When and Where to Start Programming!

When to Start Programming?

You already are programming, i mean everyday your brain do programming to calculate the solutions for your daily life problems. 

for example: you are hungry ... your brain will calculate the possible solutions like

• You can cook (If you don't have money)
• You can eat at a restaurant (If you don't know how to cook)
• Or ... You can Steal (If both of the above conditions are not suitable for you)

Yes, that's programming finding different solutions for a problem and go with the best one. and of course in Computer Programming you need to know the programming languages like C++, Visual Basic or Java etc to communicate with the Computer, as in real life you need knowledge and some skills to perform your daily task. If you can gain the required programming skills then your age doesn't count to start programming.

Where to Start Programming?

GW BASIC - is the best console programming language for beginners, it will give you basic concepts required in most programming languages out there.It's easiest to understand and best first step towards programming. You should spend 1 month (30 to 60 min each day practice) practicing GW BASIC.

VB.Net - It would not be as easy considering you only know GW Basic till now but it will probably change your perspective about programming. At the beginning you should be able to develop some accounting programs but as time goes on with good logical skills you can develop more effective applications like chat messenger, utility applications, and databases with Ms SQL or MS Access ...

After these two, you probably will able to choose next best and suitable programming language for you and your career. And of course don't forget C and JAVA.

How to Learn Hacking

I'm talking about "Ethical Computer Hacking" here not about some illegal stuff, to be a hacker you really need to define your goals because hackers don't just break securities, hack top secret military data or do any other cool stuff like in the movies but usually they find solutions with the help of their programming skills and intelligence.

Hacker's main role is to find vulnerable loop holes, in other words, programming mistakes which leaves private data insecure. You can learn hacking from the following websites but you need patience, intelligence and luck...

• Hack In The Box
• Hack This Site!
• Hack a Day

Good Luck!

Keep you Computer Safe - from Viruses - without an Antivirus

I have Windows XP SP 3 and my operating system is virus free, it has been a year since I last installed a window. when it comes to security, MS windows does not provides you a better security then Linux and that's why Linux is more secure and that's why you purchase an Antivirus program to keep your computer safe.

In this world viruses spread in a light speed, and you always needed to update your antivirus so that it can protect your computer from any latest virus but the problem with having a antivirus is that, it gives you headache, slow your pc little bit, annoys you when you are working and requires updates in a week or two.

Things To Do:

• Don't use pirated software because mostly they contain viruses, and it's illegal too.

• Download software from publisher or developer you trust because a .exe or .bat could be a virus from unknown publishers.

• Don't download attachments from unknown email and report that email, because people fall for spam.

• Don't trust your facebook friends  (Any social media unknown or so called friends) and don't open what they send you unless you are fully sure that they can be trusted.

• Do not run any picture, video file or any other media file which extension is ".exe" it could be like mypicture.jpg.exe ... in this the real extension is .exe, to enable extensions to be visible in your computer GOTO My Computer => Tools => Folder Options => View => Uncheck "Hide extensions for unknown file type"

• Check file size before download, for example if you are downloading MS office 2010 which is of "12kb" of course it's a virus because this software is of "600MB +"

• Download software from developer's official website, because you cannot take risk on any third party source.

• Download USB Virus Scan to secure any virus possibility from USB Drives.

Add Google Search to VB .NET Program

• Open Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010
• Open New Project as Windows Form
• Drag and Drop these controls from Toolbar => Common Controls

1. TextBox
2. WebBrowser
3. Button (Set Text property to "Search")

• Open Button1 for coding, then put the following code:

        Dim txtsearch As String

        txtsearch = TextBox1.Text

        txtsearch = "https://www.google.com.pk/search?q=" & txtsearch

        WebBrowser1.Navigate(txtsearch)

• Run the Program, type any thing in a textbook and Click Search. The WebBrowser will Google search that Word or phrase.
• Click on the Images below To Clearly see them.

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Before Buying Ram - 7 Points To Check!

Sometimes you make a mistake, Sometimes you do buy incompatible electronics and Sometimes you do buy incompatible RAM for your Computer. To be safe from this mistake or to not repeat that mistake just follow the below Checkpoints :-

• Check your Motherboard Manufacturer and Model.
• Check the Type of Ram supported in your Motherboard like DDR, DDR2, DDR3, SD RAM etc..
• Check out the highest supported frequency in your Motherboard like 1333Mhz, 1600Mhz etc and buy the highest frequency RAM supported.
• Stay away from the unknown manufacturer and you'll be safe.
• If you have 32-bit OS you are limited to 4GB of RAM, you'll need 64-bit OS to have more then 4 GB.
• RAM slots you have, it's better to divide ram equally like if you want to buy a 4 GB then by 2 RAM's of 2GB. 2 X 2GB.
• Warranty ... of-course, you are clever enough to get that point.
• Research, always better to do research about anything you are willing to buy, so that ensures you are not going to waste your money.

In case you don't know how to check your Motherboard Model Download CPU-Z => Run it =.> click on 'Mainboard' tab and it'll show you the manufacturer and model of you board.

In case, you don't know how to check Type, frequency, RAM slots just find them all  from here 

Still Having Trouble ... Just Comment Below I'll Answer it Within 2 Hours

Create 3D Video Games - Without Programming - For Complete Beginners

So you are a beginner and you think that you would never make a game without programming skills?
You a simple guy and want to make fun games?
You want to know the logic behind the games?
Wanted to clear the concepts of programming?

This will be your first step towards game making or programming, there are many tools available on the Internet for same purpose, but what I'm going to talk about is the best tool among them all. Because it will not only make games but it will clear the concepts of programming in your mind, so that in future it would be not that hard to learn any programming language for you.

Set Up:

• Download Alice 2.3 from here: Download Here
• Extract the content from the Downloaded Zip file to anywhere by right-click and extract.
• Open the folder "Alice 2.3" and run "Alice"

Tutorial:

• Click on the Tutorial Tab, then click on "Start the Tutorial"
• It will took you about 1 hour to learn Alice tool with these 4 tutorials.

Experiment:

• After Tutorials, Experiment yourself by doing different stuff. After Tutorials you will get the ideas of your own.
• Create different worlds, methods, events and apply them to the game.

Make a Game:

• Now you know the Alice tool and you are able to create your own game, so what are you waiting for just create your first game.

Improve your Skills:

• You can improve your skills and get new ideas from internet about game making in Alice 2.3

• You can get example games from here and here .

• For any Queries, you can ask me just post a comment in the comment section below

Search Like-A-Boss! - Effective Google Search - Search like An Expert!

Google maybe a simple search engine for you but it contains many secrets, you can advance your search by the following tricks:

• Find Exact Word or a Phrase:

Put your word or phrase in  Double Quotation and then search. for example: "Exampleword" or  "Exampleword is awesome", Just enclosed the words or phrase you are searching for in a double quotation and Google-Search will display search for the exact words or phrases.

• Find Similar Words to any word:

You are searching for software engineering and you wanna search it in profession then just do your search like this:

"software engineering" ~profession

• Exclude Words:

You can exclude any terms from the search, like you're searching for usb flash drive and you don't wanna search for the usb flash drives by the Kingston then your search would be like this:

"usb flash drive"-Kingston

• Search in Specific Website:

You can search any website by Google search engine, your results would be come from that specific website. For example you want to search for nokia in website whatmobile.com.pk then your search would be like this:

"nokia" site:whatmobile.com.pk

• Search for Specific File type:

You can search for the specific file type with Google search, for example you are searching for Power-point presentation on topic html 5 then search it like this:

"html 5" filetype:ppt

• Either THIS or THAT:

You always do search for any one specific term, how about doing search for two or more specific terms. Yes you can do that and the Google will display both search result on a page. But remember that the OR should be capital.

"world cup" OR "olympics"

• Word Definitions:

You have Google Search and you don't need a dictionary as Google search can define any word you ask for. for example you wanna know the definition of the word fly search it like this:

define:fly

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How to install MS Office 2010 on Windows XP Service Pack 2

Recommendation: Upgrade to Service Pack3

If you have Windows XP SP 2, and you are not able to install MS Office 2010 because it requires SP3, then just follow the steps below:

• Start => Run => Type "Regedit" and Enter

• GOTO  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE => System => CurrentControlSet => Control =>Windows

• On the right frame you will see "CSDVersion", Right-click and Modify

• Now change the value 200 to 300 and OK.

• Close and Reboot

To check after reboot, Right-click on My Computer => properties , In "System" it will show you Service pack 3 instead of Service pack 2... if somehow this doesn't work then follow the above steps but this time choose ControlSet001, ControlSet002 and ControlSet003 instead of CurrentControlSet ... this will probably work!!!

Now that you have version number of  SP3,  you can Install MS Office 2010...

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Install Windows from a USB Flash Drive

Why would you do that?

• USB Flash Drive is more fast then a CD or DVD.
• USB Flash Drive is more safe towards natural atmosphere.
• Your Optical drive is broken or Damage, not in a working order.
• Carrying USB Flash is easier then CD or DVD Disc.

Check-In:

• You could Install Windows XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, and Server 2008
• You need 2GB USB Flash for XP and 4 GB for Windows 7
• Your Motherboard should have USB Bootable Support.

How To?

To install MS Windows from a USB Flash drive, you first have to make a bootable USB Flash Drive. To do that you don't need to go through any special knowledge, but you just need to download a free utility and that utility will handle the rest for you.

• Download WinToFlash
• Extract the Zip file, and open it.
• Plug-in the USB flash drive, Insert Windows CD or DVD
• Click on the "Windows Setup Transfer Wizard" and NEXT
• Specify the Paths. 1. CD/DVD Drive 2. USB Flash Drive, then click NEXT.
• Leave the rest to WinToFlash, after the process click Finish
• Restart and Enable the USB boot from Windows Bios Setup and your USB is ready to Boot.

WinToFlash is a portable Utility you can take it to anywhere...! Hope These Steps Will Work ... If Not, Feel free to Comment in the Comment Section Below!