going into high school next year and taking a programming class any tips?

[DominicNikon]

im going into high school next year and im taking virtual basic  programming. is visual basic well known? have any tips for using it?

[Stardar1]

im going into high school next year and im taking virtual basic  programming. is virtual basic well known? have any tips for using it?

Visual basic...

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

I've never heard of Virtual Basic. Do you mean Visual Basic?

 

It's event driven, so it can be used as a fairly good base for other languages, or at least getting used to how things work. I would advise learning something like Java as well, then moving on to the variations of C, as they share many similar commands. 

[Nexxus]

they are going to start off with the basics

..like "this is a mouse"

"this is how you turn the monitor on"

I wouldnt be concerned

[Stardar1]

im going into high school next year and im taking virtual basic  programming. is virtual basic well known? have any tips for using it?

Tips:

even if no homework is assigned, you should practice consistently, challenge yourself with little logic problems to solve. 

 

Even over the summer, or on breaks, make projects for yourself to do, do not let your skills get rusty. 

 

Also, I would recommend jumping to an object oriented language (C++, Java, C#, etc) quickly. 

 

I have been told Python is great to learn with, but I learned with C# and C

[Arty]

they are going to start off with the basics

..like "this is a mouse"

"this is how you turn the monitor on"

I wouldnt be concerned

only problem is my class ended with scratch lmao

 

to many retarded kids at my school

[Gregrs]

If you mean visual basic, it's very, very, erm... Basic.

 

Sort of like drag and drop, but a bit more complicated.

[Enderman]

they are going to start off with the basics

..like "this is a mouse"

"this is how you turn the monitor on"

I wouldnt be concerned

pretty much any first year programming class right there ^^

[DominicNikon]

I've never heard of Virtual Basic. Do you mean Visual Basic?

 

It's event driven, so it can be used as a fairly good base for other languages. I would advise learning something like Java as well, then moving on to the variations of C, as they share many similar commands. 

visual basic sorry

[Nonco]

Im sure if its an introductory subject youll be fine.

[Nexxus]

pretty much any first year programming class right there ^^

1st year anything computer related in canada

Speaking from personal experience

Computer Science

Computer Art

And Computer animation

[Stardar1]

pretty much any first year programming class right there ^^

My school has a class called AP Computer science, which teaches in Java with Eclipse. 

 

There is a lower level class, but it is not a prerequisite. 

[DominicNikon]

Tips:

even if no homework is assigned, you should practice consistently, challenge yourself with little logic problems to solve. 

 

Even over the summer, or on breaks, make projects for yourself to do, do not let your skills get rusty. 

 

Also, I would recommend jumping to an object oriented language (C++, Java, C#, etc) quickly. 

 

I have been told Python is great to learn with, but I learned with C# and C

ok. btw i dont get java programming till 10th grade

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I took an IT course twice. Never finished it both times because I was too busy working on my own projects. My class was busy making a Hello World HTML page, while I was busy managing my own DB structure with 3,000 users during class. Good times!

 

I would suggest taking what you've learned, and applying to to whatever. Be creative, and do things differently from what the teacher instructs. As an example, my grade 6 HTML class was making a Hello World page, so I made a page about my dog with nice headers, footer, and structure.

 

I have worked with Visual Basic, and it's pretty fun. Very easy once you get the hang of it!

[Oshino Shinobu]

pretty much any first year programming class right there ^^

Same for pretty much any computing class at all from my experience. 

 

One of the first things we were asked during my degree was "How many Megabytes are in a Gigabyte", to which I was told I was wrong when I said 1000, even though it's correct. Goodness knows what a High School course would be like. 

 

@DominicNikon if you can, it would be worth learning from somwhere like Lynda.com. You'll get a big step ahead of others in your class, and you can get into more interesting things than the basics a lot quicker. 

[afyeung]

pretty much any first year programming class right there ^^

Not in Virginia lol. You can take AP computer science freshman year at a lot of schools. 

[Trey222]

If it is a basic class you will probably start off with scratch. That is what it is at my school anyways

[Stardar1]

ok. btw i dont get java programming till 10th grade

I would honestly recommend C, C#, C++, Python, HTML, even *cringes* Assembly *dies* over Java. 

 

People use Java because it runs on EVERYTHING. But Java is horrible. It will eat resources and require silly work-arounds that other languages will not. 

 

I highly recommend C or C# as your first programming language (Visual Basic doesn't count). Many will recommend Python. 

[givingtnt]

im going into high school next year and im taking virtual basic  programming. is visual basic well known? have any tips for using it?

RENAME EVERYTHING

[Naeaes]

Even thou you're going to school for it, I thing Slick said it best: Don't just learn to code, code to learn. As in, you really need to just do it to get good at it. I'm pretty fluent in VB myself (in case you actually meant Visual Basic, not Virtual Basic?) and I must say, I find use for it very often. The job marker for VB alone isn't very great where I live. Seems that web-based and mobile applications are more of a thing currently. But tying SQL with it really gets you options. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

ok. btw i dont get java programming till 10th grade

I would start it anyway. Use free online tutorials and tests, or go for Lynda.com if you can. It's a very good base for object oriented languages, such as C, C#, C++ and so on. While VB.NET is an OOP, I'd say Java is better as a base, as well as Python. 

[DominicNikon]

I took an IT course twice. Never finished it both times because I was too busy working on my own projects. My class was busy making a Hello World HTML page, while I was busy managing my own DB structure with 3,000 users during class. Good times!

 

I would suggest taking what you've learned, and applying to to whatever. Be creative, and do things differently from what the teacher instructs. As an example, my grade 6 HTML class was making a Hello World page, so I made a page about my dog with nice headers, footer, and structure.

 

I have worked with Visual Basic, and it's pretty fun. Very easy once you get the hang of it!

im doing html coding the next half of the school year

[asiancorruption]

1st year anything computer related in canada

Speaking from personal experience

Computer Science

Computer Art

And Computer animation

I can second this. was gamemaker your CPT too?

[DominicNikon]

I would start it anyway. Use free online tutorials and tests, or go for Lynda.com if you can. It's a very good base for object oriented languages, such as C, C#, C++ and so on. While VB.NET is an OOP, I'd say Java is better as a base, as well as Python. 

i cant really get a subscription for Linda.com

[afyeung]

im going into high school next year and im taking virtual basic  programming. is visual basic well known? have any tips for using it?

Tips for programming in general, don't be too worried about syntax, it's really the logic that's more important. You'll probably learn "Hello World" your first or second day, and programming may seem like a bunch of gibberish.  It's really not, it's about organizing your thoughts in a logical manner so that it will be easy for somebody or a computer in this case, to understand. However, once you get the logic down in your program, it can be really fun designing and enhancing the actual user interface. There's always plenty of useful tips online and many IDE's have descriptions of methods and what they do built in.