Newbie.

[mh10190]

Hi
Im getting into developing
Im looking for an IDE and a few languages that i should focus on.
I want the apps that i will make to be cross platform.
What im looking to do is to make basic games, and i want to work on projects of mcuh larger advanced games.
I also am intrested in developing business software, and automation software, among other projects.
Im also looking to make a package managment system like snaptic, to work with certain software on windows, but i would like to redesign it.
I have some expereince in html, and i dived into python alittle, but im still quite fresh.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx

[Hanj]

I want the apps that i will make to be cross platform.Then you should probably take a look at Java. SDK and tutorials can be found at http://java.sun.com.


What im looking to do is to make basic games, and i want to work on projects of mcuh larger advanced games.
I also am intrested in developing business software, and automation software, among other projects.
Im also looking to make a package managment system like snaptic, to work with certain software on windows, but i would like to redesign it.If you have done little or no programming, you should start out small. Starting on some big project right away is doomed to fail. For game programming, at least write som tetris or pacman clones or something like that before starting on something bigger.

This forum is full of threads about learning to program, which IDE to use etc, so take a look around.

[thumper]

Then you should probably take a look at Java. SDK and tutorials can be found at http://java.sun.com.
Cross platform doesn't necessarily mean Java.

Python, Ruby and Perl are all interpreted languages that work on multiple platforms.

C# has compilers for both windows and linux.

C and C++ can both be compiled on multiple platforms. You just need a compiler (same to be said for C#).

[dud]

For a graphical user interface, I'd definitively recommend QT by Trolltech.
Cross platform, and it has its own IDE! :)

[Hanj]

Cross platform doesn't necessarily mean Java.No, not necessarily. I just said it's something to consider. I'm personally a big fan of Java, but then I haven't actually tried Ruby or Python.

[celloandy]

I'm personally a big fan of Java, but then I haven't actually tried Ruby or Python.

Well, that's the thing. I think lots of programmers start out in Java and don't really try anything else, ever, so they don't realize how ridiculously clunky some aspects of Java really are. You might consider trying something else.

Some proponents of C# suggest that it's Java done right, and while I'm not sure that that's totally true, I think they have succeeded in excising a bunch of the irritating crap from Java, resulting in a much more useful language, in my opinion, so C# is something to consider, as is the aforementioned Python.

Andrew