a recomended VB learning book for Beginners 2005-04-25 - By Wayne Williams
Back
Thanks greatly for the advice and links guys.
-- --Original Message-- --
From: owner-xsi@(protected) [mailto:owner-xsi@(protected)] On Behalf
Of Raffaele "ThE_JacO" Fragapane
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:22 PM
To: XSI@(protected)
Subject: RE: a recomended VB learning book for Beginners
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.
-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---
~Raffaele Fragapane
~Lead "I'm sure we can make it work"
~Peerless Camera Company
-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---
-- --Original Message-- --
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.
---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release Date: 14-Feb-05 (See http://Feb-05.ora-code.com)
---
Unsubscribe? Mail Majordomo@(protected) with the following text in
body: unsubscribe xsi
---
Unsubscribe? Mail Majordomo@(protected) with the following text in body:
unsubscribe xsi
|
|
