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<blockquote data-quote="Inker" data-source="post: 752004" data-attributes="member: 10541">If you really want to use a Mac, you can use <a href="http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page" target="_blank">Mono and MonoDevelop (free).</a>But, if you are decided for C#, I would really try to do this on Windows.If you just wanna learn to program, and wish to stick to the mac for now, start out with Java (not Javascript IMO). Java is (on the surface) very similar to C#, and once you can program in Java a bit it will be very easy to switch over to C#.Unless your really sure you are going to stick to this (or have money to burn), I wouldn't buy a book right away. There are plenty of online tutorials available, and the bottom line is you just have to practice. See if it is for you. So do a few tutorials to pick up on control structure, understand what classes and mehtods are, but then pick a small project you would like to do and stick to it. If you are stuck, ask, don't give up (Stackoverflow is a good site for this). Lastly, be aware that not everybody can learn to program (not trying to be decending). But since you have some Basic expirience your probably not one of those people. But it will take time. Programming (or better Software Engineering) is mostly experience. Practice practice practice <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Inker, post: 752004, member: 10541"] If you really want to use a Mac, you can use [URL="http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page"]Mono and MonoDevelop (free).[/URL] But, if you are decided for C#, I would really try to do this on Windows. If you just wanna learn to program, and wish to stick to the mac for now, start out with Java (not Javascript IMO). Java is (on the surface) very similar to C#, and once you can program in Java a bit it will be very easy to switch over to C#. Unless your really sure you are going to stick to this (or have money to burn), I wouldn't buy a book right away. There are plenty of online tutorials available, and the bottom line is you just have to practice. See if it is for you. So do a few tutorials to pick up on control structure, understand what classes and mehtods are, but then pick a small project you would like to do and stick to it. If you are stuck, ask, don't give up (Stackoverflow is a good site for this). Lastly, be aware that not everybody can learn to program (not trying to be decending). But since you have some Basic expirience your probably not one of those people. But it will take time. Programming (or better Software Engineering) is mostly experience. Practice practice practice :-) [/QUOTE]

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