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Title: Question about coding
Post by: USS Alexander on November 09, 2002, 08:02:58 am
Using visuel basic 6.0 code is it possible to make a website with it i'm learning it and i think i'l master it within the next few weeks what can you al make with it??
Title: Question about coding
Post by: Top Gun on November 09, 2002, 08:26:12 am
Punctuation is A1 Supar.

Answer: You can use it for CGI but not a lot else. All a websie is, in most cases, is a simple HTML document.
Title: Question about coding
Post by: USS Alexander on November 09, 2002, 08:36:42 am
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Originally posted by Top Gun
Punctuation is A1 Supar.

What the hell dose that mean:confused:  

I'm dutch so........

Can't you make programs with it like instalwizzards and such??

Once i master it i'l go a step further can you guys gime some advice mayby after it i'l go for c++
Title: Question about coding
Post by: Top Gun on November 09, 2002, 08:51:09 am
Sorry, your nic suggested english was your first langauage (the USS part anyway).

What do you actually want to do?

Make a website with visual basic or write programs?


You can make install wizzards with it, yes.
Title: Question about coding
Post by: USS Alexander on November 09, 2002, 08:52:23 am
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Originally posted by Top Gun
Sorry, your nic suggested english was your first langauage (the USS part anyway).

What do you actually want to do?

Make a website with visual basic or write programs?


You can make install wizzards with it, yes.


All of it...make websites writing programs enz
Title: Question about coding
Post by: Top Gun on November 09, 2002, 08:57:28 am
You need to learn HTML (don't worry it's easy) to make websites although you can use visual basic to make them more interactive through CGI.


Visual basic is fine for programs, although not as powerful as C/C++ it's still a good starting block.
Title: Question about coding
Post by: USS Alexander on November 09, 2002, 09:00:24 am
How about making your own games those are all written in c++ or not?
Title: Question about coding
Post by: Top Gun on November 09, 2002, 09:01:47 am
Some are written in Visual Basic. Go to http://www.gamedev.net .
Title: Question about coding
Post by: mikhael on November 09, 2002, 11:07:14 am
You could write games and the like in Visual Basic, but I wouldn't recommend it. You give up a lot of low level control and speed by using Visual Basic.

You can write HTML editors in Visual Basic, but not webpages. You could write ISAPI DLLs for use with IIS, and perhaps Apache on win32. Other than that though, I don't think Visual Basic itself is much good for the web.

Another problem with Visual Basic is that you are locked into pretty much one platform. If you learn C++, you can code for anything, but Visual basic is going to limit you to Windows and Mac platforms (assuming MS is still making Visual Studio for Mac).
Title: Question about coding
Post by: USS Alexander on November 10, 2002, 05:31:49 am
Well i just learning vb as a begin to understand coding and i'm getting pretty good at it after that i'l try C/C++ or c++
Title: Question about coding
Post by: Killfrenzy on November 10, 2002, 08:27:49 am
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Originally posted by USS Alexander
C++


Are you a masochist??? :D:D:D:D:D

Seriously, C++ is a BIATCH to learn...........especially if you've got a compiler that doesn't like you........
Title: Question about coding
Post by: RandomTiger on November 10, 2002, 08:32:15 am
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Originally posted by Killfrenzy


Are you a masochist??? :D:D:D:D:D

Seriously, C++ is a BIATCH to learn...........especially if you've got a compiler that doesn't like you........


C++ is a fantasic language.
Title: Question about coding
Post by: Tiara on November 10, 2002, 10:50:29 am
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Originally posted by USS Alexander

I'm dutch so........


Nog een Nederlander! YAY!
Title: Question about coding
Post by: mikhael on November 10, 2002, 11:03:29 am
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Originally posted by Killfrenzy


Are you a masochist??? :D:D:D:D:D

Seriously, C++ is a BIATCH to learn...........especially if you've got a compiler that doesn't like you........


Yes, I am, but I don't see what I do in the bedroom has to do with coding.

C++ is easy to learn. What makes it hard for most people, I think, is pointers. Once you have that epiphany, the moment where you suddenly understand how pointers work, C++ becomes simplicity itself.

Now if only the stream class implementation that came with the Microsoft libs had the flexibility of the GNU libs.... I'm going to have to write my own scan() method for streams. :(
Title: Question about coding
Post by: aldo_14 on November 10, 2002, 12:40:01 pm
NB:  Java has a neat set of classes for HTML writing (plus the outputstream and filewriter stuff is dead easy).   Of course, it's pretty impossible to optimise java*, but in this case it aint going to matter.

and Java is piss-easy to learn.

(if anyones had the..er.. pleasure of using Together Control Centre, they'll know what i mean......)
Title: Question about coding
Post by: USS Alexander on November 11, 2002, 04:43:15 am
Well do you guys got some link to java or html tutorials, cause i cant borrow books t the lib still have a big fine that i aint gonna pay:D