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| User name: | ZeroIQ |
| Name: | David Wanger |
| Location: | Illinois (USA) |
| Bio: | I am an absolute beginner with very limited exposure to programming of any kind.
I am approaching forty years old and realize that I am getting a late start, but am trying to prove that I'm not too old to learn. I am happily married with two young children so this is something I am trying to learn in my free time -- maybe an hour or two per night, a few nights a week. My goal is to learn how to code, and code well. I want to truly understand both the "how" and the "why" of the languages I tackle. Contrary to suggestions I have received, I have elected to avoid Visual Basic (at least for the time being) and have decided to begin learning C++. My belief is that I can learn C++ (maybe followed by C... or C#) that I will be able to adapt to most other languages with relative ease. Perhaps I am wrong, but I don't feel as if the same can be said the other way around (picking up C++ after learning Visual Basic). I'm undecided whether or not I will use the Visual Studio IDE or work with a text editor and compiler. I want to be able to write actual executable programs, but will probably want to ultimately write applications for websites. I currently use Windows XP, but would like to eventually learn to become less dependent upon M$ products. One of the languages I am most interested in is Python. My wife has a Macbook and I understand Python is a language which can be run on both PC and Mac OS's. I went on a recent shopping spree and purchased the following books: C++ Learning to Program in C++ by Steve Heller C++ Programming Language, The (3rd Edition) by Bjarne Stroustrup C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design by D.S. Malik C C Programming Language (2nd Edition) by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie C# Head First C# by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene Visual Basic Beginning Visual Basic 2005 by Thearon Willis and Bryan Newsome Game Programming Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus by Andre Lamothe I have elected to begin with 'Learning to Program in C++' by Steve Heller... unless I can be convinced to follow a different path. Please note that the "skills" listed in my bio are not skills per se, but indicate languages I possess an interest in. |
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| Birthdate: | Nov 12, 1971 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Occupation: | Support |
| Skills: | C PHP C++ Visual Basic Perl VB .NET C++/.NET Java C# Javascript Python C#/.NET ASP |
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