How Start Learn Lunix Programming & Scripting

hi everyone,

I am Newbee to Lunix, I 've install SLED 10.1 my system. I would like to learn Programming Lunix, so please guide me how to start and give some tips and good books etc...


thanks
suresh

Hi,

Welcome to Linux!

What kind of programming do you want to do and what programming experience do you already have?

If you're coming from a Windows background you may be surprised just how many options you have.

Hooper.

Most Unix programs are written in C and C++. I would recommend that you start out by learning shell scripting. You could get an O'Reilly book on it, such as this one http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/shellsrptg/

It might take you 2-3 months to really get that down. After that, maybe some Perl, which is great because it's an interpreted language, not a compiled language, so you won't have to worry about a compiler. After Perl, I'd move on to C and then C++. You can sometimes get some really great deals on C and C++ books on ebay. Sometimes the more obscure books or older C books are sold for as little as $5 + shipping there. The code remains the same, but they're no longer used in whatever colleges or universities, so they're dirt cheap. I recently acquired over 20 very nice C and C++ books from a local college for free. They were just going to throw them away. You might check a local college's bookstore and ask if they need to get rid of some old programming books. The code is the same, so even if the book is 10 years old or so, for C it doesn't really matter.

I wouldn't be surprised if you wanted to jump right into learning C or C++. I'll try to answer any questions you post on the forum about getting started and stuff.

I also heard (not a programmer myself) that if it's mostly GUI apps that you want to develop that maybe also add extra value to existing tools Python with Tk is a good combination and not as steep as having to delve into the deep sees of C++.

Some info on this :

http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lan...n/tkinter.html
http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter

Good luck & enjoy!

Wj