Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:29 pm
You are never to old to learn something new;-)
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Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:52 pm
I am 43, and my Innovus program was made summer 2008. So you are properly to old.
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:04 pm
One is never to old to learn! 
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:16 pm
i'm 47 so never to old...
btw: started programming when i was around 14
btw: started programming when i was around 14
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:30 pm
Basicly any BASIC type language is the easiest and most forgiving voor the beginner.
Which that language you will learn the concepts of coding quiet fast. There is also a huge code base for it.
Basic comes in lots of flavors. Object oriented languages like C# requires a different mindset.
You like them or you hate them. Most of the time you will have a hard time to learn them if
your prior experience is with procedurial programming languages like pascal, C or even standard BASIC.
I learned myself programming in many languages but the only way for me to learn it is to set myself a goal.
Like i made a GPS system on a Nintendo DS just to learn the basics of C++.
Which that language you will learn the concepts of coding quiet fast. There is also a huge code base for it.
Basic comes in lots of flavors. Object oriented languages like C# requires a different mindset.
You like them or you hate them. Most of the time you will have a hard time to learn them if
your prior experience is with procedurial programming languages like pascal, C or even standard BASIC.
I learned myself programming in many languages but the only way for me to learn it is to set myself a goal.
Like i made a GPS system on a Nintendo DS just to learn the basics of C++.
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:10 pm
There is not a big difference between C# and Visual Basic for .Net. Both can be used to program object orientied, but you do not have to.
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:12 am
A small correction: pascal has been OO from the late 80's.... i mean the Turbo version of course.
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:23 am
Hi all, i found a little guide for ground zero programmers, installed VB2008 free and after 30 minutes i created a simple program that opens a form , launches inside explorer and prints the screen............ oh oh , i'm not so old ! ok , now i must oepn a bottle to celebrate next coming Year . CHEERS !
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:57 pm
Do you have a link?
I'm not so old either
I'm not so old either
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:35 pm
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:19 am
O must learn italian first then.
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 12:18 pm
Edwin, You are never to old to learn;-)
Re: how to be a software programmer
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:51 pm
Just another suggestion to get you started.
Read my post about setting up a development environment for Homeseer --> http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3769
Get some .vb scripts from the homeseer forum, the scripts folder in homeseer (c:\program files\homeseer....) and go through them to understand what's happening. In my experience people find it difficult to start from scratch, therefor it's much easier to learn from existing scripts.
It is best to have a goal for writing a script/plugin, so your motivated to finish your project. If you have a squeezebox, you can start analysing and expanding my squeezebox scripts (view this topic --> http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3716 and http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3768). If you don't have a squeezebox then get one, great stuff!! (http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com) .
An example of what I'm doing at the moment --> I'm busy to create charts for my sensors/powerreadings/etc. There are massive options with the .net charts I'm developing. When I'm at a level of creation that's ready to release I will post the stuf here so we can all expand the charts together.
Read my post about setting up a development environment for Homeseer --> http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3769
Get some .vb scripts from the homeseer forum, the scripts folder in homeseer (c:\program files\homeseer....) and go through them to understand what's happening. In my experience people find it difficult to start from scratch, therefor it's much easier to learn from existing scripts.
It is best to have a goal for writing a script/plugin, so your motivated to finish your project. If you have a squeezebox, you can start analysing and expanding my squeezebox scripts (view this topic --> http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3716 and http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=3768). If you don't have a squeezebox then get one, great stuff!! (http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com)
.An example of what I'm doing at the moment --> I'm busy to create charts for my sensors/powerreadings/etc. There are massive options with the .net charts I'm developing. When I'm at a level of creation that's ready to release I will post the stuf here so we can all expand the charts together.