Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:32:40 01/14/03
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On January 14, 2003 at 10:44:31, Russell Reagan wrote:
>On January 14, 2003 at 01:12:10, Joshua Haglund wrote:
>
>>I learned QBasic first also. Then I started into C++ the next semester. After
>>that, I think it would be good to learn a bit of Visual Basic; Visual.NET. for a
>>chess engine I'm working on one in C++. In just a week, I'm 1/3 of the way done.
>>I'm also preparing for a 4 year college so I'm learning more C++ on the side.
>>there iare many good site with tut's and sample code.
>>
>>Joshua
>>toneewa@yahoo.com
>
>I think all copies of Visual Basic should be burned personally. BASIC is fine
>for learning how to program and getting comfortable with the basic ideas of
>programming, but that's about it. For example, if someone has never programmed
>before they will probably be confused with things like #include statements
>("what are they for? how do I know which ones to include?", etc.) and even
>simple things like functions can seem overwhelming, especially if you are
>learning on your own. BASIC can let you get familiar with small things like
>variables, doing simple computations on variables, and get you comfortable with
>conditionals and looping mechanisms. Trying to learn C/C++/Java/etc. without
>being comfortable with those basic things, on your own with no instructor or
>fellow students to help you along, is a hard thing to do IMO.
For a knock-off front end application, I think VB.NET is the best available tool
for the job. I would not dream of writing it in C++ unless there were some
overriding reason to do so.
For a GUI to attach to some web server or database, VB development is as easy as
it gets.
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