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    are you new to programming?

    Yep, well depends if you count HTML and I have tired bits with other languages in the past.

    just saying, there is a limit to what one book can teach you about programming.

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    are you new to programming?

    Yep, well depends if you count HTML and I have tired bits with other languages in the past.

    just saying, there is a limit to what one book can teach you about programming.

    yea thats true, this one assumes I know f all about it and this is my first language which is what i was looking for to get going. Want to get going with unreal script as well at some point in the summer. I have soooo much free time now.

    I wouldn't bother with programming until you create a problem or have an idea that will inspire you to problem solve. If you're just making the tutorial programs you're gonna get bored or frustrated real fast.

    That's how it was for me at least.

    starting with objective-c is quite a hard way to get started. i would have suggested some interpreted language instead of one that gets directly compiled to machine code.

    learning to write good software will sure take years!

    i have to support duff-e: if you don't have an actual software problem, then you won't know what to "program".

    anyway: enjoy your new hobby!

    I know some people who always liked that they started with scripting first before coding object oriented.

    personally I started with some weblanguages. And then in school I learned C++ Much students here had never programming experience and they learned C++

    I don't say you have to start C++ I really don't. Because its really difficult. But I think C is a good midway. Maybe even C#

    start with unrealscript and make some funny shit in UDK or javascript and make some funny shit in unity.

    Even if it is just copy pasting tutorial-scripts and seeing them work for yourself, and just play around with the numbers here and there Its a good start

    It's going pretty well so far , I want to do a few games for the iPhone, simple 2d stuff. That said there is cocoa on top of that once you get to grips with objective c.

    Anyway should be fun

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    I know some people who always liked that they started with scripting first before coding object oriented.personally I started with some weblanguages. And then in school I learned C++ Much students here had never programming experience and they learned C++

    I don't say you have to start C++ I really don't. Because its really difficult. But I think C is a good midway. Maybe even C#

    C and C# are a world apart. C# is pretty much java in the .net build, whereas C is still a procedural language. nevertheless, the two languages give good insights into how programming works on different levels. i wouldn't suggest you to start out with C (or objective C either, sounds like C++), but any object oriented language instead. i think scripting is yet another paradigm to understand, i find it hard to look back at languages that are so lightly typed.

    yeah actionscript is a good idea too.

    We might be derailing the thread abit with this discussion, but you mentioned you had done some webpage stuff. Did you ever try object oriented php?

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    Did you ever try object oriented php?

    why not going for ruby on rails?! PHP might be used in many projects, but the rails framework is really nice for beginners.

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    yeah actionscript is a good idea too.We might be derailing the thread abit with this discussion, but you mentioned you had done some webpage stuff. Did you ever try object oriented php?

    Na I haven't done a lot beyond basic HTML, I can more or less put a site together in notepad that fits my needs but didn't really go beyond that.

    Objective c is object-oriented though? Unless I am getting confused.

    Yeah, I've heard nothing but good. Grabbed the whole box set without really knowing anything about it and... I've watched it for about 5 hours straight. It's absolutely brilliant, worth all the hype.

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