a recomended VB learning book for Beginners 2005-04-25 - By Raffaele "ThE_JacO" Fragapane
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As much as some people like to make a big deal of programming at large, it's
my opinion that they are usually right only when you think of programming
and implementing large scale and/or complex solutions.
Programming as a science is a very straight forward concept that can be
approached logically, making it a lot less thorny then, say, art.
Personally my turning point has been approaching C++ a few years back.
Scripting languages manuals and sites often tend to focus on hands-on-work
stuff that relates to the fields a language is most used in.
Python books will often go at length into how to deal with system or data
management, javascript books will make your ears bleed with animating text
in a browser and so on.
Lower level languages books instead focus on more fundamental and important
skills and concepts.
Defining the basic elements of programming, from variables to ordered data
structures.
Indexing, linking and referencing elements in OOP languages and so on and
on.
IE: the one thing scripting books almost never dwell into, or not in depth
enough, is the whole classes system, therefore you see people struggling
with a relatively straightforward SDK such as XSI's because they don't get
the idea of returning data, differences between methods and properties,
passing by reference and other information that is key to programming.
If you are the least bit serious about programming going the route of C++,
past the first bit of learning curve that can be quite steep, will be your
best bet, also because there's a huge amount of quality publications and
sites about the language that tie directly into what programming is all
about.
Last but not least fundamentals of algebra, trigonometry, and linear algebra
will go a long, long way with less effort then you'd expect to be needed,
and the coolest bit is that once you grasp the basics they apply to so many
things that go on under the hood.
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~Raffaele Fragapane
~Lead "I'm sure we can make it work"
~Peerless Camera Company
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From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf Of
Wayne Williams
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 4:56 PM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: a recomended VB learning book for Beginners
Hey Jaco,
Would you have any suggestions on learning the basic programming skills
you spoke of? Like any books or something of that nature that could help
someone interested in getting more versed in the basics. Thanks.
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