Murdoc419
September 29th, 2011, 03:39 PM
Hello all, I have just started a COBOL programming class and need to ask for some help. The professor is providing a COBOL program for us. He hasn't explained what exactly it is or what it is but I'm guessing it's just some sort of editor/compiler. I'm also assuming it is installed using an autorun prompt and I'm going to encounter problems using it on a Linux system.
I've only taken one other programming course so I'm not extremely familiar with programming and the tools available for programming. In my last class I simply used Gedit and terminal to write and compile all of my programs. All I remember needing was the pluggins for compiling the symbolic language. However, I recently had to reformat my drives and no longer have those pluggins. I was wondering if someone could give me the terminal command to install these pluggins.
I was also wondering if anyone would suggest some sort of programming suite for a new programmer. I know there are ones like Eclipse out there but I've never experimented with them. Does anyone think something of this nature would be beneficial to a "newbie" or am I better off sticking with Gedit/Terminal. I will post back with the name of the program the professor is providing us but he said he doesn't want to give it to us yet because "I don't want you guys fooling around with it and getting lost/confused"
Any other tips for new programmers are extremely welcome as well. Thanks for you time!
P.S. I'm running Ubuntu 11.04
I've only taken one other programming course so I'm not extremely familiar with programming and the tools available for programming. In my last class I simply used Gedit and terminal to write and compile all of my programs. All I remember needing was the pluggins for compiling the symbolic language. However, I recently had to reformat my drives and no longer have those pluggins. I was wondering if someone could give me the terminal command to install these pluggins.
I was also wondering if anyone would suggest some sort of programming suite for a new programmer. I know there are ones like Eclipse out there but I've never experimented with them. Does anyone think something of this nature would be beneficial to a "newbie" or am I better off sticking with Gedit/Terminal. I will post back with the name of the program the professor is providing us but he said he doesn't want to give it to us yet because "I don't want you guys fooling around with it and getting lost/confused"
Any other tips for new programmers are extremely welcome as well. Thanks for you time!
P.S. I'm running Ubuntu 11.04