BASIC is it totally opposite?

Well, as a programmer who has learned a number of languages and who started with BASIC, I can recommend better languages than BASIC to learn.

You see, simple operations can be done simply in many languages, such as BASIC. But it's nice to have a language that can grow in capability as you get better. There are now freely available computer languages that are intuitive, powerful, and widely available. For those who wish to improve, there are courses and books available. Two languages I use, called Python and Ruby, are examples of these.

Python is very easy to grasp, it has a very clear and strict syntax so it's very easy to understand Python code as you read it. It also has an interactive mode, which I often use to do quick Yahoo Answers calculations. Python is widely used by companies like Google, so if you do it well you can get a very nice job.

Ruby is a newer language, at the heart of Ruby on Rails. Rails, as it's also known, is a highly automatic system for constructing complex web sites. Ruby is the excellent, general purpose language that runs Rails. I find its syntax a little odd, but I suspect a beginning programmer would have no problem with it compared to one I'd find conventional. Ruby is a very cool language.

The nice part is, you can learn both these languages on whatever computer you have now for free. They may be installed already. Try some tutorials, you may find you like how they work.

BASIC is Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code and is the first step on the ladder for many programmers. It has changed somewhat since the early days but the format of writing code is still very much the same.

If you type "BASIC Compilers" into the search bar you will get a list of downloads to obtain the compiler to convert the basic script that you write into machine code.

I think that the first program anybody writes in any language is the hello world one:

10 REM hello world

20 CLS

30 PRINT "Hello world"

40 END

of course this can be extended by adding the lines:

25 FOR i = 1 to 10

35 Next i

which will print the mesage ten times

or:

35 GOTO 30

which will continuously scroll (hit escape to stop).

Just an introduction but lists of keywords and help files are normally available with the BASIC package that you are using. And no, this is not rocket science. Try using other languages such as C, C++, C#, JAVA, J++, etc and you will see how complex things can get when you start working at machine address level.

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

It's been awhile. You don't mention which variant you're talking about, though. You should be able to find a book on Visual Basic (aka VB) in most any decent bookstore. QBasic, MS Basic (Apple Basic), BASICA, etc are a bit older and you might have problems finding docs.

Here's a couple of links -

http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/basic.shtm...

http://www.amazon.com/s/104-0014671-7921549?ie=UTF...

I have seen 6 year old write simple programs in BASIC. You just have to think sequentially.

My son at 7 wrote a series of nested loops to figure out every possible coin combination for $100.

Then he did his math home work with some if statements. If he could do it. You can.

Try learning a language, maybe, "IBM 360/70", or COBOL III, PASCAL. Then try C, CC+, HTML. Computers fly control passenger planes, make it possible to do HIP REPLACEMENTS on humans.

What are you crying about? Maybe you need a sheet of paper and a pencil to try letter writing instead of BASIC e-mail.

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why don't you go for python/ruby/java instead of basic, all you have to is spend some time onlilne. there you will get all resources.Basic is not used anymore in production. most of the students start learning c++ as their first language these days

Internet is full of manuals and tutorials.

All you need is to search and select from tons of them what will suit you.