a beginners guide

Press_F1 · 07-22-2003, 09:41 AM

i basically graduated from college with some background on basic programming like VB, C, pascal and stuff. i can honestly say that im not good at it and easily get bored when some boring teachers discuss it. i cant even remember finishing a whole programming project without the help of classmate or without the already-written code i found on my PC. so i just assume that i dont have the talent for that sort of craft afterall i didnt enroll for a computer science degree to start with. but then, graduating from a computer enginering course and doing hardware stuff somehow put me into realization that choosing this field will might as well make you explore new or should i say other IT stuff and basically programming is what IT is all about. that made me decide i guess to go and give it one more try. so maybe with the help of some good gurus' here and some good reading materials i can do this things.
i have here a couple of questions that i hope you guys wouldnt bother to answer:

-my GF recently gave me a FOXPRO installer and i do have no knowledge with regards to this.. where do i start? what foxpro can offer me as far as my profession is concerned? got so many questions in mind.

-any suggestions on whats the best place to start programming?

-im reading a book regarding windows security, and i do think good knowledge on programming is a big factor to apply whats written in there.
anyway, what program did bill gates use to creat windows?

( well watching "pirates of silcon valley movie", hes not the one who started it)..

so hope you guys can deal with my confusion.

thanks a lot!

Press_F1 · 07-27-2003, 02:06 AM

anyone?

Vad · 07-27-2003, 01:44 PM

i have found this board is very inactive sadly

Press_F1 · 07-31-2003, 03:26 AM

Yah, poor me.

SToRM_SHaDoW · 08-03-2003, 12:20 PM

well, if my memory serves me right....

Bill Gates started Microsoft in 1975, he and another guy wrote a BASIC interpreter. Later IBM hired Microsoft to build DOS (then called IBM DOS, and later MS DOS). So windows was written in BASIC and DOS.

http://www.vbtutor.net/vbtutor.html

i suggest you learn C++ and /or JAVA.
join www.builder.com

if you wanna learn the language, stay away from IDEs at first.

hope this helped.

Press_F1 · 08-04-2003, 07:19 AM

thanks man!
ill follow then your advice.

is it right that DOS is a low-level programming? going back to the Bill gates thing, as far as i know, he only bought DOS for $? and not the one who created it. hes not a genious afterall.... he is wise.

07-22-2003, 09:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Press_F1 True Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 155	a beginners guide i basically graduated from college with some background on basic programming like VB, C, pascal and stuff. i can honestly say that im not good at it and easily get bored when some boring teachers discuss it. i cant even remember finishing a whole programming project without the help of classmate or without the already-written code i found on my PC. so i just assume that i dont have the talent for that sort of craft afterall i didnt enroll for a computer science degree to start with. but then, graduating from a computer enginering course and doing hardware stuff somehow put me into realization that choosing this field will might as well make you explore new or should i say other IT stuff and basically programming is what IT is all about. that made me decide i guess to go and give it one more try. so maybe with the help of some good gurus' here and some good reading materials i can do this things. i have here a couple of questions that i hope you guys wouldnt bother to answer: -my GF recently gave me a FOXPRO installer and i do have no knowledge with regards to this.. where do i start? what foxpro can offer me as far as my profession is concerned? got so many questions in mind. -any suggestions on whats the best place to start programming? -im reading a book regarding windows security, and i do think good knowledge on programming is a big factor to apply whats written in there. anyway, what program did bill gates use to creat windows? ( well watching "pirates of silcon valley movie", hes not the one who started it).. so hope you guys can deal with my confusion. thanks a lot! __________________ http://www.panda.org -- Make This World a Better Place to live In... Care for all the Living --

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Press_F1 True Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 155	Yah, poor me. __________________ http://www.panda.org -- Make This World a Better Place to live In... Care for all the Living --

08-04-2003, 07:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
Press_F1 True Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 155	thanks man! ill follow then your advice. is it right that DOS is a low-level programming? going back to the Bill gates thing, as far as i know, he only bought DOS for $? and not the one who created it. hes not a genious afterall.... he is wise. __________________ http://www.panda.org -- Make This World a Better Place to live In... Care for all the Living --

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07-27-2003, 01:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
Vad Newb Techie Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 6	i have found this board is very inactive sadly

08-03-2003, 12:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
SToRM_SHaDoW Newb Techie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4	well, if my memory serves me right.... Bill Gates started Microsoft in 1975, he and another guy wrote a BASIC interpreter. Later IBM hired Microsoft to build DOS (then called IBM DOS, and later MS DOS). So windows was written in BASIC and DOS. http://www.vbtutor.net/vbtutor.html i suggest you learn C++ and /or JAVA. join www.builder.com if you wanna learn the language, stay away from IDEs at first. hope this helped.