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Subject: want to program?
Original Message Date: 26-Mar-03 @ 05:32 PM - want to program?
i don't believe it codes .dlls (for vsti) directly but it handles a lot of other things, ie. com ports. i wouldn't expect the performance of c++ but if you've ever wanted to build your own midi sequencer, audio arranger and are as abhorrent of finance as i, here you go.
already written my own 'wordpad' app after about 5 hours! successfully opened, created, edited files!
Message 21/45 29-Mar-03 @ 08:42 AM - RE: want to program?
Message 22/45 29-Mar-03 @ 01:32 PM - RE: want to program?
MS, you gotta love 'em
Message 23/45 01-Apr-03 @ 10:48 PM - RE: want to program?
I'd suggest Java if you want to learn a real-deal language that might actually be useful to you later on. There's lots of good suggestions for "learner" languages that have been mentioned above, I'd add Eiffel, but they're useless in the real world.
The JDK is free from Sun and includes a compiler. Java also has one of the most active online communities around, so lots of people can help you out.
-Craig
Message 24/45 01-Apr-03 @ 11:05 PM - RE: want to program?
i really don't know about java; the thing is, for a newbie, it seems a bit "heavyweight"; not much different from c++ (i.e both langs are equally complex).
like.. it's going to be hard to see the fundamental concepts involved in programming. again.. i REALLY must stress how clean and simple actionscript is. yes, it's not really much of a language, but it is DEFINITELY the best "learn the concepts" language i've used.
like.. if i show non-coder friends some source, they usually understand most of what's going on. which i doubt could be said for java.
also, there are like 3-4 different openGL-for-java libs, and NONE of them are any good!
but i definitely agree that it would be a good choice for learning how to "really" program once you get the basics.
aaaanyway..
raigan
Message 25/45 02-Apr-03 @ 10:45 PM - RE: want to program?
i've just created an app for batch processing renaming duties.. you know, when you have a sample library with some stupid naming designation or a load of mp3s with !!s or Layer3 in their name, you run them through this and get them all tidy.. or when your prog only uses so many characters of the name.. et c.
i've looked for something like this a few times before (not for a while tho :p) but now the bastard's built. have to put in a few different name formatting options and perhaps add a script function ie. to automatically deal with !!s scenario or ?? suggestions?
freeware 1 motherfuckers 0
Message 26/45 03-Apr-03 @ 07:29 AM - RE: want to program?
Message 27/45 04-Apr-03 @ 12:16 AM - RE: want to program?
Message 28/45 04-Apr-03 @ 04:29 PM - RE: want to program?
i'll check that thing out though, for sure.. once i manage to find some time....
raigan
Message 29/45 07-Apr-03 @ 04:52 PM - RE: want to program?
See, the thing is learning how to program PROPERLY is ery different from learning how to program. Sure you can hang yourself in Java You can hang yourself in anything!
-Craig
Message 30/45 07-Apr-03 @ 05:17 PM - RE: want to program?
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