Echoing much of what everyone else has said. Jes, keep going with it; we've all been there after all. I will say from my own experiences that coding involves a few different subjects combined in a new and creative way. Coding is learning a language and it's also fairly logical/mathematical. I remember wrestling with Borland Turbo C++ and having much grief trying to print out a hello world message in the console. I don't think I really understood what I was doing until my undergraduate years where you get to learn how the readable "code" gets transformed into instructions executed by a CPU. That alone pulls together topics from compilers, operating systems, discrete math/logic, and many other subjects. I would recommend reading a few wikipedia articles to get a feel for the richness behind computing and that program you're writing. Hth and feel free to send more messages to keep all of us updated! On 6/30/10, Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am sorry Rick but this is what is wrong with most coders coming out of > college now days. They code by the drop button and create if statement > method. Have you actually looked at Job listings. A person that learns to > code the way you just laid out whether they be sited or blind will be the > bottom of the barrel. Some jobs asks for Visual studio but a monkey can > make a form and add an if statement to it to make a button do something. If > a person wants to be a coder they need to be make sure they are not getting > themselves where they can be put out by some new AI programming language > that can make the forms straight from a design chart created by a > secretary. That type of coding can be done by anyone. > > Colleges switched to GUI environments to make money because any sited person > can create a half baked program with them. They did the same thing to the > electronics field with places like ITT and other tech schools that taught > half baked electronics. Now I am not saying a good electronics person or a > good coder can't come from the easy road what I am saying is it is much more > unlikely that one will. > > If on the other hand you start with a compiled language or an assembled > language you will understand what is going on. You shouldn't even worry > about the GUI till you know how programs are logically put together and why. > Otherwise we are going to need that 48 core computer and 12 TB of ram just > to run the next text editor because we as coders are getting slipperier and > messier because we don't understand what is going on under the engine. > > Anyway I have ranted enough but a person that is just getting started would > be better to start in straight C and learn what memory was, how to deal with > pointers, and understand what a register is because in the long run if > you're really going to be a coder not a monkey dialog maker you will need > that information and if you think you have become a coder by creating some > monkey dialogs you will find yourself very screwed when you take that job > you are not even close to ready for. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RicksPlace > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 9:18 PM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: I feel like giving up on programming altogether! > > First, Programming in today's world is a world apart from where we use to > be. It is so much simpler in some ways and light years more complex in other > > ways. Programming in the Visual Studio IDE takes a large learning curve. You > > need to install and configure that puppy. Fail to do this and you will be > hearing more junk and losing focus more than an intrevert at a rock concert. > > That is a pain itself. Then, if you run JAWS you need to configure JAWS, > again better get it right. Then after you get all that done you can open the > > IDE and look at a bunch of buttons and dialogs that have seemingly nothing > to do with creating a computer program using computer statements. And, God > Forbid, You try and download and install Sql Server Express, well, you will > be headed for gray hair if you are one of the lucky few who get that far. > You absolutely need to configure the IDE for accessibility, pick the > ssimpelest language, vb.net, to start with and create your first Hello World > > Form from the Form1 file. That is after you create a new project of the > Windows Forms type. Then you can drop a couple of buttons, a textbox or 2 on > > the Form1 designer, set their properties and code the related VB Code for > the Button Click Events and mess with the Text Properties of the TextBoxes. > If you get that far you will be on your way to learning to Program in Visual > > Studio. I would start with the Vb.net Express module since it does not have > all the other languages and is just a little cleaner to start with. Once you > > get the nack of making a form do things like Display Output to a user, Read > Inputs from a user and do some Processing on the input, you have the basic > understanding of what computer programming is really about IPO, Input / > Process / Output. If you jump into C++, Visual Studio IDE and a DB you are > jumping out of an airplane and flapping as hard as you can but you can > pretty much guess the final result. But, Give Up? Did We Give Up when the > Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor? No, when the going gets tough - the tough ask > questions on list and follow up with more work! > Rick USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jes" <theeternalkid@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 1:59 PM > Subject: I feel like giving up on programming altogether! > > > Hi all, > > All I get when using visual studio are nothing but errors! I just want to be > > able to write a program and have it work! Just once! But no. All I get are > errors! So what's the use in even trying? Encouragement needed badly! > Thanks. > Jes > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind