noob coding question.

[slm33d]

What do they do?. I've never fully understood how/why people code & what it does. If someone can point me in the right direction id gladly appreciate it.

[Mantikore]

Programming is a bit like a set of instructions to give a computer.

[deus]

Programming is just the art of creating software - giving the computer the instructions it needs to make its hardware do interesting or useful stuff.

[slm33d]

What are some simple but useful codes ?

[5024L]

HTML, PHP, the C family.

[slm33d]

May I ask as to what I can do? is there a usefull site?

[5024L]

http://www.w3schools.com/ has most of the basics.

[slm33d]

Thanks

[Mantikore]

might i also like to add that amateur programming doesnt always have to involve making elaborate software. it can be as simple as telling your computer to make a pop up saying "call mom now" when its 4 o'clock, or making a small program to solve a sudoku for you by repeating a bunch of generic strategies over and over again.

[slm33d]

How do they work ? Is their like a software performance code style?

[God Like]

a question i would like to know is how did the programmers create a language?

and how did other computers understand it?

[slm33d]

Yeah that's a good one aswell!. How would the computer understand ?

[000]

Originally Posted by God Like

a question i would like to know is how did the programmers create a language?

and how did other computers understand it?

Originally Posted by slm33d

Yeah that's a good one aswell!. How would the computer understand ?

Both very interesting questions. Somewhere down the line, stuff has to be actually built into the hardware, meaning that the electronics have to have something in them.

Compilers compile code, and make it usable to the computer. So you might ask, what compiles the compiler? Look up "bootstrapping" and it's links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping#Computing

Anyway, if you want to learn, I'd suggest HTML and CSS first. You'll be able to make some flashy neat things that you'll see immediately, so you won't get discouraged. It's also a pretty forgiving language, and not always so precise.

[slm33d]

what can be made with css & html?

[God Like]

Originally Posted by slm33d

what can be made with css & html?

webpages