Where to start?

[jazzius]

Can anyone suggest a good resource for someone interested in learning computer programming. Let me stress one thing. I'm a beginner. A COMPLETE BEGINNER. I know absolutly nothing about computer programming. I want to learn about programming because i want to design some audio software in the future. What i guess, in my ignorance, is that making some audio plugins requires 2 main skills-- programming to make the thing work, and some knowledge of math and algebra to make some formula to process the sound. Is this right? cheers D.

[DrZaius]

Hi jazzius,

Most plugins are .dll files, which are written in C++. C++ isn't too hard to learn, but the details required to write audio plugins are complicated and it will take you a while to learn the basics first before you can program any plugins. You can start here, just download the compilers, read the tutorials, and write some of the sample programs. You will also want to look into Visual C++ which makes writing .dll files a lot easier. There are a lot of books too on C++ and Visual C++ (VC++ is the same as C++ only with a few changes made by Microsoft), so go to any bookstore and look trough them to see which one you like best. Hope that helps.