editor making!

retired_derekjw7 · 10-26-2005, 11:42 AM

hi

i have wondered for some time now how the editor are made!! if there any way you can explain the basics and i can go from there that would be excellent?? i would really like to start making them and help out! only if i knew where to begin?? please help

borat123 · 10-26-2005, 01:09 PM

Basics... Basics... Right well, where do we start...

Do you have any programming experience?

If no, then I hate to say it but don't even attempt trying to comprehend them. If you really really want to get into programming then I suggest you buy a book about it. Now, I'm not going to push what languages I think you should use, but I learnt Pascal first. Go have a Google for Pascal and try out your skills on that until you know your procedures from your functions, come back and then we can go from there.

If you know a bit about programming, then what language do you program in? Or rather, what do you feel comfortable using.

If you know loads about programming, then you wouldn't be here asking this question!

retired_derekjw7 · 10-26-2005, 01:13 PM

thanks!! ill read up about it!! you must be amazing, the fact you no how to do this!!im guessing you do right????

retired_wsharp0123 · 10-26-2005, 01:56 PM

I know c#, Java, a little C++ and MS SQL server, but I think you really should be aware how the database is implemented before you start to do anything

retired_derekjw7 · 10-26-2005, 01:59 PM

strategy man do you know how to make editors????
because what you have put there, c++ and ms sql servers i've herd of before and i'm wondering if you could explain a little to me about what these are exactly!! thanks

borat123 · 10-26-2005, 02:16 PM

I'm not amazing really. I have a job. I go to uni. I work on programs for fun and websites for favours. Some people save lives for a living. Now those are the people who really are amazing!

*Goes into rehearsed song and dance about 9/11 firefighters*

Now... Strategyman... SQL... Don't confuse people! SQL isn't really a programming language as it's a relational db query language and can't be used for making programs (just querying data in various forms). And MS SQL Server is a system anyway and not actually a language (MS SQL is)!

I'm sure some will have a different opinion but if someone asked what languages I know, I wouldn't include any of the SQL's as I consider it a query language syntax which is pretty much what SQL stands for (Structured Query Language). I'd maybe pass it off as 'other'.

Ignore SQL in all its forms for the time being until you really need it, and even then, you could learn most of it in one evening. But he is right. If you want to make an editor at the end of this, you'll need to know about dbs.

retired_wsharp0123 · 10-26-2005, 03:57 PM

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Originally posted by rory616v:
strategy man do you know how to make editors????
because what you have put there, c++ and ms sql servers i've herd of before and i'm wondering if you could explain a little to me about what these are exactly!! thanks

C++ is a programing language just as Java and C# are. SQL server is a database management system. It is software for managing data that is used in programs.
Can I write editors? ....Not exactly. As I said to write one I have to study the structure of the database. If SI publish it (the structure) I could and It wouldn't be very hard to do.

retired_wsharp0123 · 10-26-2005, 03:59 PM

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Now... Strategyman... SQL... Don't confuse people! SQL isn't really a programming language as it's a relational db query language and can't be used for making programs (just querying data in various forms). And MS SQL Server is a system anyway and not actually a language (MS SQL is)

Where exactly did I say such thing? I just said I am familiar with it. I know very well what SQL Server is.