<p>Hello there. I recently explored Python and HTML a bit, and I think I might like it. What kinds of useful things can I do with these? I've been doing some problems at Project Euler, but I would like to make something useful. Can I contribute to larger projects like Ubuntu or projects on Sourceforge? Is it worthwhile to pursue Ruby? I'm a beginner; I'm learning about classes.</p>
<p>Does anyone else here program? If so, what do you program?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance. :)</p>
<p>I do PHP, C, C++, Java</p>
<p>Do your own project. Create a (small) game, write a script that you need but doesn’t exist, etc</p>
<p>Programmer here! I work in Java, HTML, Python and C++. I pretty much practice coding for USACO and hopefully IOI.</p>
<p>HTML doesn’t really count as programming.</p>
<p>I can write programs in my graphing calculator. I totally made a stopwatch program and a reaction-test game during pre-calc last year in my free time</p>
<p>I work with Visual Basic, Java, and am in the process of learning C++. I basically just do my own projects. I’m currently working on a solitaire program in Java.</p>
<p>I used to do a ton of HTML and CSS during middle school.
I made lots of site layouts (designed them, coded them, etc).</p>
<p>I can make cool pictures on graphing calculators.
I made a grandfather clock for geometry class. :P</p>
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<p>TI BASIC is teh awesomest</p>
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<p>That’s me right there. Partially because I had a myspace.</p>
<p>^ hehe nice 
i used to make them for RPG stuff, my writings, and random stuff.</p>
<p>Repeat 360 [fd 1 rt 1]</p>
<p>Can you guys provide any advice for someone who wants to learn programming?
Any book/materials you can reccommend?</p>
<p>Learn C++ and Java. They are the two most important programming languages. And then there’s also Perl, which is similar to Ruby. Python is the funnest ever.</p>
<p>^^Learn C++</p>
<p>Do you have any books you can recommend for independent studying them?</p>
<p>String lovesJava = new String(“I program in Java and LOVE it”);
System.out.println(lovesJava);</p>
<p>cout<<“Java is stupid”;
System.Console.WriteLine(“Java is stupid”);
printf(“Java is stupid”);
PRINT “Java is stupid”
print “Java is stupid”
Document.Write(“Java is stupid”);
echo “Java is stupid”;</p>
<p>[C++</a> Language Tutorial](<a href=“http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/]C++”>http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/)
[Cprogramming.com:</a> How to Get Started with C++](<a href=“http://www.cprogramming.com/begin.html]Cprogramming.com:”>How to Get Started with C or C++ - Cprogramming.com)</p>
<p>There are also a million C++ ebooks available if you don’t mind torrents.</p>
<p>Ah, thanks :)</p>