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jakew1991
June 13th, 2005, 06:34 PM
Im a major noob to programming in the Linux world, and I'd like to start out with something cross-compatible (Java, maybe?) so that it can run on Windows, Mac, whatever. Any suggestions as to what IDE I should use, or just another programming language suggestion all together? :)

Jake
poofyhairguy
June 13th, 2005, 06:47 PM
Im a major noob to programming in the Linux world, and I'd like to start out with something cross-compatible (Java, maybe?) so that it can run on Windows, Mac, whatever. Any suggestions as to what IDE I should use, or just another programming language suggestion all together? :)

Jake

http://www.python.org/

http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
christooss
June 13th, 2005, 06:57 PM
http://www.python.org/

http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
Python is the best for newbie. I am one. No comiling and simple syntax I can asure you simler then java

There is one fabolus book on the internet

http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/

Don't scare the scientist part :)

You have pdf an html avalible
Burgundavia
June 13th, 2005, 08:47 PM
Ubuntu (and Canonical in general) are python mad, for good reason. C# or Boo (both part of Mono) are also quite nice. Boo is quite similar to Python, from what I understand.

I would stay away from Java.

Corey
jakew1991
June 13th, 2005, 11:45 PM
Ubuntu (and Canonical in general) are python mad, for good reason. C# or Boo (both part of Mono) are also quite nice. Boo is quite similar to Python, from what I understand.

I would stay away from Java.

Corey

I was a C# programmer in .NET / Windows. Can I still develop in .NET or something?? Or how can I do C# stuff?? I would love to be able to stick with a language I already know.

Jake
thumper
June 14th, 2005, 04:39 AM
I was a C# programmer in .NET / Windows. Can I still develop in .NET or something?? Or how can I do C# stuff?? I would love to be able to stick with a language I already know.

Jake
There is mono for C# development, but I would strongly suggest branching out and learning another language. I agree with the other posters and suggest python for this. Python is also cross platform and a great language.

BTW there is a project for python.NET. I think it is called Iron Python. I haven't checked it out but sounds cool.
lovebug356
June 14th, 2005, 05:01 AM
I'm in for java. The best IDE out there is Eclipse.
Quest-Master
June 14th, 2005, 04:22 PM
Boo is quite awesome. I didn't know anyone else knew about it, especially around here!

Too bad it's compiler frankly sucks and is very vague in the errors it returns. More the reason to stick to Python. :)
jakew1991
June 16th, 2005, 02:41 AM
Boo is quite awesome. I didn't know anyone else knew about it, especially around here!

Too bad it's compiler frankly sucks and is very vague in the errors it returns. More the reason to stick to Python. :)
I read Boo's site, and I assume it's cross-compatible as long as you have the .NET framework / Mono installed??

Jake