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AWJ
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Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express...
05/13/08 12:16 AM


> 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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* So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... Foxhack 05/06/08 10:38 PM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... AWJ  05/13/08 12:16 AM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... Foxhack  05/13/08 01:23 AM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... R. Belmont  05/07/08 05:36 PM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... Foxhack  05/07/08 10:05 PM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... Vas Crabb  05/08/08 03:23 PM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... Anonymous  05/09/08 12:26 PM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... Foxhack  05/09/08 06:05 PM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... Vas Crabb  05/09/08 01:21 PM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... R. Belmont  05/08/08 05:11 PM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... Vas Crabb  05/09/08 01:22 PM
. * Re: So uh, I need help with Visual Studio 2008 Express... R. Belmont  05/09/08 04:22 PM

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