It's not too late, we can save you, use UNIX... come to the Dark Side,
Luke...
I'm only sort of kidding but hey, I use a PC as well. Dang Microsoft. I
started trying to learn Java a few years ago having no prior coding
experience (except of course BASIC, but that was pretty unhelpful in
translation), and I found it pretty frustrating. My only advice at this
point is that you should be persistent, and it really helps to have a
purpose behind learning it, otherwise like me you may be discouraged. I'm
still waiting for my perl books to arrive, but from what I've seen it's
pretty nifty.
For tactical tools, I use the ViM text editor (www.ViM.org) which definitely
can be intimidating to a DOS user, but since you seem intent on learning to
code from the ground up, you may as well learn some good habits now. If you
have a Linux machine you already have ViM (hopefully).
Good luck,
-=GLA=-
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Aye-Darko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 4:39 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Getting Started
Hi, Can anyone tell me how I can get started in programming with Perl. I am
new to computers and am using the windows millenium software on my pc.
Do I need to program in Dos to write and run code or something else? Please
help as I am desperate to get started.
Regards,
Charles
