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B32
How to learn to program. A Beginner
May 27th, 2006, 4:52pm  
Hi I am an art student from Norway and have an interest in programming. I have never used Processing before but want to learn. I have never done any programming in fact. Any tips on where to begin learning the language of programming in order to understand Processing? Books?  Etc.
Any pointers appreciated.
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rgovostes
Re: How to learn to program. A Beginner
Reply #1 - May 27th, 2006, 5:20pm  
There is no universal programming language, and right now there aren't any Processing books (coming soon, though). The best course of action is to look at the source of the examples and try changing them and learning which changes still allow the program to run. You'll get an understanding of how the language works by seeing the cause/effect relationship.
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fjen
Re: How to learn to program. A Beginner
Reply #2 - May 28th, 2006, 8:45am  
hi b32,

here's a similar thread with some pointers ..

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B32
Re: How to learn to program. A Beginner
Reply #3 - May 28th, 2006, 6:12pm  
Thanks. I have started to look into it. thanks again
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scloopy
Re: How to learn to program. A Beginner
Reply #4 - May 29th, 2006, 2:03am  
I got started by reading up on the Java language (which processing is based on). Most of the concepts like variables and classes should cross over.

Here's Sun's tutorial on the basics:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/index.html
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