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[Dessimat0r]

Delphi.

[Favvi]

start with VB and work from there.

[sukamusiru]

Basic or VB, if you give it a quick go, will show you all the general concepts of syntax and programming that later languages like C++ will use in insanely more depth, not saying that one will transfer smoothly to the other, but that it'd not be a lost cause to check out the much recommended VB.

[Hosiah]

OK, just to add to my earlier Qbasic to C++ saga...

The one thing I miss the most about QBasic is, the graphics could be done:

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line(x1,y1)-(x2,y2),col

...just THAT easily! Instant raster graphics, and I used them so extansively that I even developed my own work-around for QB not using bitmaps...involving using an "etch-a-sketch"- type program I wrote which would save the pixels as numeric data in a text file, for later recall by other programs!

I really, REALLY miss raster graphics. The simple act of being able to turn the numeric data into pictures makes a programming language come alive for me, and it seems that this is the one thing that's going to be denied to me in C++...*sniff, whimper!* Though I have read ahead and compiled downloaded sample code enough to know that someday, I'll be able to do graphics in C++, too. From the looks of things, this appears to be the hardest thing to do in C++!

Yes, I know that old-style C has the "lineto" function, that's just the problem: old style, raster graphics seem to have become extinct in C (if I'm wrong about that, somebady, anybody tell me? Give a poor noob some hope?). Instead, I'm going to have to deal with graphics on a much more complex level with OpenGL or all that "device context class" stuff.

As <insert your favorite Diety> is my witness, if I do master C++ graphics, I'll write a function that translates all that complex stuff back into the simple "line" statement again, stuff it in a header file, and give it to the world!

Peace and Love and Granola,
Hosiah

[Prince21]

ok i see

[cracell~]

Logo, though it's not too useful, and some consider it not really a language

you can do a lot with scripting too, but it's not programming

as far as undebated programming languages the basic family

qbasic is the easiest but not too powerful

as far as serious easy programing i suggest vb .net 2003

as far as ones with free compilers I suggest python, a lot of people like java but java sucks

[Patrick_]

Hey all, sorry to bring this back, but just saw it from Google.

I heard that BASIC is still very powerful. I am 13, and want to get a start on programming, and it has to be easy. I think I will start with HTML, but that's web programming. Would BASIC be the best application programming language for me to learn? I looked through it, and it looks very easy, and from what I've heard, very powerful.

[Ultra Frosty]

I tried C#, but .NET seems just too messed up to use. I'm sticking with VC++ 6.

[justin89h]

I think Javascript, as it is so simple to use, and almost impossible to screw up in. It might not do much, but its gotta be the easiest language. Yes, i know its web programming

[azcodemonkey]

b0b, on Jun 5 2004, 10:53, said:

I tried C#, but .NET seems just too messed up to use. I'm sticking with VC++ 6.

? messed up? in what way?

[¨bACKLASH_]

visual basic. learnt it in a few days after reading tutorials.

[pctuk]

It's definately Pascal.

It's important to start with a command-line language so that you can learn the basic structures. It would be too easy to jump into VB and create nice forms with simple code underneath.

[null_]

Personally I think BASIC and Visual Basic are the two easiest programming languages. I've been trying to learn C++ for 2 years now and I've got some of the basics down but the rest is still greek to me.

*goes back to his book..learn C++ in 24 days my rear.*

[Prince21]

Glad to see the toopic is still active, keep the post coming in.

[Mordkanin]

vb.net

install the .net framework, and grab a copy of SharpDevelop to start out, then if you like it, grab a copy of VisualBasic.NET 2003.

C#, VB.NET, meh, it all comes together in one happy IDE.