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If I needed to write a program, for example, to drive something hooked up to the parallel port, what would I use to do this? At this stage I don't know the first thing about programming, the only experience Ive had with it is programing in Basic on BBC Micro's at School before real computers were even invented. What is Visual Basic? Where should I start?
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I have an html based instructional txt for learning C++. It is pretty decent, and if nothing else, can be used as reference for basic commands and structure. Let me know if you want it.
I think visual basic is more suitable
for beginners if u work in win32 platform
since
1) You dont have to worry about pointers
2) The GUIs are simple to build
3) It is easier to compile
4) It supports writing and reading from
ports
I would recommend Inprise Delphi over Visual Basic, because:
1) It compiles fast. Borland (Inprise) has one of the fastest compilers on the market.
2) It generates more efficient native code.
3) It's based on Pascal, which was designed from the start to be a language easy to learn.
4) It's available for Linux now, so porting applications to another OS is possible.
5) The language is very straightforward and easy to understand. Often times all that's needed is some tinkering to use new functions and libraries.
6) Like Visual Basic, it's totally visual. If you can click and drag a mouse, then you can build an application in a very short time.
I've been programming for 10 years and have done extensive programming with Delphi and found it to be a great development platform. I know C/C++, Java, Basic, and Assembly and Delphi is the easiest language I've found to learn and to do RAD (Rapid Application Development)
--Jason
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I dont think that you can control the parallel port from Visual Basic, not directly anyways.
There is source code available for programming in C/C++, check the list of the ring members.
However keep in mind C/C++ is rather hard to pick up as your first language.
I dont know enough about Delphi, but im pretty shure that it allows you to access the paralle port as well.
Hope this clarifies matters a bit.
BTW, if you can find a dll that allows you to access its functions, you can use Visual basic.
I'll have to concur with jjohnson. Every point he made is absolutely true. Delphi is the way to go. If you absolutely must have C\C++, then try Inprise/Borland C++ Builder, although IMHO, it is lacking a bit.
No worries, Ill have a look at Delphi then. Thanks for the suggestions.
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