Where do I go to learn programing in Linux Madrake 8.0?

[Chthian]

I have taken the "next step" in PC's. Almost two years ago I bought my first Post-Pentium PC with Win98 SE on it (had a 386/20 with Windoze 3.1 which was NEVER loading unless I had to write something in works!)
I have worked as a PC technicion in a computer shop and now want to take the next step in computers and that is programing - I want to learn how to make Linux programs and how to work with Linux to work for me! :)

I love the ideas of Linux and its wide varitey of things you do - however right now I just have it installed and wanted to know of some good doc's to read up on programing! :D

Thanks in advance!

[Coral Sea]

Depends on what you mean by programming. You can write scripts in Perl and bash. You can write programs in C, C++, etc. Take a run at Java. CGI with Perl, tcl.

You can do all of the above in other environments besides Linux. It's just that in Linux, most of what you need is already there (in most distributions) or readily obtainable.

A good starting point might be to wonder down to the local Barnes & Noble, buy a java, and browse the computer programming books section.

[DMR]

O'Reilly Press puts out good books on the subjects Coral Sea mentioned, give a few of those a look-over. You can't miss 'em- they're the ones with (usually wierd) animals on their covers.

Also, if you have the time and really want to dig in, you might consider the online programming courses offered by many colleges.

[knowledgepeacewi]

Local Library will have programming books. That will save you a bundle. MIT recently has put most of their course work online as have many major colleges. I'm told C is the first language you should learn because it isn't object oriented. C++ is object oriented and used more. My sister programs mostly in Java.

The best way to learn anything it to do it, and to do it a lot. So think of things that seem easy and try and program it. I remember a battleship game I was supposed to program for credit. Other programs I've heard of are tic-tak games, data processing, you'll find more in the books.