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James · 09-10-2007, 11:10 AM

I've been writing software for nearly 20 years, and I've also taught various programming classes. I'd highly recommend Basic as being the best language to begin with. KarmaJunkie's suggestion of learning Dark Basic (which is designed speciifically for game development) is a good one. Alternatively, if you want a good 'visual' environment to write Basic in, RealBasic is also a good one (it could be considered a modern replacement to Microsoft's Visual Basic).

Modern commercial software tends to be written in C++ - that and C and assembler is what I spend most of my time working in. Some of these more complex languages (C++ for example) require you to learn a lot about the architecture of sofware systems (OOP - Object Oriented Programming). This is a highly complex area and one you should steer clear of as far as possible at this stage. Something like RealBasic will give you a good introduction to some basic OOP concepts as you go along and without frying your brain in the process!

As always, if you're stuck and you need advice, give me a shout :)

09-10-2007, 11:10 AM	#7
James RYL Systems Administrator RYL Sponsor Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Suffolk, UK	I've been writing software for nearly 20 years, and I've also taught various programming classes. I'd highly recommend Basic as being the best language to begin with. KarmaJunkie's suggestion of learning Dark Basic (which is designed speciifically for game development) is a good one. Alternatively, if you want a good 'visual' environment to write Basic in, RealBasic is also a good one (it could be considered a modern replacement to Microsoft's Visual Basic). Modern commercial software tends to be written in C++ - that and C and assembler is what I spend most of my time working in. Some of these more complex languages (C++ for example) require you to learn a lot about the architecture of sofware systems (OOP - Object Oriented Programming). This is a highly complex area and one you should steer clear of as far as possible at this stage. Something like RealBasic will give you a good introduction to some basic OOP concepts as you go along and without frying your brain in the process! As always, if you're stuck and you need advice, give me a shout :)