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06-13-2008   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SandraV View Post
Off the subject, for all you programming experts out there, if I wanted to learn the basics about computer programming and start really getting into this (I do like working with computers) is there a beginning book I can get without starting a college program right now? Any recommendations are appreciated and I am willing to read a lot (even boring stuff! as I was told) to understand more depth and the inner machinations of this culture.
As far as I know, there is no "beginners guide to computer programming", just as there's no "beginners guide to speaking". Programing, like speaking, requires a language. Carrying on with my analogy, each language works in a specific area. Objective-C works with the Cocoa "environment" to create Mac applications. HTML/CSS work to create the web and so on.

So, my question to you is: where would you like to program? Some examples would be: desktop applications (Mac or PC), web applications, web sites, etc. From there, I'm sure one of our "experts" can point you in the right direction
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