[ELECTRON] Beginners Programming

[Alice]

(My bias - I learned c first and never liked the "progression" to c++ as
programming stopped being fun then)

Start with c. Its a neat, complete (imho)  and *fun* language that's quick
to get going with and I think encourages good practice. Python I think is
similar but just seems somehow best to have c as your foundation to build
up from.
On Apr 19, 2013 12:07 AM, "DAVID BALL" <dave.ball2 at virgin.net> wrote:

> does no one program machine language anymore?  god that's the way i was
> taught to program microprocessors guess i'm showing my age
> ( and its how i got my  self  banned from john Menzies on sauchall street
> as  a kid
>  when i used machine  code on there zx spectrum's. to switch of the
> keyboard)
> the last time i programmed in C++ was in modeling leaky integrate and fire
> neurons  as  my  final year project many moons  ago.
> but  as i've said c, c++ and c# are   all in the  same  family. as Delphi,
> and Pascal are in the same  family, Basic and  visual  basic  etc...
>  each language  has its uses and  specialization. and  if there is one
> thing about programming and the  options available it is that there are
> many and each has its pros and cons. and i don't  want  this to descend
> into  an argument of the  pros and cons of one over the other.
>  so so  far i have  someone  wanting to learn  c++
>  and  someone  suggesting PHP.
>  do we have  any others?
>  what time would suit  people  to  have the first meeting and if not Monday
> what  day would  people prefer.
>
> regards
> dave
>
>
> On 18 April 2013 23:36, Blair Thompson <mail at justblair.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Depends on your choice of microprocessor. Arduino is where my experience
> > lies and it's c++ based as well as being about the most popular platform
> > for beginners.
> >
> > Anything I have seen for the msp430 has been in c++ as well. Though I
> know
> > you can develop in c with it.
> >
> > But I am no expert in these matters. The only pic stuff I ever did was in
> > a language called Jal that never really took off.
> >
> > Martin McGrath <mcgrath.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >On 18 April 2013 23:06, Blair Thompson <mail at justblair.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > >> How much difference is there from c# to c++?  I would love to learn
> > >more
> > >> c++ as it is a popular language for microprocessor development as
> > >well as
> > >> software
> > >>
> > >> Blair
> > >>
> > >
> > >Do you have a reference for this? in my experience C wins every time
> > >over
> > >C++ when it comes to programming microprocessors.
> > >
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