Okay, i got a bug up my butt and decided to give a little bit of insight into my professional life. So, for anyone who is interested, i am going to show how to make some simple programs in C# (C-sharp), my language of choice.
for starters, you will need the .net framework. I prefer the 2.0 framework, as it is the latest and greatest, and is required to use Visual Studio express (more on that in a second)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
this is the link to get Visual C# express:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Link...11&clcid=0x409
you may need a .net passport. Sign up and get one if you dont already have one. Dont worry, Microsoft could care less about you, so its not like they are going to own your soul for signing up.
Install them both, the framework first. Once you have that, we will move on to our first lesson.