Where do I go to write a computer program?

Question

I'm looking to learn how to write JavaScript and maybe C++ or Python afterwards. I'm not necessarily asking how to write a program, I'll do all of my research on that and put the time in. What I am asking is WHERE do I actually write this program? I am 100% new to programming. Never have done it before so maybe this is a stupid question. I found a lottt of tutorials, but I don't know where to actually write the code. I hope someone understands. If you need to, E-mail me at [e-mail]
Just leave the subject as "Computer Programming". Thank you.

Answer 1

Just run your code on (http://www.compileonline.com) until you feel like like your going to commit to a language. I did that with java. And believe me it will save you a lot of time because you don't want download a bunch of languages until you know what you want to do.

Answer 2

If you are planning a variety of languages here are the software you need:



Microsoft Visual Studio

Notepad++

Eclipse

Dreamweaver



Use thepiratebay to get pirated version unless you want to go broke :D

Answer 3

In my opinion , the least confusing way would probably be Python. But you can start right away with javascript, you only need the program Notepad and a Browser. you write the code in notepad and run it with your browser, see?



As for Python ,you might need a bit of Command Prompt knowledge.

wait.... I think its easier if you look it up in youtube...

Answer 4

JavaScript can be written in any text editor. So Notepad, WordPad etc. Most programs use special text editors that do things such as automatically indenting code, highlighting, and auto-complete. I’ve been using Komodo Edit.



http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads



JavaScript is usually combined with HTML and CSS and run in a web browser. Here’s a tutorial.



http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/

Answer 5

Hey bro. You need to download the IDEs. Different programming languages have different IDEs, so you just need to know.



Here are some IDEs that you can download:



Code::Blocks - C/C++

Notepad++ - HTML/CSS/PHP/JavaScript

Eclipse - Java/C++/HTML/CSS/PHP

Netbeans - Java/C++/HTML/CSS/PHP

Visual Studio - Visual Basic/C#/C++

Python IDE - Python



There are much more IDEs out there, but these IDEs are common uses.

Answer 6

if you're starting with JavaScript , you can try out the very basics in your webbrowser. (go to about:blank => right click => inspect element => console)

with very basics I mean , make a few functions, make some variables, try out some loops etc.

sometimes the javascript is disabled in the browser (for example on Safari) so you first have to change the preferences. in Firefox it should be enabled by default.





if you want to write some complexer functions and classes, you should find yourself an IDE (integrated development environment) which will make it way easier.



I use WebStorm for Javascript (but this costs quite a lot if your just trying it out),

so I recommend to download a free one first.

2 powerful IDE's that you can use are : NetBeans or Eclipse



for C/C++ you obviously can't do it in a browser, so you have to use an IDE from the beginning.

a good one for C/C++ is CodeLite (=> and it's also free);



if you're interested in writing Java, I use IntelliJ for that (again, not free)

but free ones out there are BlueJ , NetBeans, Eclipe (some IDE's can be used for multiple languages)



for Python again, you can use Eclipse

Answer 7

1. Install the software DOSBox version 0.74

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/files/dosbox/0.74/DOSBox0.74-win32-installer.exe/download



2. Create a folder, for example Turbo. (c:\Turbo\)



3. Download and extract TC into the Turbo folder (c:\Turbo\)



4. Run the DOSBox 0.74 from the icon located on the desktop



5. Type the following commands at the command prompt [Z]:

mount d c:\Turbo\ (The folder TC is present inside the folder Turbo)

Now you should get a message which says: Drive D is mounted as a local directory c:\Turbo\



6. Type d: to shift to d:



7. Next, execute the following commands:

cd tc

cd bin

tc or tc.exe (This starts you the Turbo C++ 3.0)



8. In the Turbo C++ goto Options>Directories> Change the source of TC to the source directory [D] (i.e. virtual D: refers to original c:\Turbo\. So make the path change to something like D:\TC\include and D:\TC\lib respectively.)





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You can save yourself some time by having DOSBox automatically mount your folders and start TurboC++:



For versions older than 0.73: Start Menu>Configuration>Edit Configuration

For versions older than 0.74: Start>Dosbox>Options