[JGR]

(Original post by So I am)
wow this sound like another language for me, I don't know anything about software ? but am curious and eager to learn ?

What are y guys talking about here ? coding? coding what ?

I feel stupid

Coding as in programming/web/software development.


As for vim, the interface is just too bizarre for me to get comfortable with using (though I can use it).
To appease the obligatory vim vs Emacs debate, I tried Emacs once too, it's just far too complicated, byzantine and unintuitive, which is saying something for someone like me.

[SubSonic912]

(Original post by JGR)
I used to use that, it's not too bad, though missing quite a bit of (IMO) useful functionality. (I seem to remember that it had some stability problems too, but they may have been fixed by now).

Yeh might have been fixed, I haven't issued any problems as of yet.

[Rickelton]

Ive got to be honest, I know nearly nothing about coding, but I would like to learn it over the summer and do a little bit at uni. Im thinking of getting a Macbook Pro 15", and wondering if these are good for programming/coding at all. For example, if I used bootcamp to load windows 7 and linux on there, would it be exactally the same as having a windows/linux pc?

Thanks in advance.

[GBP]

(Original post by So I am)
wow this sound like another language for me, I don't know anything about software ? but am curious and eager to learn ?

What are y guys talking about here ? coding? coding what ?

I feel stupid

Notepad2 is a piece of software for Microsoft Windows. It's like Notepad with various improvements.



nano, a "GNU nano" as it a part of an operating system named "GNU" is a simple CLI text editor. "CLI" means it runs directly in the console (that's not a completely accurate definition, but it's close enough).



Vim is another text editor. It is the most complicated of the three, but is feature-rich, unlike the other two, which can be considered fairly "simple".

[Psyk]

(Original post by Rickelton)
Ive got to be honest, I know nearly nothing about coding, but I would like to learn it over the summer and do a little bit at uni. Im thinking of getting a Macbook Pro 15", and wondering if these are good for programming/coding at all. For example, if I used bootcamp to load windows 7 and linux on there, would it be exactally the same as having a windows/linux pc?

Thanks in advance.

I don't think there really is such a thing as a computer that is good for coding. Obviously faster is better, but any modern PC will be fine unless you're doing something that needs something especially powerful.

Yeah if you install Linux or Windows in a Mac it's just the same as any other PC. But if you want to learn programming there's no particular need to use Windows or Linux, Mac OS would be fine.

[JGR]

How fast the machine is will make almost no difference, especially if you're a beginner to programming.
Both Unix-derivatives and Windowsy OSs are fine for coding on, though there are are significant style differences between the two, once you move past the basics.
I wouldn't concern yourself with which OS to use too much at the moment.

[SubSonic912]

Just downloaded and installed Vim, and I really liked it. I hacked the core files to change the colour scheme; now its a black background with green writing which I think gives the software a very retro feel.

[pixelfrag]

Lol "Dreamviewer" for coding.....

I use VS2010 and xcode if it's for iDevice apps.

[SubSonic912]

My changes to Vim, really pleased with the result:

[Jake9]

(Original post by SubSonic912)
My changes to Vim, really pleased with the result:

Think that would hurt my eyes after a while :P

Notepad++ is working fine for me atm

[JGR]

(Original post by SubSonic912)
My changes to Vim, really pleased with the result:

Having everything just green is a bit meh. What about syntax highlighting?

[XFire36]

Geany on Linux
Notepadd++ back when I used Windows

[pixelfrag]

I find VS to be very handy

[Westie.]

I find that even handier!

[SubSonic912]

(Original post by Jake9)
Think that would hurt my eyes after a while :P

Notepad++ is working fine for me atm

Haha yeah it might do, I think I better make the text less green! :P

[SubSonic912]

(Original post by JGR)
Having everything just green is a bit meh. What about syntax highlighting?

I might change the files to incoprorate syntax highlighting, I just made those changes for the banter

[DopplerEffect]

I got Visual Studio 2010 free from Microsoft Dreamsparks project, I am to overhelmed to use anything else.

[The-Wi$e-One]

Favorite IDE? X-Code
Text Editor? vim

[Psyk]

(Original post by JGR)
Having everything just green is a bit meh. What about syntax highlighting?

That colour scheme makes it look like the hacking mini game in Mass Effect 2.

[Sheep]

for website related things: dreamweaver CS4
for applications/visual basic: visual studio 2010