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Evolution:
Hey guys. Over the years my interest for coing has increased, and since I now have a few hours to kill each day after work, I thought this would be a good time to learn some about it. The problem is I have NO idea where to start and I do not know anybody who does either. I've done some searching on google, but God, it's a mess!

So my question is how did you learn to code? And what language suites my interests?
What I want to accomplish are scripts for games. Like, perhaps create a basic Mario game to begin with.

I looked around for some evening courses here in Sweden, but they all costed a ridiculously amount of money and seemed to only be for a couple of days. And yeah, I don't even know what language I want to learn  :roll:

So is it possible to learn this by yourself with the help of the Internet? Are there any good websites out there?

Thanks,
Evo

hyakkimaru:
In my opinion, SQL is the simplest language for Wow and in general ^^

You don't really need Internet, here is my first experience :

I've opened a sql file and I've read the content, it's just it ^^

Is seems evident after one or two read ;)

Well, after I became lazy and I used truice ... But SQL is the base of all :D

schlumpf:

--- Quote from: "hyakkimaru" ---In my opinion, SQL is the simplest language for Wow and in general ^
 ... But SQL is the base of all :D
--- End quote ---
SQL is a querying language, not a programming language and it really isn't a great beginning, as you don't have querying concepts in most programming languages.

You may  want to prefer a simple c-style language with a great API, as well as a fast code to result time. Scripting languages are great for that. You may try lua in the context of WoW addons. It is simple, connected to an already existing hobby, and is extremely fast in code->result. You may use an ingame-code editor like wowlua.

hyakkimaru:
It's a simple beginning, I've never said it was the best beginning but it's not very useless :)

After, I'm sorry, I often put the SQL in the "programming section" ^^ my bad my bad..

noc:

--- Quote from: "schlumpf" ---
You may  want to prefer a simple c-style language with a great API, as well as a fast code to result time. Scripting languages are great for that. You may try lua in the context of WoW addons. It is simple, connected to an already existing hobby, and is extremely fast in code->result. You may use an ingame-code editor like wowlua.
--- End quote ---

This is the best way that you have.
Need some documentation to start??

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