I regret not practicing C++

[yukyduky]

while(1) { fork(); }

Sounds like fun times

 

[Fdbl]

I found HTML to be the easiest language to start with. Or SQL.

 

[Wooty]

Sounds like fun times

It was even more fun to run on the lab computers. I had a friend that wrote an app which would simulate mouse clicks at random positions, as fast as the system could handle them. It would do some interesting things before inevitably powering off by clicking the shutdown button.

 

[yukyduky]

It was even more fun to run on the lab computers. I had a friend that wrote an app which would simulate mouse clicks at random positions, as fast as the system could handle them. It would do some interesting things before inevitably powering off by clicking the shutdown button.

Sweet! I'll definitely have to try that and maybe cover the desktop with random icons for a nice effect.

 

[Wooty]

Sweet! I'll definitely have to try that and maybe cover the desktop with random icons for a nice effect.

Search for * in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs", select all, press enter.
0/10, would not buy again.

 

[yukyduky]

Search for * in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs", select all, press enter.
0/10, would not buy again.

I see how bad that could get but I think the "Program Files" folder might be worse, at least for me it is.

 

[yukyduky]

That would only open maps, wouldn't it? Unless you have executables in your progam files folder.

Oh my bad, I was thinking of looping it.. Oh well. Yeah that would be a pain.

 

[kagato]

The only thing I miss more than doing some C++ coding is Assembler - and no I am not joking. I miss having that level of control - PUSH, POP, register controls, etc. Yeah, I probably have a programming deathwish

 

[mikeymagic]

The only thing I miss more than doing some C++ coding is Assembler - and no I am not joking. I miss having that level of control - PUSH, POP, register controls, etc. Yeah, I probably have a programming deathwish

how do you even be motivated to write assembly!

 

[Wooty]

The only thing I miss more than doing some C++ coding is Assembler - and no I am not joking. I miss having that level of control - PUSH, POP, register controls, etc. Yeah, I probably have a programming deathwish

Once you get to that level, with a handy copy of the x86 opcode table, you can run binary commands directly on the processor. Joy!

 

[StTheo]

That's not the actual code for embedding videos. The <e> tag is something proprietary to Team9000, which automagically detects the video site, scans it for info about the video ID and such, and expands it out into the full code for the embed. This is what our youtube embeds actually look like:

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[kagato]

how do you even be motivated to write assembly!

Not to start a "Back in my day...we didn't have ..." kinda response, but that's kinda my why/how to get motivated. I grew up with the mindset of making code as compact and efficient as possible - given that I started with learning BASIC on a Tandy TRS-80, it kind of explains why. When you only have available memory that's measured in Kiloytes and not Mega or Giga, you tend to user every trick possible to accomplish what you need with as little of a memory footprint as possible. You can't get that with some of the more modern languages - regardless of how well they optimize their compiler. The flipside is that you tend to be the one who has to forsee possible issues (stack overflows, etc) and write code accordingly, versus a modern compiler which may check/warn you of such things.

That and I was always intrigued by "demos" of the day by groups like Future Crew - amazing the kind of graphics, etc. they could pull off with such a tiny executable file.

 

[Kurtis]

It's really easy, but it depends what direction you want to go initially.

You can start with web programming and not even programming but using simple markup languages and stylesheets (HTML, XML, CSS, etc)

This will at least get you understanding how to apply syntax/code and make you a whole lot more ready to try scripting js/php where you will learn all the important parts to programming that will eventually lead to a solid understanding of stuff.

after you've learnt one, you can learn them all.


else you can go the desktop/mobile software programming side and start with java or python, or even basic scripting.

again, learn how to apply/use syntax in code, etc.


Once you understand how to use syntax and basic programming principles, you can really go at relatively any programming language you like.

I'm aiming for web design so I can eventually set up my own website for my art/fashion, and another for my blogs.

 

[mikeymagic]

I'm aiming for web design so I can eventually set up my own website for my art/fashion, and another for my blogs.

in order of learning, this is the easiest way to learn everything you will need.

( in order of how you should learn imo)

html => html5 => css => css3 => javascript => htmldom => ajax => jquery => sql => php

 

[Kurtis]

in order of learning, this is the easiest way to learn everything you will need.

( in order of how you should learn imo)

html => html5 => css => css3 => javascript => htmldom => ajax => jquery => sql => php

Thanks! I'll give it a shot.

 

[Vincent2128]

in order of learning, this is the easiest way to learn everything you will need.

( in order of how you should learn imo)

html => html5 => css => css3 => javascript => htmldom => ajax => jquery => sql => php

I took a beginner's course in php before I learnt html.
That's not a joke, by the way.

 

[mikeymagic]

I took a beginner's course in php before I learnt html.
That's not a joke, by the way.

probably not the greatest idea

 

[DOS622]

Learn Java so that you can write high-performance software like Minecraft!

 

[mikeymagic]

Learn Java so that you can write high-performance software like Minecraft!

..and leak memory everywhere!

 

[Cacher]

in order of learning, this is the easiest way to learn everything you will need.

( in order of how you should learn imo)

html => html5 => css => css3 => javascript => htmldom => ajax => jquery => sql => php

y u use w3schools

No w3fools
Actually w3fools