 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Start Learning C
Please support our C advertiser: Programming Forums - DaniWeb Sister Site
 |
hi frnds,
I am new to programming. As i have to start learning languages, as my first step i decided to learn C as it is said to be the basic and most important. Can someone suggest me some way to increase my interest in C by giving examples of some marvellous things that can be done in C and CPP.
thnks in adv.
I am new to programming. As i have to start learning languages, as my first step i decided to learn C as it is said to be the basic and most important. Can someone suggest me some way to increase my interest in C by giving examples of some marvellous things that can be done in C and CPP.
thnks in adv.
itzAB> Can someone suggest me some way to increase my interest in C by giving examples of some marvellous things that can be done in C and CPP.
Sorry no marvelous things here about C or C++. Just excruciating pain and frustration.
You better off with wonderful programming languages like C# or Java.
Just kidding. I mean...the part of wonderful + C# and Java.
Take a look at the first thread of this forum. There are a lot of posts dedicated to you.
Sorry no marvelous things here about C or C++. Just excruciating pain and frustration.
You better off with wonderful programming languages like C# or Java.
Just kidding. I mean...the part of wonderful + C# and Java.Take a look at the first thread of this forum. There are a lot of posts dedicated to you.
Last edited by Aia; Jul 29th, 2009 at 1:45 pm.
"If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it, and if it stops moving, subsidize it" - Ronald Reagan
•
•
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 5,850
Reputation: 
Solved Threads: 751
Start with something simple, like python.
You'll actually get some useful things done in a fairly short time frame.
It'll take 6 months of hard graft before you're in any shape to write a useful program in C. You HAVE to think of everything (and there's a lot to think about). Whole books have been written on the traps which exist in C for the unwary programmer.
C is the kind of language where if you ask "I want to hang myself", it will happily give you the rope to do it. And just for fun, it will occasionally replace the rope with bungee cord just to see what happens next.
You'll actually get some useful things done in a fairly short time frame.
It'll take 6 months of hard graft before you're in any shape to write a useful program in C. You HAVE to think of everything (and there's a lot to think about). Whole books have been written on the traps which exist in C for the unwary programmer.
C is the kind of language where if you ask "I want to hang myself", it will happily give you the rope to do it. And just for fun, it will occasionally replace the rope with bungee cord just to see what happens next.
•
•
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 255
Reputation:
Solved Threads: 17
Posting Whiz in Training
I reccomend starting with QBASIC (almost everyone is familar with basic, so it can be used to communicate idea's to other programmers) or python (python is popular, even nasa uses it apparently).
C is... its hard to explain. Compair it to learning how to drive. You'll want to know how to drive before you want to know how the car works. Trying to learn C as your first language would be like trying to learn to drive while trying to figure out how how the car starts when you turn your key. I know thats not clear, but it gives you an idea of what I mean.
What can C do you ask? Just about anything you possably can do on a computer. Games, operating systems, word processors, web browsers, graphics editing software, and, well, you can write a C compiler in C and make it compile it self
C is... its hard to explain. Compair it to learning how to drive. You'll want to know how to drive before you want to know how the car works. Trying to learn C as your first language would be like trying to learn to drive while trying to figure out how how the car starts when you turn your key. I know thats not clear, but it gives you an idea of what I mean.
What can C do you ask? Just about anything you possably can do on a computer. Games, operating systems, word processors, web browsers, graphics editing software, and, well, you can write a C compiler in C and make it compile it self
"Sometimes, when I lie in bed at night and look up at the stars, I think to myself, "Man! I really need to fix that roof."-Jack Handy
•
•
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 681
Reputation:
Solved Threads: 133
Practically a Master Poster
•
•
•
•
Can someone suggest me some way to increase my interest in C by giving examples of some marvellous things that can be done in C and CPP.
•
•
•
•
I reccomend starting with QBASIC (almost everyone is familar with basic, so it can be used to communicate idea's to other programmers)
-Tommy (For Great Justice!) Gunn
•
•
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 255
Reputation:
Solved Threads: 17
Posting Whiz in Training
•
•
•
•
Originally Posted by Tom Gunn 
QBASIC? I am getting flashbacks of the early 90s. It's Hammer Time! QBASIC went out of style along with slap bracelets, Furby, and fanny packs. I think you will have a hard time finding barely anyone, much less 'almost everyone' who can read and understand classic BASIC. If there is no V to the B you will only get blank stares.
"Sometimes, when I lie in bed at night and look up at the stars, I think to myself, "Man! I really need to fix that roof."-Jack Handy
•
•
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 134
Reputation:
Solved Threads: 3
Junior Poster
Most of Windows was written in C. You might or might not think that is marvellous.
Last edited by mathematician; Jul 29th, 2009 at 9:34 pm.
•
•
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,970
Reputation:
Solved Threads: 214
•
•
•
•
Originally Posted by mathematician
Most of Windows was written in C. You might or might not think that is marvellous.
"Never argue with idiots, they just drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
•
•
•
•
Originally Posted by tux4life
Please don't bring him on the idea to create his own OS
|
Similar Threads
- How to enhance my PHP development skill and also start learning .NET to get into it? (PHP)
- learning php (PHP)
- Where to start with learning to program (IT Professionals' Lounge)
- Could someone recomend me a good compiler to start learning C++? (C++)
- What is the best book to start with ASP.NET (ASP.NET)
- How to start (IT Professionals' Lounge)
- Learning Unix (Getting Started and Choosing a Distro)
Other Threads in the C Forum
- Previous Thread: c project
- Next Thread: Read a Floating-Point Value from the User, Part 3
Views: 623 | Replies: 11
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Latest C Posts
- Today's Posts
- Unanswered Threads
Related Forum Features
Tag cloud for C
#include * append array arrays bash binarysearch changingto char character cm copyanyfile copypdffile createprocess() database directory drawing dynamic execv feet fgets file floatingpointvalidation fork framework function functions getlogicaldrivestrin givemetehcodez global grade graphics gtkwinlinux histogram homework i/o ide include infiniteloop initialization input interest intmain() iso keyboard kilometer lazy license linked linkedlist linux list looping loopinsideloop. lowest matrix meter microsoft mqqueue mysql oddnumber odf open openwebfoundation overwrite pause pdf pointer pointers posix power process program programming pyramidusingturboccodes read recursion recv recvblocked reversing segmentationfault single socket socketprogramming spoonfeeding standard strchr string student suggestions system test testing threads unix urboc user whythiscodecausesegmentationfault win32api windowsapi
