programming

If (you are smart) and (have a great willingness) Then
GoTo School
Learn Information Technologies
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Hi,

There are lots of free teaching resources available on the internet.

Choose a language. If you dont know which one to choose, then try C#, the new one from Microsoft.
Its going to be HUGE in the world of computing over the next few years.

Here's a link...

http://www.free-ed.net/fr03/lfc/030203/124/

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But the best way of course is to be formally educated... Pick computer subjects at school.

Good luck with it.
Cheers,
Tim.

It depends on your goal, and what you plan to do with the knowledge.

If you are looking for a career, then going to school is a very good idea.

If you are looking for personal growth and enjoyment, you have several options.

First, pick a language. Statring off with a single language is better than trying to learn several at once.

Buy a book.
Buy or download a compiler, if needed.
Buy a training CD. these are available for most popular languages.
Suscribe to e-mail newsletters that cover the code.
Start writing simple programs to do small tasks.
Have a friend evaluate your code.
Expand your code challenges.

The big questions are what are your reasons to learn programming and what do you expect to use the programming for?

If you are interested in programming for game development you need to learn much more intricate programming skills than if you aredoing normal business support.

Because most business support involves dealing with "data", I would suggest that in addition to learning C and/or Visual Basic it might be helpful for you to learn database design. You could start with Access and use one of the "dummies" books to learn about it. If there is something you are doing manually now (or with spreadsheets) that could be a candidate for a database application, it is helpful to work on that as part of your learning experience.

I emphasize learning the database application development because that can help you tie together the programming with the business functions. If you don't understand the business functions, then you won't be a good business application designer.

Whether or not you go to school for some formal training, I would suggest that you first purchase the language(s)/software you want to learn along with the appropriate "Dummies" books. Try to learn (and experiment) on your own so you will get more out ofany formal training/schooling you attend. Keep a list of questions you have as you are doing your own learning so you will know specific things to ask when the topics are reached in the formal training.

Hi. I would suggest the following.
First it's good to know what field of
programming you want to enter:Database related,
Web Pages, Games, graphics,...It could help, but
it's not compulsory (at least for now).
Then if your still in school, Isuggest you
start taking computer related subjects.
One ohter thing is that YOU BETTER GET YOUR
HANDS ON THE COMPUTER AND PROGRAM! because
programming won't come just out of wanting or
reading.It's good to but books, but if you can't
hereare two links to pages with either free
downloads or links to oher pages or tutorials:
www.intelinfo.com , www.1001tutorials.com
All the best.

Hi,

Take a look at the following sites...

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For C++...

http://www.zib.de/Visual/people/mueller/Course/Tutorial/tutorial.html

http://www.intap.net/~drw/cpp/

For VB...

http://vkliew.tripod.com/vbtutor.html

http://cuinl.tripod.com/

You'll need to get your hands on Visual Basic, of course and it doesn't come cheap but C++ is freely downloadable from

http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/

Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Tim.

Hi,

I'm not sure is that you want exactly.

The first c++ tutorial link I gave you was as good as any I've seen on the net. You cant just start writing code these days without understanding the concepts behinds it and there are plenty of code examples in there, anyway!

If that site isn't good enough, then I suggest you find a school that will teach you c++

There is no easy way to learn. You need to read lots, and practice what you learn.

Cheers,
Tim.

Hi. I just want to send some links with lots of
tutorials and books to download.
www.1001tutorials.comm
www.intelinfo.com
www.bruceeckel.com (you can download the books
"Thinkig in C++" and "Thinking in Java"
I personnaly used the two books Thinking in...
They are good. Another thing I would suggest
once you can program a bit is to try
www.sourceforge.net and choose the Project Help
wanted to join a project for more experience.You
can also offer your help to take up contracts
for free even(because your main aim now is tog
et expereince not money). But remember you need
to code a lot.