Beck
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Sep 7, 2005, 8:14 PM
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A short computer programming tutorial, i hope its ok
Timeless advice: If you want to be a player in the computer programming world...here is my suggested course of action. - Learn to hand code HTML.
HTML is not truly a programming language, but rather a way to format an internet document (a web page). There's no steep learning curve with HTML, no up front cost, and it's actually a good introduction to objects and their attributes. - Learn Visual Basic for Windows (VB 6.0 or VB.NET). You will of course use this tutorial to help accomplish this step, however you'll need to acquire the Visual Basic software.
- Study how a relational database works. Start with a baby database format such as MS Access. Remember - all relational databases use the same idea of tables, fields, and records, even the superpower server databases like SQL Server and Oracle.
- Once you are capable with VB for Windows, try creating an Office application. Any Access database, Excel spreadsheet, Word document, or PowerPoint presentation can be manipulated with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). This is pretty much the same language as VB for Windows, but with a few minor curve balls.
- You're now ready for ASP which uses server-side VBScript. Again, this is the same language as VB for Windows, but scaled down to work with HTML pages and executed on the internet. The main reason you want ASP is to access the file system of the server where your uploaded database physically resides. An ASP file is nothing more than an HTML page (text file) with embedded VBScript (more text). This can all be created in Notepad!
- To be a complete internet programmer, you'll have to know Javascript. The structure of Javascript code is totally different from VB, so be prepared for a more complicated syntax. You need Javascript to execute some of your code on the client-side, which is much faster and takes the burden off the server.
- Now try to be a multi-lingual programmer. With Javascript under your belt, you can easily pick up other languages like Java, C++, PHP, etc.
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