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Reged: 03/08/05
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Posts: 936
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Loc: Ottawa, Ontario
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Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express...
05/13/08 12:16 AM
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> I'd like to try my hand at programming stuff. A few of you might be aware that I like > to do console game translations, but constantly relying on help from other folks is, > well, annoying. I'd like to see if I can try to make some tools for myself, with > little external help. > > I learned recently that Microsoft released updated versions of their Visual Studio > Express tools, and I figured, what the hell... I might as well give it a try. But I > don't know which one to choose. My programming knowledge is next to none, and I > learned a bit of C and Basic a long time ago, but all of that is already gone from my > head. > > I don't want to program a game, or an emulator. At most, I want to program relatively > simple data manipulation tools (possibly graphical ones too). I don't have ambitions. > All I want is to learn how to do stuff, ya know?
I "do" console translations from time to time myself, so I think I know what your needs are. For writing the kind of "data manipulation tools" used in a translation, a scripting language like Python is far more appropriate than any of the languages you're looking at.
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