EzioA Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 So, I took up learning Visual Basic (heheh, I use linux and learn a microsoft language..) I just wanted to ask, is this worth it? I want to learn more languages, like C++, or C#, or Java (I suck at it, badly), or BASIC (Is Visual Basic = BASIC?), or Assembly.. I want to learn more! In Israel, there's a computer science course you can take, to complete the GCSE's and be epic and get a diploma that indicates that you have passed the course in success and are now a fully experienced coder. I need that, since I will be coding for Mojang (hehe, some excuse), (If you haven't realized yet, that part was a joke) Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merchant of Menace Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Learning pretty much any programming language will help you in the long run. The more you know about various languages, the better general feel you'll have for coding. That being said, Visual Basic is pretty useless in any application I've seen. Never seen a job offer looking for a Visual Basic expert, so you might well want to just start off with C or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleweseth Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Please don't learn Visual Basic as a first language. I have to code Visual Basic for Applications for work, and it's brain-damagingly bad. Java's not terrible, and it's immediately applicable to Minecraft modding. Otherwise, Python is a good language to start off with - it's easy to learn and you can do useful things with it quite quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzioA Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Any good links to self-teaching sites? (C and Python) I teach myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindle2000 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 http://www.learncpp.com/ to learn the basics of C++ and http://www.squidoo.com/javaresources for the beginner Java programer. Python I'm not sure i haven't checked into it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EzioA Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 Thanks! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaStyle Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Crap I'm hopefully learning VB next year with apparently Python. Hopefully because the class might not run if theres no people apart from me in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleGuy Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 The more comfortable you are with Lisp-like syntax (S-expressions) the more crazy and out-there coding things you can do. I'd suggest Clojure if you're into that kind of thing. Also gets you thinking about comp sci problems in a very different way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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