A Question: Where To Begin Programming?

[randomdood 0]

i am looking to make a program. what is a good program to make a program with?

[Twistit 0]

Hmm that depends, do you know any coding language? if not i'd suggest learning one.. Dont ask us what language because everyone preffers another, better to find out yourself if the code suits your needs.

[iGuest 3]

It also depends on what the program is going to do. And how or where you want it to work. Certain languages a best for "local" machines, other languages do things over the web.If you could be more specific about the program you have in mind, then perhaps we could be more specific in our answers.

[randomdood 0]

well it's not for doing something over the net with. just local. i don't know exactly what i want to do but i have a rough idea. it involves music

[Twistit 0]

That still doesnt say a whole lot you can do a whole lot with music

[randomdood 0]

well say i want to make a program that you can say display pics from this file while playing music from this file. or something like that or maybe even more complicated than that.

[Twistit 0]

Winamp style.. you could use alot of languages for this.. maibe easiest to learn i think.. (probaly a whole lot people disagree) java..You should snoop around sourceforge.net and look what other people did, what language they used and if it is what your looking for.. maibe you can ask if u can help develop a program there.. (Mostly they like to help beginners learn coding)

[pyost 0]

As far as I can see, this way you won't get anywhere. I suggest you find an article called "QBasic for kids by Ted Felix". Really useful stuff - that way you will start with the basics, because you can't expect to make a good and useful program in one week. Learning programming takes months, ages! And don't be disappointed because it says "for kids". I'd rather call it "for beginners"

[randomdood 0]

thnx for the helpit's much appreciated

[randomdood 0]

sorry for the double post however i was wondering how this C== and stuff is gonna help me right the progam i want to. should i be learning a more complicated lanuage or is this one of those start with the basic thingys?

[mediafork 0]

Probably the best, most simple easy language to start with is BASIC... or even better the windows version - Visual Basic. It's easy as hell but it's a good start for a beginner.Whatever you choose to use though, good luck.

[xboxrulz1405241485 0]

I would highly recommend Java as it's fairly easy and it can do most things others can't ... eg. cross-platformxboxrulz

[CaptainRon 0]

As if anyone care's of cross-platform compatibility with a multimedia application.

Java is not very suitable for developing desktop applications. I think the only legitimate options are Visual C++ or Visual Basic.

Visual Basic offers power with simplicity. Whoever knows advanced coding hacks can make it do anything that VC++ does, yet cutting the development time to 1/5th.

Anyway getting back to the topic, I suppose the best thing would be to use Visual Basic. It compiles native exe and can be ported to any Windows platform. For playing a music file you can use the Media Player component. For displaying images, its very simple with VB, use a Image control from Tools and use the LoadPicture statement to load a picture from the specified path.

wMedia.Open "C:\Music\MyMP3.mp3"Image1.Picture = LoadPicture("C:\Images\MyImage.jpg")

hah! thats it! these two statements will do what you are describing :-)
Edited May 23, 2006 by CaptainRon (see edit history)

[randomdood 0]

thnx but i mean like a slide show. and a whole folder of songs

[Omkar™ 0]

sorry for the double post however i was wondering how this C== and stuff is gonna help me right the progam i want to. should i be learning a more complicated lanuage or is this one of those start with the basic thingys?

 

Hey Dude,

Look, when you say 'programming' you're speaking too generic! But I got a few hints for you-

 

To start with, I would recommend that you master C/C++ first. It might take time & you'd feel you're doing nothing! But is worth it, honestly. Once you've mastered these Basic languages, I can bet $100 on the fact that you'll be able to learn ANY programming language just by reading its documentations. That's my personal experience!

 

Once you master C/C++, then check out the Python language. That's the latest trend now-a-days, that even NASA and Google use it!! Definitely, to start with this, you'll need to know the basics of Functions, pointers etc. in C/C++. So, best of luck!

 

-Omkar Ekbote