Programming
Hurts my brain!! If any of you fine fellows have any tips for this super NOOB please let me know.
My Current Focus:
C++ (which I'm back into trying to get to the hang of)
Python (which the free class I found that is recommended for people learning programming "Program Design" is using)
A while ago I tried Octave and briefly looked into Javascript.
Also tried learning VBasic, got myself a nice book that's a couple years old
The problem I keep running into is that while blocks of code now make sense to me, I can't quite get a handle on actually making code or knowing which commands to use in any given situation. Is this something programmers learn as they go along or is there something fundamental to how a program works that I am missing? IE: I don't know how to "talk" to my retarded child (the computer) in a precise enough way for it to understand what I want it do.
I know I should probably join a forum on Stack Overload or something, but I really don't want to get involved in yet another social site...
My Current Focus:
C++ (which I'm back into trying to get to the hang of)
Python (which the free class I found that is recommended for people learning programming "Program Design" is using)
A while ago I tried Octave and briefly looked into Javascript.
Also tried learning VBasic, got myself a nice book that's a couple years old
The problem I keep running into is that while blocks of code now make sense to me, I can't quite get a handle on actually making code or knowing which commands to use in any given situation. Is this something programmers learn as they go along or is there something fundamental to how a program works that I am missing? IE: I don't know how to "talk" to my retarded child (the computer) in a precise enough way for it to understand what I want it do.
I know I should probably join a forum on Stack Overload or something, but I really don't want to get involved in yet another social site...