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  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,957 Forumite
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    Its NASA they probably have the old version :)
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  • psychic_teabag
    psychic_teabag Posts: 2,865 Forumite
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    thanks for your advice. I would like to ask one more question but it is not about the topic. ı have been learning English for 2 years so I would like to find a foreign friend who speaks English to talk about our spare time

    You could have a look on "meetup", for example
    https://www.meetup.com/topics/esl/ (English as a Second Language)
  • It doesn't matter. I would like to chat and make video calls with him/his to improve my English
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    If you want to be an electronic engineer, try just plain old C (not C++,C# or Java, just C) first. Microcontrollers (Arduino, PIC, etc) all have C compilers and C-based toolchains, and C is a lot closer to the hardware than many other languages.

    I also suggest you spend an afternoon watching Ben Eater's channel on YouTube, he has a great series on digital electronics from some pretty basic principles to building a (very) modest programmable computer all on breadboard. It will fill in some gaps, it's a fantastic series, really well paced (you have to concentrate but can probably keep up), and even old dogs who did this stuff in the 80's like me learn stuff about microprocessor architecture etc. Well worth it.

    Once you've learnt some C, later on you can get into C# and it will be very familiar, a bit easier in some places, harder in others, but very familiar syntax.

    If you want to create android apps, you can use livecode, or even install the app on your phone "Sketchware" - a little basic but you can have something simple running in an hour or less - no need to learn any languages, just apply programming rigour and principles
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