Where to Start?

[Farka]

I'd like to begin learning about computer programming. I'm heading for the Web Design direction. Does anyone know where I should start as far as computer languages? Posting them here would be greatly appreciated.

[itmorr]

Re: Where to Start?

If you want to start with Java, which is very useful in learning about things like algorithms, you could probably download a copy of BlueJ and use that to do your tutorials in an easy gui. Don't forget to download the Sun JDK 1.6 if you do that.

[Farka]

Re: Where to Start?

what's a gui. Would learning Java from w3schools be a good idea? I have the basics of it.

Also, is CSS, HTML, PHP, and C++ useful?

[Afrobean]

Re: Where to Start?

**** java

Learn C++. I don't know about everyone else, but C++ is much easier for me to work with.

ps gui is graphical user interface. Google it if you don't know what that is.

[RandomPscho]

Re: Where to Start?

I doubt c++ would make web designer any easier. C++ would be great for learning the low level stuff about how things actually work. CSS, HTML, PHP are used to create webpages, but they aren't 'real' programming languages.

[Afrobean]

Re: Where to Start?

Oh. I overlooked the part where he said web design.

So yeah, **** java and C++ then. Like has been said, you want HTML, PHP, etc. Maybe javascript or action script... admittedly, I don't know a whole lot about web design outside of really basic HTML.

[Tps222]

Re: Where to Start?

Lol.

GUI is basically what windows is to your machine.

You click on an icon, that icon represents code. In essence, you just sent the correct code to the system in it's language, but for you to understand it, it's a picture.

Web Design? PHP is good, HTML, Basic, Javascript, Flash, Knowledge of MySQL and general database information, XML.

C++ really isn't low level at all. Figuring it has OOP capabilities, it really can work with high level algorithms.

[purebloodtexan]

Re: Where to Start?

HTML FTW.

[itmorr]

Re: Where to Start?

If you're going to do lots of web stuff, start with HTML (unless you've already messed with it a ton), then go to CSS, and then probably PHP. Also know how to use Flash and Photoshop to do stuff. As far as the Java thing, it's nice for applets, and for learning, but you'll probably end up spending a lot of time with it. C probably wouldn't help with web programming much. You could also look into Perl, since that'd be used once in awhile.

[Farka]

Re: Where to Start?

Ok, now it's time to emphasize the "Where to start". I hardly know anything when it comes to computer programming. I learned basic HTML on my own time and I got a small grasp of java. That was a year before I took interest in programming. Now that I want to learn Web Design, I need to know how to compile scripts and make them web pages. I hardly know any of the abbreviations used for programming. I just figured out was ASCII was eariler. Will someone be willing to explain how to construct a web page on aim with me? My screen name is Nakah92.

[cloud321]

Re: Where to Start?

HTML->JAVA->CSS->PHP(For forums)

[JasonKey]

Re: Where to Start?

HTML -> CSS -> PHP for sure .. then look at Java if you like.