Can someone explain to me how to write a program.

[ayyork]

Can some one explain to me what programing is. It may seem like a dumb question, but that is some thing that i have always wanted to know how to do. So if you can help me learn how to do build a program or show me how. It would be nice thanks you.

[cariboo]

You need to learn a programming language, before you can write programs. I would suggest python, as it uses almost plain english syntax.

For a tutorial, have a look http://docs.python.org/tutorial/

[Gryph0n]

If you want a quick look at what's involved, there are plenty of youtube videos that would give you a bit of insight.

I wouldn't recommend them for actually learning though.

[ayyork]

thanks for the tips

[lisati]

Have a look here: http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=39

[VH-BIL]

You can start with scripting if you already know some terminal commands. You can do some simple GUI scripts using zenity.

Here is an example of a sleep timer script I did for someone (It needs to be run with sudo)

#!/bin/bash
echo "Sleep Timer."
TimeMinutes=$(zenity --entry --title "Sleep Timer" --text "How long before shutdown? (minutes)" --entry-text "30");
TimeSeconds=$(($TimeMinutes * 60))
if [ $TimeMinutes = 1 ]
  then
    echo "System power off in 1 minute. ($TimeSeconds seconds)"
  else
    echo "System power off in $TimeMinutes minutes. ($TimeSeconds seconds)"
fi
sleep $TimeSeconds
echo "powering off now..."
poweroff

Once you learn how a program 1 language it is quite easy to learn program others.

[NightwishFan]

Here are some links. I also recommend Python, it is very easy to see real results with it, even if you are a bit of an idiot like me.

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/program...o-program.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Programming/Python

Software written in python:

Exaile Music Player
Anaconda (Fedora Installer)
Emesene Messenger
Pitivi Video Editor
Ubuntu Software Center

[slooksterpsv]

Here are some links. I also recommend Python, it is very easy to see real results with it, even if you are a bit of an idiot like me.

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/program...o-program.html
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Programming/Python

Software written in python:

Exaile Music Player
Anaconda (Fedora Installer)
Emesene Messenger
Pitivi Video Editor
Ubuntu Software Center

You just showed me how powerful Python can be, I just switched to Exaile as Rhythmbox seemed "bulky" and Pitivi is awesome, just so much python no wonder I love it.

Python is easy

[ayyork]

how many different languages are there?

[ayyork]

is there the names of the converters that are really good on the 10.04