Man-o-war

I want to make sum small program any1 know the basic to make program ??

jamiemac2005

Depends what you want to write it in. If you just need a little console application then: http://www.cprogramming.com will do you fine =] (The C++ line is the way to go). All you need is a C++ compiler, which the first part of the C++ tutorial will direct you to)

If you'd rather be writing GUI applications quickly then Java is the way to go, you can also write quite neat java console applications. For Java you need the Java virtual machine/runtime environment and JDK ( Java Development Kit, It's the one under Java SE (JDK))...

Those are the two most popular (just from experience) languages, you could also try web-languages but for writing apps that's not really worth it. TBH there's loads of languages you could learn.

What do you need your program to do?

Cheers,
Jamey

extremeboy

Hello.

It depends on what type of application you want to make.

When I first started programming, I started off with batch files or DOS. Then I got a bit into VBS scripts. After that I did some stuff with Visual basic and finally I recently started learning a bit about C++.

Although C++, Java and Visual Basic are some of the popular programming languages out there, it takes time and is difficult without a good book/source. (Please do not get me wrong, saying you should not learn about C++ or VB, they are wonderful languages). They can be very complicated sometimes. If it's a very simple application you are going to write, you might want to consider learning about batch files or VBS scripts. There are many limitations to batch and VBS scripts however.

Regards,
Extremeboy

Ipushbuttons

Which language is easer to write in C or C++?

jamiemac2005

In the long run C++, But they're both the same language (just ++ has more going on in the long run). Basically both have the same language structure so both are just as easy as one and other.

Cheers,
Jamey

Ipushbuttons

And does it matter what kinda OS you have ?

jamiemac2005

to an extent. C/C++ programs are not cross-platform, but you can re-compile for different platforms. This is why java is preferred in some situations.

shuuhen

C++ is a superset of C. C is a procedural language, while C++ also supports object-oriented programming (which can be very nice). Well written C and C++ code can run on more platforms than any other language I know of. You would need to recompile for each platform, but that's generally not an issue since there are C and C++ compilers for most platforms (I haven't managed to run into the ones that don't).

C++ is easier in some situations. It really depends on the situation. For a graphical program, you would probably prefer writing C++. For embedded systems, operating system development and other things, C seems to be preferred.

Any operating system I can think of shouldn't have an issue with C or C++. GCC is widely used (Windows users should look into MinGW, which should be included with Dev-C++).

vIrUs_32

Ruby is the way to go for clear cut programming. I mean, cmon, to make it say something you type print "what you wanna say here"

it can't get any easier.

Sniper0269

This would be a lot easier if you would tell us the bases of the program. Then we could give a better answer. We would then be able to guide you in the direction you need to go. Instead going down a road of what language is better for what and how, which is where this looks to be headed.

jamiemac2005

Ruby isn't as pretty compiled. I've used it for little hash-ups but nothing that i want to compile and use again, might as well be using python (imo). Man-O-War hasn't been back in a while. So unless we know what the actual purpose of the program is there's loads of different languages that could be used. No point arguing over them because they all have their strengths and weaknesses.

Snipers right, no point us discussing this without the purpose of the program.

Cheers,
Jamey

Ipushbuttons

Ok the purpose of the program is security.

My AV does a automatic scan at the same time every day, thing is I'm not at home at that time every day. So what if you could program your computer to turn on automatic long enough for you AV to scan your computer and then it would turn it's self off after. Could this be done ?

jamiemac2005

Not without the computer first being in some way on (hibernating)... Basically it's not worth it, what antivirus are you using? you could set your computer to run the antivirus and then shutdown when you turn it on, and set a condition (timewise) so that it doesn't just do this 24/7...

Then again that's all a bit much. So, why do you run your antivirus once a day? does it actually bring things up once a day? is it worth it? why at one time? etc...?

TheOutcaste

If the system is sleeping, not hibernating or powered off, then just set the task to wake the system.

Otherwise you need something to power on the system. (Hibernation is the same as power off, it just "boots" differently).

If your BIOS has a Wake on Alarm feature it's pretty easy. Set the alarm in the BIOS for the time you want the PC to turn on then schedule the task to run at system startup. This means it will run at every startup though. You could instead run a batch file to check the time (and date too) and only run the scan if the time matches the alarm time (and only on the days you want).

Jerry

jamiemac2005

Defeats the purpose really, having it sleep. But yes, look into your BIOS' wake functions. If you can set them up right then you'll be set. And then all you'd need is a simple language (batch/vbscript) to accomplish this. Again that defeats the purpose of having your antivirus only run at a certain time. So again i have to query why do you need it to act like this?

Cheers,
Jamey