programming

[sgupadhyay2000]

Dear sir
I want to learn software/programming. I heared that for this we have to start from c language.Is it correct? if yes,
can u suggest me any free tutorial whcih can I download in PDF formate in my computer?I know only word and excel to use.

Thanks
Sandeep

[reddevilggg]

Google.......it finds things


http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=C%2B+tutorial+pdf&btnG=Google+Search

[BC_Programmer]

I heared that for this we have to start from c language.Is it correct?

No. Not even close.

I know only word and excel to use.

[Geek-9pm]

BC is right.
If you know just MS Word and Excel, learn fully how to use them.

Advanced features of both are called 'Application Programming.'
This is the kind of programming most people need to learn for work, home and school.

[2x3i5x]

some people just learn excel or word religiously. Which means, they are real experts at them and can do all the fancy things that average joes don't really need or probably won't ever notice unless he's told 

Many programming/software language exist. C is only one of many and C is only one of many starting choices.

[BC_Programmer]

the question of "what language is the best to learn first" is rather ridiculous. Nobody asks "What language should I teach my child", because they don't really "teach" the child the language as much as the child grasps the basics on their own with no guidance Just like how they don't have to be taught how to recognize a face.

In the same vein, Learning Programming isn't so much about learning a single programming language as much as it is learning a set of concepts that apply and can be applied universally across almost all languages. It doesn't matter what language you "choose" first unless it happens to lack a lot of those concepts (such as for example Minimal BASIC). Computer Programming takes a certain mindset. Not everybody's Brain is wired in a way that makes it easy to understand for them. They can learn programming but it's a slow and generally painful process, and they generally are not as "driven" and not unexpectedly get discouraged easier.

[Geek-9pm]

How about a basic reference.
http://www.csupomona.edu/~hnriley/www/VonN.html
This should be required reading for anyone who wants to know more about computers.

[BC_Programmer]

While It certainly doesn't hurt, you don't need to know how your instrument works to make music.

[Geek-9pm]

While It certainly doesn't hurt, you don't need to know how your instrument works to make music.

Is that what you got from it? OK
I got "Do you even know what your  instrument is?"
Is the computer just what John von Neumann, said it would be?
Or is it something else? Does it think? Could it?

Sometime in the future we may not program our computers.
We will talk ton them.
Start working on articulation and modulation now, while your nae young.

[BC_Programmer]

Sometime in the future we may not program our computers.
We will talk ton them.

Copyright 1970.

[jhonas]

Try to learn from w3schools.com !! its great ...

[reddevilggg]

Try to learn from w3schools.com !! its great ...

It is, but it does not learn you C programming, which is what the original poster wanted.