Programming software?

Question

Is there any progamming software that can help you get started with progamming languages? Thank you

anyways jake Cigar, I am a beginner and i want to know the basics for programming.

Answer 1

Get C/C++. It's the standard for Computer Science Engineering students to learn how to program. You can get a free version at

http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

There are many tutorials that you can find online and there are many books which can teach you how to program. The book most CS majors use is "The C Programming Language" by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie. This is a barebones-style of programming though. It will teach you the fundamentals of computer programming.

If you do decide to go with C/C++ and download the C/C++ compiler at the link I provided, stick with the Console Applications which run from a command prompt while you are still learning. You'll see what I mean if you install the compiler, that option can be found at --> New >> Project >> [Console Application].

Once you learn the syntax and style, you can easily learn other object-oriented programming languages such as Javascript, Java, Perl, etc. If you have any other questions, feel free to email me.

Answer 2

That question is very open ended. Answer would depend on what you want to program... just writing "Programming Software to make Software" is not going to get you any answer. What do you want to code in? Java? Start with notepad and a good book - that is most people should start. Are you an advanced Java Programar - get Netbeans from Sun, or get Eclipse. Do you want to write shell scripts? Get Cygwin. Or type edit in Command prompt to work on DOS style batch files.

Answer 3

In the old days, we learned BASIC (not Visual BASIC) as the first language, but today, we don't have that choice.

The next easiest and most common perhaps is Java. However, Java is NOT easy for absolute beginners. If you are serious about programming, probably the best thing you can do for yourself is to take classes like "Basic computer concepts", "Flow charting", or "Algorythm" and learn how to think your way through the problem. In these courses, you'll learn not the language, but how to formulate your thoughts, so it will be easy to translate your thoughts into programming language when you learn it.

You *could* learn SHELL programming in Unix (or Linux). It has a fairly simple structure to learn and power behind it if you really get really good.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Probably the easiest to get started with is Java. You can use notepad as an editor and run your programs in the browser. Any book on Java script will get you started. From there, you can go on to creating applications using something like Jcreator, from Xinox. The link below is the download page where you can download a free version.

Gnu Gcc is s free C compiler. You can use it to learn the C and C++ languages.

If you do a search for "free compiler" you'll get results for a variety of languages. With Java and C / ++, you've got a good start.

Answer 5

Check out Python at http://www.python.org/. All the software and documentation is free and it's a nice language for learning.

Answer 6

Start off with Visual Basic Express 2005 (Yahoo search it... or Google It... your choice). Use the tutorials that it comes with. Very easy to get started with.

Answer 7

way too many! what language? what do you want to do ?

are you new to all this or an old dog looking to learn new tricks?

PS
basic will rot your mind.

Answer 8

uh... broad question... and I am going to go out on a limb here, but if you want to do web design (build sites, etc.) then HTML is your best bet.

General programming, you may want to go C or C++