Scripting, coding, programming, etc.

[.:FancyPants:.]

i came home today with a 1233 page book on visual c++ 2010 sitting on my laptop, my dad found it
does it matter that i use code::blocks and not visual studio?

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[Aide33]

i came home today with a 1233 page book on visual c++ 2010 sitting on my laptop, my dad found it
does it matter that i use code::blocks and not visual studio?

not really go with the IDE you're comfortable with

[otto-san]

C++ and TorqueScript are what i'm most experienced with

moderate experience with Lua, but I don't have many applications for it to learn lots about it. the syntax is very natural though.

extremely minimal experience with Java and HTML (why am i even counting this), the former of which should be my dream language but for some reason i can't do it

batch doesn't count i don't think

[.:FancyPants:.]

well i mean of Chapter 1 there's a huge section on "getting familiar with your IDE"
and my question is if programming books have a tendency to refer to the IDE directly (like point out directions to doing certain things).
i don't want to get told "oh start the debugger" and then spent the next few hours trying to work out how to do that.

[allyorbase]

How many people actually use a debugger? I generally just set up a few print statements and find it myself.

[otto-san]

well i mean of Chapter 1 there's a huge section on "getting familiar with your IDE"
and my question is if programming books have a tendency to refer to the IDE directly (like point out directions to doing certain things).
i don't want to get told "oh start the debugger" and then spent the next few hours trying to work out how to do that.

i got a C++ book several years ago and it never really did that

it was just code, as you'd expect

you may have to figure out how to do some things with aid of google or messing around in your IDE, but it shouldn't be a big problem

How many people actually use a debugger? I generally just set up a few print statements and find it myself.

me!!! it's actually very useful

[.:FancyPants:.]

exactly the response i was looking for, thanks guys

now excuse me for whatever number of years it will take me to get through all of this

[devildogelite]

C++ and TorqueScript are what i'm most experienced with

moderate experience with Lua, but I don't have many applications for it to learn lots about it. the syntax is very natural though.

extremely minimal experience with Java and HTML (why am i even counting this), the former of which should be my dream language but for some reason i can't do it

batch doesn't count i don't think

You're having trouble with Java? I found java to really straight forward an easy to work with. I've also been learning it from a professor so that might be why. But overall I really like Java and don't get why people constantly stuff on it.

[allyorbase]

You're having trouble with Java? I found java to really straight forward an easy to work with. I've also been learning it from a professor so that might be why. But overall I really like Java and don't get why people constantly stuff on it.

It's slow and going to be obsolete soon.

[otto-san]

You're having trouble with Java? I found java to really straight forward an easy to work with. I've also been learning it from a professor so that might be why. But overall I really like Java and don't get why people constantly stuff on it.

not so much having trouble as not interested enough to get working

[Executive]

I might try to learn TorqueScript though, is it relatively easy to learn for a new programmer?

Very easy easier that HTML or whatever the frick

[devildogelite]

not so much having trouble as not interested enough to get working

Yeah I'm terrible at getting motivated. I also used to get burned out really quick. The class really helped by having it paced and the grade was good motivation.

It's slow and going to be obsolete soon.

Why is it going to be obsolete soon?

[otto-san]

Very easy easier that HTML or whatever the frick

i don't think you're thinking about html because i was able to learn html at six years old

[Daedalus]

I'm gonna try to take a class in XNA or something similar this summer.
I know quite a bit of C++, a little bit of Python, and other various things.

[allyorbase]

Why is it going to be obsolete soon?

It's been around since 1995 and again, is appx. 44% slower than C++.