FlipperBizkut
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I am wanting to learn new things. I am also pretty bored with playing games and watching TV. My job is not interesting, and I am starting to stagnate. So... I thought I might jump head first into programming.
What advice can you offer? I have heard that Python is a good place to start. I just went to the Python website and looked around. It looks like it might be OK.
When thinking of programming, the first thing that I think is that I would be writing a program that would benefit me. Something that I would use. When I start thinking of that though, I think of download.com where I can get just about anything that my little heart desires.
So... I don't really know what I am wanting to do. I just want to learn something new. Something that I might be able to use at a later date. Something that might prove valuable when looking for a different job.
That being said... Something that seems like it might be fairly simple (and most likely a long way off from a NooB starting point) would be a timer. Something like a stopwatch that counts down (no... I'm not building a bomb). I would want it to be graphical showing the numbers going backward and then play a predefined (or user selectable) wav file upon reaching zero. Where do I start (and with what language) if I wanted to accomplish such a task?
Thanks for taking the time.
What advice can you offer? I have heard that Python is a good place to start. I just went to the Python website and looked around. It looks like it might be OK.
When thinking of programming, the first thing that I think is that I would be writing a program that would benefit me. Something that I would use. When I start thinking of that though, I think of download.com where I can get just about anything that my little heart desires.
So... I don't really know what I am wanting to do. I just want to learn something new. Something that I might be able to use at a later date. Something that might prove valuable when looking for a different job.
That being said... Something that seems like it might be fairly simple (and most likely a long way off from a NooB starting point) would be a timer. Something like a stopwatch that counts down (no... I'm not building a bomb). I would want it to be graphical showing the numbers going backward and then play a predefined (or user selectable) wav file upon reaching zero. Where do I start (and with what language) if I wanted to accomplish such a task?
Thanks for taking the time.