See, im no programmer, but i would like to start. I would like to start to learn to edit other programs (especially games). Does anybody have a good program that i can use to teach me or for me to use in the editing bit.

What programming language?

If you want to learn how to program, get a book on the language. I like the O'Reilly ones (for Perl anyway) personally.

You want to hack into other games? That is much harder than programming. To do that you need a Hex editor. I can program, but I can't hack into games.

 

You want to learn to make games...Try Dark Basic, or Blitz Basic.

 

You want to learn how to make Applications..Try Visual Basics

 

You want to be a proffessional......try C++

 

Pincho.

http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=859

The Macromedia Flash language (ActionScript) is insanely easy to learn. It also teaches you many of the basics of Basic w/o having to learn actual syntax ( it has an error free code editor built in; you could also turn it off if you want to do more advanced coding ).

 

In that sense it is a great way to start out and enables you to branch out easily.

 

And seeing as it is object based like VB, making small games is easy as pie. Except with flash, you can control the objects behaviors with the greatest of ease, as that is what it is meant to do.

 

Of course you have to buy Flash first.

 

 

Anyone know any good VB style all-in-one code editors/compilers for Java? Or for any other common language for that matter.

It's not true that actionScript is syntax-free, it uses a javascript-style dot syntax.

 

It is insanely easy to learn though, as you say. And it's far more powerful than it first seems too.