New user

[NikG]

A warm hello to all,

(I couldn't find a section for new member introductions so I'm just going to do it here)

My name is Nik, I live in Toronto, and I program for fun. I just recently got interested in Turing again (after a 3-4 year break). I came across this site last week and I can honestly say it's great! So I figured that since I will probably be browsing this site a lot, I might as well join and maybe upload some of my projects...

Just a note, programming is simply a hobby for me, and I find I don't have much time for it (between 2 university courses, full-time work, a long-term realtionship, being an executive in a club...). So unfortunately, I may disappear for days/weeks at a time; please don't be offended by this.

Well enough of the introduction. Here's a little idea I started working on last week. It's a very simple attempt at a template for basketball-type games. My goal is to use this to create a 3 point shootout game, a HORSE-type game, & possibly a 1on1 game. I will probably put up the source code at a later time. For now, I posted it in the applications section. Here's the link: http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?p=111752

About 360 lines (minus 30 or so empty spaces) total so far, mostly because I'm adding many procedures so that it's flexible and I can use it as an engine for the actual games.

I'd love some feedback, so please check it out.

[Tony]

hello NikG, welcome to the forums.

I've moved your post to [GD], as it's more appropriate here. We actually have a hello world thread for new users right above, in the stickies.

If you're interested in sharing some of your projects with us, feel free to PM me for extra upload space

[Mazer]

Hi Nik, welcome to the forums.

Mind if I ask what your name is short for? My legal name is Nikolaos (meaning "Victory of the People", "Nick" in English) and to make things easier and save people from embarassment people call me Nick. Because of the way I write my name they seem to think the short form would be "Nik" and consequently write it on anything where I'm involved.

So... just wondering what your story is

[wtd]

Welcome aboard.

Since you're coming back to Turing after a long delay, may I suggest checking out some other programming language to broaden your horizons and give yourself a new challenge?

[Cervantes]

wtd wrote:

may I suggest checking out some other programming language to broaden your horizons and give yourself a new challenge?

That would be quite bold, wtd; but yes, you may suggest so.

Welcome, NikG. Programming as a hobby is great! There's always more to learn. Always.

[NikG]

Thanks for the warm welcome, guys (or gals).

Coutsos: NikG is my first name cut in half and my last initial. My full first name is Nikhil (a common Indian name) and I believe it's meaning is something to do with "horizon" but don't quote me on that. Hopefully there won't be any confusion.

wtd: As much as I'm interested in programming, I don't really have the time to learn something new. I like Turing because of it's simplicity (I like VB for the same reason too), but I do have experience in Java and very little in C++ (although I've neglected the latter two over the last few years so forget I even mentioned them).

Cervantes: Thanks for the welcome. You're right, there's ALWAYS something to learn, and there's always new ideas to explore. That's why I've never lost (and hopefully will never lose) interest in programming.

[[Gandalf]]

Welcome, NikG! Hope you enjoy your stay, and I look forward to seeing some of your productions in the future.

[wtd]

NikG wrote:

wtd: As much as I'm interested in programming, I don't really have the time to learn something new. I like Turing because of it's simplicity (I like VB for the same reason too), but I do have experience in Java and very little in C++ (although I've neglected the latter two over the last few years so forget I even mentioned them).

Power/flexibility does not have to equal complexity. C++ and Java certainly accomplish some degree of both via complexity, but they are by no means the rest of the programming universe.

[Martin]

Welcome to our humble abode.

If you're looking for something easy, simple and most importantly fun, I suggest checking out Ruby. wtd (and others) wrote some excellent tutorials on it in the Ruby section of the site, and there's an interesting guide at http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ . You might find it to be a lot more relevant, as people are starting to use it in production environments (Google for Ruby on Rails, for example).

In any case, Turing can be a lot of fun too, and we can definitely help you out with that too.