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2004-07-01 Thread Paul
I wish at uni they had decided to teach us in php first... We had to start with Java, and although the language has its merits, it really just slows down the learning process to one giant javac blur... The advantage of PHP is that it is easy to learn, and useful, more useful than you can

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2004-07-01 Thread Shay Telfer
I wish at uni they had decided to teach us in php first... We had to start with Java, and although the language has its merits, it really just slows down the learning process to one giant javac blur... The advantage of PHP is that it is easy to learn, and useful, more useful than you can

Re: Coding resources

2004-07-01 Thread James Devenish
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 09:52:12AM +0800, Shay Telfer wrote: PHP is not generally applicable outside the domain of web pages though, I find PHP useful for prototyping a variety of any plain-text formats (not just HTML). However, applications-wise, I actually prefer

Re: Coding resources

2004-06-30 Thread Onno Benschop
On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 05:39, Rod wrote: Actually, at the moment it is possible that you wrote this message then, but we both know that your clock is borked... (At this stage I could start making jokes about why bother coding if you can't set the time, but I'm too happy that you're thinking about

Re: Coding resources

2004-06-30 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi All! Anyone know of a good resource to learn how to code? I'd suggest Python. It has excellent tutorials, is cross platform and is already installed on the Mac by default. Go to http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/ and click the Tutorial link. Really, once you've learned to program in one

Re: Coding resources

2004-06-30 Thread Rod
On 30/6/04 10:05 AM, Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All! Anyone know of a good resource to learn how to code? I'd suggest Python. It has excellent tutorials, is cross platform and is already installed on the Mac by default. Go to http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/ and click

Re: Coding resources

2004-06-30 Thread Shay Telfer
Thanks Shay! Looks like I will be giving Python a go, as it seems to be easier to understand for a beginner better than C/Java. Are you able to take advantage of the Mac interface with Python, or does it out put to a Terminal window? There are objective-C bindings for it, but I've yet to play

Coding resources

2004-06-29 Thread Rod
Hi All! Anyone know of a good resource to learn how to code? I have been reading up on C at the moment, then hopefully progressing to C++ at some stage (got to have goals!). Books or online are welcome! Seeya Rod!

Re: Coding resources

2004-06-29 Thread Alexander F. Hartner
I suggest you start with Java and then C++. C and C++ differ a lot and mostly share the syntax. Starting with Java has lot of other benefits as well. 1.) Simpler language 2.) Memory management 3.) Object Orientated 4.) Well documented / Good support material 5.) Right Standard library for most