I can code decently in VB.Net, I ok at C++ (currently learning), but only with the standard libraries. I can code in one or 2 other languages but I'm trying to stick with those 2.

 

I've been meaning to look at Python, but I always seem to forget.

 

 

 

Program wise, I've made a few basic games as well as some nice little apps.

 

 

 

Ive heard that python, like turing, is more of a "learning language", but i have never tried it, so let me know. :)

 

 

 

It is a good learning language, but can be functional and is great for writing little programs. Easier to use. Hard to write a framework on, but a good programming language for quick stuff.

 

 

 

I'm good with python, have dabbled in Java, and am taking a C++ class. (Btw, actually python is a bad learning language, learn C++ first, cause my syntax is sloppy =/)

Ok, I know a bit of HTML and Javascript. I think that I will learn more of those and also learn a bit of Php, for all the website coding that I will ever do. Also, I think that I will learn something else, maybe Python, VB, C++, or maybe Delphi, whatever I can find a good tutorial on. Preferably one that doesn't just teach me how to do it, but also gives me instructions on how to make some basic program, because it's a lot easier to learn if I'm actually doing it.

 

Cross out VB entirely. Remember, real programmers use open source languages. ;) (As in, languages with an open source compiler, such as C/C++, or an open source interpeter, such as PHP).

 

 

 

As for a second language Python or C++ would probably be good. I'm currently researching the syntax differences between C and PHP, it's actually very little. And C is the language of choice of the writers of the Linux kernel and GIMP, IE some of my favorite FOS programs, so I'm really interested in learning it.

Ok, now I'm trying to learn Php, so I'm installing it so I can work with a bit. Now here's where I come across the problem. I can't find out how to install it. I went to Php.net and installed the latest version but it doesn't seem to open. Do I have to install more than one thing for this? Can anyone help me out?

Don't know about php, but make sure you have a framework as well as a compiler.

Can anyone link me to a guide to make a stat signature or something of the sort?

First of all, HTML and XML aren't programming languages. Don't mess them up.

 

Secondly, while Javascript and Python are debated to be scripting languages, there's nothing wrong about calling them programming languages.

 

 

 

And concerning learning I would recommend Python and .NET. It's just so plain easy to do any program in .NET if you don't care that it will be sctrictly limited to windows and may not be as fast as written in c and c++ and even c#.

 

 

 

If you are going to learn a c-type language, take c or/and c++. Don't bother with c# unless you know it's absolutely worth it.

 

 

 

PHP is also a good choice, because you will need it, even if it looks like everyone knows it. It's also a very easy language to code.

Ok, now I'm trying to learn Php, so I'm installing it so I can work with a bit. Now here's where I come across the problem. I can't find out how to install it. I went to Php.net and installed the latest version but it doesn't seem to open. Do I have to install more than one thing for this? Can anyone help me out?

 

PHP isn't a typical program that you install. You set it up in conjunction with Apache to have a web "server" that can support PHP. It's not terribly easy to do in Windows, but it's not terribly hard either; what you'll need to do is thoroughly peruse the installation guides for both PHP and Apache.

 

 

 

Can anyone link me to a guide to make a stat signature or something of the sort?

 

 

 

It'll take you a while before you get to that level. Start off simpler than that.

And concerning learning I would recommend Python and .NET. It's just so plain easy to do any program in .NET if you don't care that it will be sctrictly limited to windows and may not be as fast as written in c and c++ and even c#.

 

Why the heck would you want to learn .NET? :-s

 

 

 

I would recommend installing WAMP instead of PHP induvidually. http://www.wampserver.com/en/ It includes Apache2, PHP, and MySQL in one simple package. And yeah a stat sig would be too hard to write right away, although with the PHP GD2 extension (Don't worry about installing it, GD2 comes with a standard PHP installation) it definitely isn't complicated.

 

I'm currently making my way, slowly but surely, through the book "PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice". Even if you know PHP very well I would recommend it, particularly for the (Rather large) section on patterns. I'm also starting with a bit of CLI PHP, but I can't find my PHP excecuteable for the shebang. :x If it isn't in /usr/bin, /bin, or /etc/php5, where would it be? (I'm on Hardy)

Ya, Installed XAMPP, I think it's pretty much the same thing as WAMP.

 

I guess I'll practice with some other things the move on to dynamic images and such.

If it isn't in /usr/bin, /bin, or /etc/php5, where would it be? (I'm on Hardy)

 

 

 

#! /usr/bin/php5-cgi ? Never dealt with CLI before.

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