How to Program

[TAVOSOFT]

Hi, I´m tavosoft, I wanna learn to program computers.

1. Which are your advice to become a good programmer?
2. How do you acquire the logic?
3. Is necessary to know mathematics , specifically algebra to be a good
programmer?

Thanks you.

 

[Miro]

Hi Tavosoft,

1. Keep at it - practice makes perfect
2. You google, and read, this newsgroup is a lot of hellp, but you gotta do
the 'practical' part and start writing some dummy apps.
-I find I learn 10x more writing a program and searching for my answer
than just reading a book.
-Books are great to know 'of it' so you know where to go look for
your answer. So keep reading.
3. Not necessarily, if you can solve the puzzle on paper - you should be
able to solve the puzzle on the computer. Its more the understanding of how
to write the 'loops' and ifs/endifs to get what you need.

take a look here:
http://www.microsoft.com/Express/VB/
download the express edition

and try to do a 'hello world' application.
something like this:
http://community.sharpdevelop.net/blogs/mattward/pages/YourFirstVBNetProjectHelloWorld.aspx


and then here. This should get you somewhat started.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ca/beginner/bb308760.aspx

Miro

 

[HardySpicer]

Hi, I´m tavosoft, I wanna learn to program computers.

1.      Which are your advice to become a good programmer?
2.      How do you acquire the logic?
3.      Is necessary to know mathematics , specifically algebra to be a good
programmer?

Thanks you.

As for maths - it depends what your application is. If you are coding
Matlab then of course.

 

[Tom Shelton]

As for maths - it depends what your application is. If you are coding
Matlab then of course.

I think Math is good thing to learn - even if you don't use it. Simply
because it teaches logical and orderly thinking, as well as problem solving.
I rarely make use of the math I learned in college now - but, I think having
the background makes a big difference.

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hi, I´m tavosoft, I wanna learn to program computers.

1. Which are your advice to become a good programmer?
2. How do you acquire the logic?
3. Is necessary to know mathematics , specifically algebra to be a good
programmer?

Based on my experience: Just study computer science or something related,
if this is possible.

 

[Alex Clark]

I think Math is good thing to learn - even if you don't use it. Simply
because it teaches logical and orderly thinking, as well as problem
solving.
I rarely make use of the math I learned in college now - but, I think
having
the background makes a big difference.

I 100% agree with this. A client of mine knows enough logic to pseudo-code
algorithms for reporting modules that he wants me to write for him. While
this is useful, I frequently find myself removing redundant maths that he's
written in, simplifying statements and rearranging equations so that they
achieve the same results with far fewer computations. If I had no
background in maths at all, I wouldn't know how to do that, though I may
well still know how to write code - albeit far less efficiently. There have
been a good few times when I've needed a bit of geometry for graphical
routines also.

Sometimes it really makes me wish I'd paid more attention in class - who
knows how much more I'd be able to optimise if I had? lol.

-Alex