erngotti206
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How can I get started, are certificate programs good? Thanks!
I don't have an issue with your advice so don't take this the wrong way. I've found that programmers that start with JAVA, C++, or C# are not well grounded in the basics of programming. When things go wrong during development in those languages their ability to debug their programs is very limited because they are not well grounded. Some old fart like me has to help them find and fix their code. Learning C greatly helps with the grounded needed (and makes my life much simpler, hehe).use notepad++ as your free editor and start with the first program every programmer starts with: hello world.
(making the program show the words "hello world")
I started with C++ and made a console store application that could keep track of the products and how much money they have earned. then i tried C# in visual studio. i feel like C# is easier to learn, but also a little less powerful than C++
also check out some batch for scripting in windows.
I don't have an issue with your advice so don't take this the wrong way. I've found that programmers that start with JAVA, C++, or C# are not well grounded in the basics of programming. When things go wrong during development in those languages their ability to debug their programs is very limited because they are not well grounded. Some old fart like me has to help them find and fix their code. Learning C greatly helps with the grounded needed (and makes my life much simpler, hehe).
<<I started with assembler>>
berry120,
I can agree with most of what you've experienced. I'll just say this, not all programmers are programmers. In the commercial realm we need programmers so desperately they'll hire nearly anyone whom professes they can code and can successfully navigate the door jam!
If you teach, please, please send us "real" programmers that understand the basics of how computers work, have strong logic skills, what makes the screen flicker, etc. In other words, I can help them be better programmers in whatever language, but they must be able to navigate the door jam. More directly, flunk the dead heads!