius.
     
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    Learn whitespace.
     
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    INT - Design Service Peon

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    Do a search on Google and it should come up with a fair amount of free websites where you will be able to learn programming for free. But i would suggest w3schools also as its a pretty good tutorials website.
     
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    I found that w3schools.com was very good, it covers lots of different languages.
     
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    I'm really sorry ,I just tried writing code by c language so i had just suggested .There are also languages like B language before C.Thanks for the reply ..I m not that much senior like you .Thanks for the suggestion...
     
    alysasherma, Jun 24, 2012 IP
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    A person who knows a programming language but doesn't know programming makes a dummy look like a genius.[/QUOTE]
    I'm really sorry ,I just tried writing code by c language so i had just suggested .There are also languages like B language before C.Thanks for the reply ..I m not that much senior like you .Thanks for the suggestion...
     
    alysasherma, Jun 24, 2012 IP
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    I also suggest to read an interesting book called : Programming challenges
     
    kdb_bdk, Jul 20, 2012 IP
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    when i first started i mostly watch all the youtube tut i can and read some ebooks along the ways.
     
    giftedwizad, Jul 22, 2012 IP
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    sudhavishwakarmacis Greenhorn

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    The best thing, according to me is, get a Black book for the particular language and practice it accordingly. You can use Google to get the example codes. But, one thing that is must to mention is, learning any language and using it in programming are different things. Just if you learn the language doesnt mean that you can develop programs. You got to practice programming. Happy programming!!!!!!!!!
     
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  18. Rukbat

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    You have to learn programming first. (Learning a language isn't learning programming.)
     
    Rukbat, Jul 24, 2012 IP