Where to start? a beginners question

[rediss01]

I would like to get into ppc development, but do not know where to start, could anyone point me in the right direction??

[jim s]

What language do you want to develop in? There are many choices and many prices for them!

Jim

[rediss01]

That is what I'm trying to decide, what is the most common language used? I currently have a ipaq 2210, so it has to be compatible with that.

[JPD6825]

How much programming experience do you have? What languages do you have experience with? Experience with VB? If so, why not go with that? How about taking a look at some of these links... MS Visual Studio Developer Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/default.aspx or look at the Windows Mobile 2003 SDK : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9996b314-0364-4623-9ede-0b5fbb133652&displaylang=en Good Luck!

[rediss01]

Thanks for that!!!
I've just downloaded it now, so will have a play around and see how I go....

[Darius Wey]

Here's (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a34dc83-c3ce-4a4c-ab83-491fd5729551&DisplayLang=en) a link for developer resources for WM2003SE. It's well worth a look.

[Kowalski]

it seems that you are not an experienced programmer, so i advise you to jump directly to c#. a very powerfull language. than one day if you need to write the fastest and smallest application you will learn c++.
if you learn c# and c++ you will never need any other languages

[rediss01]

Exactly right.....I'm not an experienced progammer at all, and was just wondering what the best language to get into was.

Thanks for the advise. I'll give C# a go and see where it takes me.....

[Typhoon]

Hmmm... You know what? C# is good, and so is VB .NET for PPC programming. When it comes to programming, the best thing I would advise is to take a *college* course on a specific language. Find your local community college and ask the CIS or CIT or computer science department and ask to find a good teacher who can start you off, because when it comes to programming anything (any program, esp. games), it is good to get a good foundation and learn to *think* like a programmer should. It is hard to achieve these fundamental requirements on your own in a short amount of time. Sure you can learn the language on your own but you might struggle when ever it comes to more advanced programming topics besides learning the language itself. If you miss the opportunity to get the right guidance at your start-off, you might regret it. I think any programmer would tell you that the one thing you *MUST* have is *patience*. Make sure you understand steps A, B, C, & D before you jump to E....this is very important. When I was learning long ago, I never had any guidance...I was teaching myslef. Now I know I should of taken a college course. Take one college course on programming (summer will take 1-2 months or fall/winter/spring will take 4 months) and you won't regret it. BTW, make sure the teacher is really good and knowledgable (some aren't).