Hello Everyone.

I'm an 14 years old aprentice at programing and I would like to know in what Programing Language should I invest my time, I mean what language has the more possibilities, what language will be more necessary in the future, What language should I learn?

Best Regards

PS: My main objective is create a simple, NES like, game.

PS-2:I know a little bit of flash's actionScript and an even tynier bit of VB6.0

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"I'm an 14 years old aprentice at programing"

If this was an accurate statement, you'd be indentured to a qualified programmer, and your course of study would be predetermined. (Of course, if it was an accurate statement, "apprentice" would probably be spelled correctly.) I've never heard of a programming apprenticeship (not to say that the arrangement doesn't exist in some countries). Every programmer I ever met was responsible for their own study choices and the associated costs. I suspect that what you really mean is that you are a 14 year old who hopes to study programming (with a view to making this your career).

For game programming I'd suggest C/C++, particularly if you might want to program for platforms other than Windows. Java might be another good choice for cross-platform programming.

Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.

Hi Deimos

This forum is great place to learn. The Guys here really know and share allot of useful information

I’ve tried assembly, C, C++, Visual Basic 6, batch files and different versions of command line basic, java, html, that said I am just a hack noob at all these languages. And it is just a hobby (how strange is that),

That said I think I wasted a lot of time scratching the surface where I could have been a much better (what comes after noob?) if I stuck with one language.

I believe that you should take the most recent version visual basic and stick with it. It is a very user friendly language that lets you build fairly complex programs with a very low skill level but it also has a lot of room for growth and can be a very complex programming language. Visual basic has the ability to control all aspects of the computer such as interfacing with network cards cpu registers and any and all peripherals.

You should also find out about Assembly language, not that you should learn this language, but A good book will explain how software interacts with Cpu registers and ram and disk memory, which is useful background information no matter which language you choose.

IMHO

"I believe that you should take the most recent version visual basic and stick with it."

Keep in mind that Visual Basic limits you to programming for Windows only.

Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.

The problem with VB is your reliance on someone who knows C whenever you need to write a Declare Sub/Function ... Lib. It may not happen often, but trying to call the WIN32 API is just a bit too... foreign for your average VB programmer. Especially if you're going to be making games.

That said, C/C++ is fairly universally accepted, so learning said language is always a safe bet, with no shortage of real world examples to choose from.

asm, c, c++

After that, it gets easier.

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Ok C++, C it will be.

What program should I use? The only one I know is Visual C++ and I don't know if its a good choice.

If you could recomend me a good program and a good book i would apretiate that^^.

Best Regards

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Visual C++ is one of the best for Windows, and it's free, so that's my suggestion. I've been using Dev-C++, because it can fit on a USB drive.

As for books, I don't have much advice, but the people from the forum Cprogramming suggest Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days for programming novices.

Ok great thanks!

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Hey razor "Visual" C++ is free?
Where can I get it?

I have seen many versions of command line C for free down load but havent found Visual C++, are you talking about the limited learning version that comes with the 21 Day Book?

Deimos I started using Visual basic in 21 days. It was great for a start, then I read Visual basic Black book by coriolis, it would be hard to use the black book if I didnt read the others first but it has good quick code examples, I consider it the best Book I have On visual basic.

So I checked the Barnes and Noble webs site to see if they had a CORIOLIS Black Book in a C++ Version and they only had used copies I decided to order one it was only 9 bucks. I hope its as good as the VB Book, but for 9 bucks who cares, the other book I had new was 49$

Specifically, the free version is called Visual C++ Express, and you can grab it from Microsoft.

Razor thanks

I guess Ill switch back to C++. Now all I need is my $9 book....quite a bargain.

If you really want to learn coding, get a text editor and a compiiler.

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