need help with compiling.

[striker0204]

i am an absolute beginner at compiling....

I have never compiled in my life, and trying to learn how all at once is all too confuzzling.

im a quick learner, but for now, i know nothing, so if you do decide to help me, expect lots of questions from me...

please respond if you have time to instant message/use a voice client.

i have all programs to do anything.

THANKS :)

[Phelyx]

What type of compiling, the question is quite broad and we need to narrow what it is your asking. Are you talking about programming compiling like computer languages such as java, c, C+ or compiling as in files to a folder scrapbook/music /etc.

Please be more specific.

[striker0204]

like i said above, i am a complete beginner. i have no idea.

maybe if you saw the source code it might help?

basically, what im trying to do, is find already scripted programs on the internet, and compile them.

eventually, i wanna gain enough knowledge to actually program/compile on my own.

[striker0204]

but i do believe its C++

[Phelyx]

If this is a webscript such as perl/c++ using CGI it is usually put into a CGI-bin which would be a server based application for major/payed websites.

[striker0204]

see, all that stuff you just told me translates to "blah blah blah"

are you saying that if i have a webhost.. i need to put the uncompiled file(s) into the cgibin on my ftp?

[striker0204]

if thats the case i have over 10 sites i can access right now..

but this still makes not much sense.

[kelly]

I think you really mean that you need help programming. Programing means using a language like C++ to instruct a computer as to what you want it to do. Once you've written the program, a compiler takes the program's instruction set and turns it into something the computer can understand.

[striker0204]

i just need to know how to do it. rofl.

the script mentioned installing curl..

does that help?

[Phelyx]

How about this, what does the application do, or what is the purpose of the code. We can probably help from here.

[striker0204]

i just made a decision to give up on trying to do this.

im hopeless. im just gunna pick up a book and read it from scratch.

[Freehold Fred]

Compiling is the LAST thing a programmer does. Compiling means taking higher language code (Application.Window.Open, for example) and converting it to a machine language (a bunch of 1s and 0s), an executable. An executable is typically an EXE file. When you run MS Word, you are actually executing (running) WINWORD.EXE.

So where do you start if you want to create that latest and greatest Windows application?

Learn a higher language first: Visual Basic (relatively easy) or C++ (more difficult and requires more of a commitment, IMO), or scripting languages like PERL, PHP (both a bit archaic to me, but don't take my word on this --- my hard-core programming days are long past).

You will be learning English-like words consisting of objects, methods, properties, functions. Programming is like learning grammar: objects are nouns, methods are verbs (actions that can be performed on or by the objects), and properties are like adjectives, and functions.

Within EACH programming language, there will be a menu option to Compile. It is as simple as that! This creates a separate RUN time executable file.

In addition to the translation of the higher langage code you write, the compiled version may include additional modules in one form or another (these are generally known as libraries).

If you are going to learn programming to the extent you want, you MUST learn binary and hexadecimal numbering systems. Look 'em up.

If you want to learn scripting, as has been mentioned here already, it is NOT necessary to compile. These languages are interpreted line by line by an 'Interpreter' as opposed to being translated to 1s and 0s and read directly by your OS. Theoretically compiled code runs faster, but that is not always the case nor is it always necessary.

Yes, by all means get yourself a book or two or three. Go for it!

Programming is a language, and language is simply a means of communicating. When you get stuck, state your question as clearly as you can. Eventually, if you stick with it, YOU will be able to advise others on the road to travel.

Good luck.

[Dudeking]

Use this site, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/visualc/default.aspx

and download visual C++

[PeteF]

Read this thread below about the AutoITprogram. It's FREE and allows you
to get started with programming. After you've written your first program,
Compiling to a *.exe file is easy as one click.

http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3243&highlight=guide


To say you want to compile without already having a program written
is getting ahead of yourself. Pick a language, write your program and
debug it in the development environment provided for by that language,
and then the LAST thing you do is compile it into a *.exe file that
can be run by others you distribute it to.

---pete---

[Freehold Fred]

Very nice, Pete

Read this thread below about the AutoITprogram. It's FREE and allows you
to get started with programming. After you've written your first program,
Compiling to a *.exe file is easy as one click.

http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3243&highlight=guide


To say you want to compile without already having a program written
is getting ahead of yourself. Pick a language, write your program and
debug it in the development environment provided for by that language,
and then the LAST thing you do is compile it into a *.exe file that
can be run by others you distribute it to.

---pete---