Chosing a LanguageIn order to start programming, we should find a programming language to suit our needs, in my case (and I guess most people reading this), it should be as easy as possible, otherwise we would not get anywhere this decade. Yet the language should be capable to perform some more advanced things when we get to that level.From reading the article "How To Become A Hacker" by Eric Steven Raymond, my choice of language has ended on Python, because as Eric Steven Raymond says "I recommend starting with Python. It is cleanly designed, well documented, and relatively kind to beginners. Despite being a good first language, it is not just a toy; it is very powerful and flexible and well suited for large projects". So Python it is. |
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Introducing PythonWell, in order to program using Python we should download the Python installer for our desired OS-platform (e.g. Windows or Linux, etc)(as the author uses Windows XP all examples given will be relative to this).After installing Python, click the start menu and then through the programs tree find Python. Now find the icon called "IDLE (Python GUI)" (GUI is supposedly 'Graphical User Interface'). When you open IDLE it will start by writing some info about itself, and on the last line have this: >>>. The three less than signs signals that you can start your input. So lets try that, at the end of the three less than signs let us try to say hello!: |
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