So you want a free lunch ?
I can program anything (even in machine codes). But, there are 3 problems:
1) developing a mechanical system takes quite a lot of time.
2) people who are not programmers very often give very incomplete description of what they want. As a result - very unhappy customer (system doesn't do what the customer actually wants, or doesn't earn any money). Seemingly simple work very often turns out to be a research project. But if I can do a research - why do I need a customer?
3) any mechanical system needs to be maintaned/updated. Without it, its useless. Think about a program that somebody else has written and how you are going to change it...
As a result - people usually write programs for themselves or companies hire programmers full-time, or people just buy a black box.
1) developing a mechanical system takes quite a lot of time.
2) people who are not programmers very often give very incomplete description of what they want. As a result - very unhappy customer (system doesn't do what the customer actually wants, or doesn't earn any money). Seemingly simple work very often turns out to be a research project. But if I can do a research - why do I need a customer?
3) any mechanical system needs to be maintaned/updated. Without it, its useless. Think about a program that somebody else has written and how you are going to change it...
As a result - people usually write programs for themselves or companies hire programmers full-time, or people just buy a black box.
new_trader
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I have hacked around with Visual Basic 6, writing small simple applications. I now need to do something serious like interface with my brokers API. I knew nothing about API's or C#, which is what the API is written in. So, I was advised to go to:
www.rentacoder.com
I signed up and placed a BID request and got only 1 Bid at US$500
My broker recommended a company and they quoted $1200 to code what I need.
So, I bought Visual Studio 2005 and about £50 worth of C# books and completed 90% of what I need in less than 3 days! :-0 :-0
No wonder Bill Gates is rich....
It's a struggle but it is opening up so many new possibilities.
I have hacked around with Visual Basic 6, writing small simple applications. I now need to do something serious like interface with my brokers API. I knew nothing about API's or C#, which is what the API is written in. So, I was advised to go to:
www.rentacoder.com
I signed up and placed a BID request and got only 1 Bid at US$500
My broker recommended a company and they quoted $1200 to code what I need.
So, I bought Visual Studio 2005 and about £50 worth of C# books and completed 90% of what I need in less than 3 days! :-0 :-0
No wonder Bill Gates is rich....
It's a struggle but it is opening up so many new possibilities.
Good decision, but you could have had Java and Netbeans or Eclipse for free and they are completely open source.
new_trader
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True, I do have them and had every intention of learning Java but I just couldn't get into it. I see the similarities between the two.
Trader333
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Well it doesnt look too expensive here and it is new and all legal:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MS-VISUAL-STUDIO-2005-PRO-V-Basic-C-C-J-XSD-XSLT_W0QQitemZ110124999125QQihZ001QQcategoryZ1251QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Paul
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MS-VISUAL-STUDIO-2005-PRO-V-Basic-C-C-J-XSD-XSLT_W0QQitemZ110124999125QQihZ001QQcategoryZ1251QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Paul
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Dont waste your money - get the express version from microsoft - it's free...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/default.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/default.aspx
