Programming

mshepp

Last year i finished University where i studied Computer Science. In the course i studied Java, ASP.net and C (Mainly Java and JSP). But quite frankly i was very very bad at it and the programming modules pulled my final grade down because i just sucked at them. Anyway, i feel i can do it and learn with the right guidance. Can anyone suggest a programming language that is something that i could learn with lots of tutorials/support along with good free IDE's.

thanks

rmg1

Microsofts own Visual Studio Express is free. Do a search on free Visual Basic download and the Microsoft site should be somewhere near the top.It comes with all the buttons and gizmos pre-loaded and all you have to do is add the code to tell them to do what you want.

amcluesent

Not being funny, but when you look beyond the syntax, these programming languages are just ways of representing information processing on a Von Neumann machine.

Unless you have a mental model of the principles behind this, you'll struggle as a programmer. Get a copy of "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs" by Wirth which was the first book I read about 'serious' programming or the more recent "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" by Petzold.