Programming for noobs

[RazeG3SG1]

I want to learn programming. But I just cant understand all the terms in the book. Can anyone guide me? Like the basic I have to know.

[Zonked]

Hello, sir.

What language do you want to learn?

What do you want to program?

What book are you referring too?

What terms are you referring too?

[RazeG3SG1]

Hello, sir. What language do you want to learn? What do you want to program? What book are you referring too? What terms are you referring too?

C++. I have no programming experience, so maybe try something like a picture viewer. I read a book regarding Java. For the terms I cant remember at all. I just need a noob guide.

[Zonked]

Check out the thread in my signature for learning materials. Also a book for Java would be pretty useless in C++, no? I advise newbie to start with the Python programming language, it is very basic and written almost in English (It is also pretty powerful too) From there you will learn a lot of concepts and develop skills. You can then progress to a more 'complex'(?) language like C++ or Java.

[RazeG3SG1]

Check out the thread in my signature for learning materials. Also a book for Java would be pretty useless in C++, no? I advise newbie to start with the Python programming language, it is very basic and written almost in English (It is also pretty powerful too) From there you will learn a lot of concepts and develop skills. You can then progress to a more 'complex'(?) language like C++ or Java.

Thanks for the advice. 

[Zonked]

No problem, anytime. Just post in the forum if you need anymore help, or PM me.

Good luck.

[Darkfeign]

I know you might get confused with all the terms at first but you will need to learn them so I'd recommend just diving into it and googling all the terms you aren't sure of, writing them down and learning them. Like I said, you'll need them to understand concepts in any language at some point.

[Assume]

C++. I have no programming experience, so maybe try something like a picture viewer. I read a book regarding Java. For the terms I cant remember at all. I just need a noob guide.

I wouldn't suggest C++ for your first language. While it is possible to learn it as a first language, it will be harder than something like Python or Java. 

[RazeG3SG1]

Hello guys, I have a problem in doing some exercises. When I try to open a Python file, it shows this:

 

C:\Python27\python.exe: can't find '__main__' in ex1.py

 

How can I solve this problem?

[MG2R]

Hello guys, I have a problem in doing some exercises. When I try to open a Python file, it shows this:

 

C:\Python27\python.exe: can't find '__main__' in ex1.py

 

How can I solve this problem?

I'm not very familiar with Python, but an error like that usually means that the compiler can't find the function main in your .py file... Most programming languages start execution of a program at the main function, so if the compiler can't find that function, you won't be able to start the program.

[RazeG3SG1]

Can anyone help???

[Darkfeign]

You need a 'main' function to run a python program. If you try writing out your program straight into the interpreter you won't run into this problem.

 

[Guest]

I'd need to actually see the code to see what the issue is. Looks like it's looking for the __main__ block though. The code you want to run should be put inside this:

if __name__ == '__main__':    # example code    x = 1    print(x)