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lego-robotics / question for the experienced...
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 13 Sep 2003 06:18:06 GMT
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Ed <edsavestheday@earthlink.net/StopSpammers/>
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hi all. first post here. i'm sure this doesn't happen often, but my
reason for buying the ris 2.0 system is because a friend told me it'd
be a fun intro to computer programming. as i eagerly await shipment of
my kit, i'd like to pick your brains for some tips. should i jump
straight into NQC (my programming background is little to none) or
should i play with the lego programming environment at first? are
there sample robots designed with the purpose of learning programming
in mind? has anyone had success stories in learning the basics of
computer programming using an ris kit? thanks for the time.
~ ed
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| (...) I think quite a few people bought it for that reason. (...) Hmmm - hard call. NQC is "real" computer programming - the language you are using is "Not Quite" the language that a vast percentage of modern software is written in. If you master (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: lego-robotics / question for the experienced...
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| (...) For people who have already done a little programming (especially in Java or C), NQC is very easy to pick up. However, NQC isn't a good first langauge. The problem is that you're trying to learn two things at once: how to break an idea down (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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