Hoemi Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 HiI'm 15 and I don't konw much about how a computer works. But I want to learn this! You all are very good with computers, I guess. How did you learn this? Thanks for your ansersHoemiPS: Sorry for my bad english. English isn't my mother tongue, but I hope you understand me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha123 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 I'm 15 and I don't konw much about how a computer works. But I want to learn this! You all are very good with computers, I guess. How did you learn this? Thanks for your ansersDo you want to know how a computer works or how to program one? Frankly I can't say I fully know how they work. As for learning to program, I recommend simply diving in headfirst. When I was 12 I took a few programming books (on Perl, of all languages...) out of the library and just started experimenting. I think that's a good way. If I may recommend a language to learn, I'd say Lua. It's very simple and easy to understand, but also quite useful. Play around with LÖVE (although stay off their forums, they're rather hostile ). LÖVE is a very easy-to-use game engine that makes creating simple games very easy. Start with something very small and simple - pong or something.PS: Sorry for my bad english. English isn't my mother tongue, but I hope you understand me!Your English is fine. I understood you just fine. You should probably be aware that English is the language of programming though - the vast majority of programming resources out there are in English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchiveruti Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Hi there, i suck in english too, but you make it at least good haha.In my experience, learning about computers was a thing of trial and error, a lot of times i broke my computer and had to make it work again, i still remember my old pentium celeron with 512mb of ram and no video card. it was great.Also, for a programming language you can use Lua, is great, simple and very usefull, also is a good base for other languages.And Java is a good language because you have a lot, A LOT of tutorials everywhere in the internet to learn about it.Greets!PS: What is your mother language? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sighvatr Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 If you are willing to create 3D artwork on the computer, check out blender.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha123 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 And Java is a good language because you have a lot, A LOT of tutorials everywhere in the internet to learn about it.Java's actually a terrible language, especially for new programmers it complicated everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Java's actually a terrible language, especially for new programmers it complicated everything.I disagree. I learned programming with Java, and I still love that language (with the exception of UI and IO handling). The Java virtual machine is rubbish though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha123 Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 I disagree. I learned programming with Java, and I still love that language (with the exception of UI and IO handling). The Java virtual machine is rubbish though.I have exactly the opposite opinion: The JVM is a very impressive piece of software, nearly capable of matching C++ in speed (LuaJIT still gets the award for best VM in my mind though). Java the language... um... this sums up my opinion pretty well.BTW, this is coming from a guy who used to love Java. I used it a lot as a beginning programmer, but now I wish I'd just discovered Lua or Ruby or Python. Java enforces a narrow way of thinking and overcomplicates things for beginners... and advanced programmers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeta1127 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Java is a pain in comparison to C# in the sense that you have to tell it to do everything when it comes to reading in data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoemi Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 PS: What is your mother language?My mother tongue is german and i live in switzerland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha123 Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 My mother tongue is german and i live in switzerland!leper speaks German as his mother tongue as well, and additionally is a very skilled programmer. He visits the forums fairly frequently.alkazar hangs out on the IRC channel a lot and also lives in Switzerland and speaks German. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchiveruti Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Java's actually a terrible language, especially for new programmers it complicated everything.I didn't say it was usefull, just easy to learn because you have a lot of tutorials to learn about it. I prefer LUA to be fair, is easy, simple and doesn't get you into headgrabbing-stumping-to-keyboard rutines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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