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Answer» I need a good software like Pika Software that it is simple to use and no coding at all unless to show the code for it. It has to be User-Friendly and simple functions and selection option such as check boxes, radio buttons, etc. It has to be free or have a cracked version... I need some good software. PS: I don't use Pika because it crashes and always freezes.You won't get any pointers towards "cracked" software products on here. How can you expect something free to not crash? Free versions expect the user to help the author find bugs in the product. I see two problems here: We will not help you pirate software Free "software maker" tools that don't require code are toys rather than anything else, you cannot build anything serious or actually useful with them. I can't honestly think of a situation where one of these tools would serve a purpose. How can you expect to make new and innovative software when all you have to use is predefined bits of code that someone else has written? How about you actually learn to write code? It's not hard and you would actually then be able to make something genuinely useful.If you must continue to use the pika software if you have an older computer, you may have better luck with its stability. My guess is that the bugs are likely Windows 8 related so a system running XP or 7 would be a suggestion. I also have to agree with cameron on his statement that you would be confined to the limitations of this wysiwyg, predefined funtions etc. If you learn to write actual code vs use of a wysiwyg, you have pretty much limitless potential in anything you want to create with the only limitation being system resources and hardware processing power to pull it off if complicated etc. Years ago when I was a webmaster for a few websites, I use to cheat using Dreamweaver; however the problem with this was that the web pages had extra bloat in them and while dreamweaver was ok for a really good looking static website, adding form and other functionality into it really required the personal coding touch with notepad or some other text editor to alter the HTML created by the dreamweaver project. I feel that you will be stuck in the same situation with this, where your limited to very basic development, and anything more complex/ useful would require actual programming in the code vs wysiwyg only. These days the only wysiwyg that I use is a Keyboard/Mouse Macro Creator, because I can very quickly in a matter of minutes put together a Rube Goldberg method to automate an in depth process that is redundant and compile it as an exe to be added as a scheduled task or use on a team of systems processing data without having to spend a week programming a custom program method to achieve the same information gathering through C++ or Perl. Additionally my macros created are only for my use and not being marketed to others, so it doesnt matter if its a Rube Goldberg method of achieving a project goal when time is money and time is limited and I am simply just using this tool to make life easier and make better use of my time on other non redundant tasks or unnecessary custom program creations that may only be a 1 time use.Yes, I believe that coding would be better but my friend is a pro coder and he told me, "Coding C# or C++ isn't a thing that you can do overnight. It requires a lot of attention and time." He is right about that but I just don't have the time to learn all of it and master and fluently code. Most of the coders are pros with a lot of time on their hands and out of college. I am only 11 (almost 12) and don't have much time to work with. I will start learning a lot of HTML then C++ or # or something like that. I use an app called Udacity and it works but they don't support C# or ++, do you have any other websites or apps that teach that language? Quote Yes, I believe that coding would be better but my friend is a pro coder and he told me, "Coding C# or C++ isn't a thing that you can do overnight. It requires a lot of attention and time." He is right about that but I just don't have the time to learn all of it and master and fluently code. Most of the coders are pros with a lot of time on their hands and out of college. I am only 11 (almost 12) and don't have much time to work with. I will start learning a lot of HTML then C++ or # or something like that. I use an app called Udacity and it works but they don't support C# or ++, do you have any other websites or apps that teach that language? All the great coders out there started with HELLO WORLD and moved their way on upwards to great masterpieces of mathematic and logical art. I started programming with Basic on a TRS-80 with only 4k of RAM, and programs had to be made small enough to function and not exceed the memory. I got a memory expantion to 16k and also reached the limit of the memory when I had way too many IF statements with an attempt to make an AI like problem when I was 10 years old. The fact of the matter is that if you know C++ or many other languages your not stuck with one program not supporting a language as for you make the rules, you make the logic, and so you can make a program that ties 2 programs together etc if you perform a memory hack to address memory used by that application or the application itself has another safer method of ENTRY to gaining access to the data that the application is running. The best way to learn C++, C#, or another language is to actually get a book on it that comes with lab examples. It will start you at the very basics of HELLO WORLD displayed on screen or printed to printer etc and then work its way onto showing you all the concepts that follow almost all computer languages out there to where eventually you can master one language and then if you wanted to learn another language, you already know what objects or methods are needed to make the computer do what you want it to do, but you just learn such as with me and BASIC to C++ that Code: [Select]PRINT "Hello World"; is the same as Code: [Select]COUT<<"Hello World";. Then it becomes the same as learning a new verbal language such as (English) 3 = THREE and (German) 3 = DREI It all takes time and the more you practice the better you will get. As far as websites to learn programming, there are too many to list. There are even videos on youtube such as from a programmer with page at TheNewBoston http://www.youtube.com/user/thenewboston Best suggestion though is to get a book that has labs and some even come with a CD or DVD or an ability to download the IDE that is used to programming in the book, so when the book shows how to compile and run a program, you can follow by example. Many of the online sites out there do not show by example for how to compile the program and working with debugger etc. Then when you are working with the code and have any questions feel free to post your questions and examples of the SOURCE code your having issues with and one of us would be glad to help. I can assist with C++, C#, Perl, HTML, JS, and Basic. Lastly.... the reason for a book vs online for learning content is that you will need to read information and then apply it, and its far easier to look and read a book and then have the book by your side and type the code into the system and compile it or run it if its a compiled on the fly scripting language, and with a book you wont have to flip back and forth between the IDE and the website that has the info your learning. *The only benefit to an online site to learn from is that you can copy/paste the source code to your IDE, but you can still use the websites in addition to the book to learn from.Your only 12 and you don't have time? You got the rest of your life ahead of you. Once you get the basic concepts down for one language it becomes easier to learn other languages.I think it's silly we're entertaining this... No pre-defined goals... Hasn't looked into programming at all from whats been stated... Not motivated for something that takes time... Just sayin...For general information: Microsoft has a suite of software tools called "Visual Studio" and it is a very good starting point for anyone on a limited budget. To ford where to get a free ISO of Visual Studio, visit this link: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DownloadVisualStudioExpress.aspx Or just Google Free Visual Studio Express. As a student he can get Visual Studio Professional for free. But maybe this would be more up his alley. http://code.org/learn http://hourofcode.com/us Quote from: Squashman on January 10, 2015, 03:46:21 PM Your only 12 and you don't have time? You got the rest of your life ahead of you You beat me to it. Knowledge is a life long process. My Mother got her Masters degree at the YOUNG age of 50. She got her Phd at 60. Don't tell me you don't have time. Quote from: Squashman on January 10, 2015, 05:15:00 PM As a student he can get Visual Studio Professional for free. I don't think so, the availability through the Academic Alliance is for colleges/universities, and maybe high schools, though I'm less certain about that since they validate it with a .edu E-mail address for a participating institution. That said, though, Express edition has been replaced with the community edition, which is identical to the Professional Edition with restrictions on commercial use by companies. Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition can be downloaded here. I'm not sure if Visual Studio is ideal for learning to program, however. as it brings with it a lot of management baggage (projects, Solution, Build Settings, etc.). Small basic Seems like a good way to get into it, as it presents itself through much simpler mechanics, akin to the earlier BASIC versions Dave was referencing.I agree that a simpler language would be best to start with if you have had no programming experience as BC linked to Small Basic. If you want to dive into C++ and your determined enough, there is a simpler to use IDE than the Microsoft Visual Studio to start off with. I like the Bloodshed Dev C++ 5 and have used it QUITE a lot for programming up quick programs that do not need .NET FRAMEWORK to function and dont need to integrated with other .NET based code. If your programming in pure C++ without implementing .NET Bloodshed Dev C++ 5 is a very good IDE. Also it has very minimal system requirements and is a very small install vs Microsoft Visual Studio which takes up a few Gigs of hard drive space due to all the many libraries and features that the software has. Here is Bloodshed Dev C++ 5 if you are interested for a very beginner oriented C++ IDE. http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html It reminds me a lot of MS Visual C++ 6.0 which I used many years ago. I originally learned C++ on Borland C++ 4.0 which ran on my DOS 5 / Windows 3.1 computer in the early 90s. From that I moved on to MS Visual C++ 5.0 in which I had to adjust some syntax differences, but 99% of the way that C++ was under Borland worked under MS Visual C++ 5.0. The most difficult adjustment for me in my programming background was going from MS Visual C++ 6.0 to Visual Studio .Net 2002 edition and in college they were still using 6.0 and I bought the latest IDE and the college professor couldnt help me with learning how to use it. I got it on a student discount through a website called Gradware which no longer exists and got it for like $99.99 for a $900 full software package. I ended up having to dig up my Borland C++ 4.0 floppies and install that so I could do my homework at home for college and then adjust the small syntax differences in class to compile and present my work. I then got introduced to the Visual Studio Express edition around 2005 which was way better than the 2002 edition of Visual Studio .net and used that for making personal programs with a GUI to it vs just command shell DOS looking programs. I am going to check out the Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition myself as for I have been using Visual Studio Express 2010 as well as Bloodshed Dev C++ 5, and I should try to follow the times with newer IDE to at least be familiar with it in case I am forced to have to use a newer IDE that supports something that older IDE's dont etc.

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I need a good software like Pika Software that it is simple to use and no coding at all unless to show the code for it. It has to be User-Friendly and simple functions and selection option such as check boxes, radio buttons, etc. It has to be free or have a cracked version... I need some good software. PS: I don't use Pika because it crashes and always freezes.You won't get any pointers towards "cracked" software products on here.
How can you expect something free to not crash?
Free versions expect the user to help the author find bugs in the product.
I see two problems here:

We will not help you pirate software
Free "software maker" tools that don't require code are toys rather than anything else, you cannot build anything serious or actually useful with them. I can't honestly think of a situation where one of these tools would serve a purpose. How can you expect to make new and innovative software when all you have to use is predefined bits of code that someone else has written?

How about you actually learn to write code? It's not hard and you would actually then be able to make something genuinely useful.If you must continue to use the pika software if you have an older computer, you may have better luck with its stability. My guess is that the bugs are likely Windows 8 related so a system running XP or 7 would be a suggestion.

I also have to agree with cameron on his statement that you would be confined to the limitations of this wysiwyg, predefined funtions etc. If you learn to write actual code vs use of a wysiwyg, you have pretty much limitless potential in anything you want to create with the only limitation being system resources and hardware processing power to pull it off if complicated etc.

Years ago when I was a webmaster for a few websites, I use to cheat using Dreamweaver; however the problem with this was that the web pages had extra bloat in them and while dreamweaver was ok for a really good looking static website, adding form and other functionality into it really required the personal coding touch with notepad or some other text editor to alter the HTML created by the dreamweaver project.

I feel that you will be stuck in the same situation with this, where your limited to very basic development, and anything more complex/ useful would require actual programming in the code vs wysiwyg only.

These days the only wysiwyg that I use is a Keyboard/Mouse Macro Creator, because I can very quickly in a matter of minutes put together a Rube Goldberg method to automate an in depth process that is redundant and compile it as an exe to be added as a scheduled task or use on a team of systems processing data without having to spend a week programming a custom program method to achieve the same information gathering through C++ or Perl. Additionally my macros created are only for my use and not being marketed to others, so it doesnt matter if its a Rube Goldberg method of achieving a project goal when time is money and time is limited and I am simply just using this tool to make life easier and make better use of my time on other non redundant tasks or unnecessary custom program creations that may only be a 1 time use.Yes, I believe that coding would be better but my friend is a pro coder and he told me, "Coding C# or C++ isn't a thing that you can do overnight. It requires a lot of attention and time." He is right about that but I just don't have the time to learn all of it and master and fluently code. Most of the coders are pros with a lot of time on their hands and out of college. I am only 11 (almost 12) and don't have much time to work with. I will start learning a lot of HTML then C++ or # or something like that. I use an app called Udacity and it works but they don't support C# or ++, do you have any other websites or apps that teach that language? Quote

Yes, I believe that coding would be better but my friend is a pro coder and he told me, "Coding C# or C++ isn't a thing that you can do overnight. It requires a lot of attention and time." He is right about that but I just don't have the time to learn all of it and master and fluently code. Most of the coders are pros with a lot of time on their hands and out of college. I am only 11 (almost 12) and don't have much time to work with. I will start learning a lot of HTML then C++ or # or something like that. I use an app called Udacity and it works but they don't support C# or ++, do you have any other websites or apps that teach that language?

All the great coders out there started with HELLO WORLD and moved their way on upwards to great masterpieces of mathematic and logical art.

I started programming with Basic on a TRS-80 with only 4k of RAM, and programs had to be made small enough to function and not exceed the memory. I got a memory expantion to 16k and also reached the limit of the memory when I had way too many IF statements with an attempt to make an AI like problem when I was 10 years old.

The fact of the matter is that if you know C++ or many other languages your not stuck with one program not supporting a language as for you make the rules, you make the logic, and so you can make a program that ties 2 programs together etc if you perform a memory hack to address memory used by that application or the application itself has another safer method of ENTRY to gaining access to the data that the application is running.

The best way to learn C++, C#, or another language is to actually get a book on it that comes with lab examples. It will start you at the very basics of HELLO WORLD displayed on screen or printed to printer etc and then work its way onto showing you all the concepts that follow almost all computer languages out there to where eventually you can master one language and then if you wanted to learn another language, you already know what objects or methods are needed to make the computer do what you want it to do, but you just learn such as with me and BASIC to C++ that Code: [Select]PRINT "Hello World"; is the same as Code: [Select]COUT<<"Hello World";. Then it becomes the same as learning a new verbal language such as
(English) 3 = THREE and (German) 3 = DREI

It all takes time and the more you practice the better you will get.

As far as websites to learn programming, there are too many to list. There are even videos on youtube such as from a programmer with page at TheNewBoston http://www.youtube.com/user/thenewboston

Best suggestion though is to get a book that has labs and some even come with a CD or DVD or an ability to download the IDE that is used to programming in the book, so when the book shows how to compile and run a program, you can follow by example. Many of the online sites out there do not show by example for how to compile the program and working with debugger etc.

Then when you are working with the code and have any questions feel free to post your questions and examples of the SOURCE code your having issues with and one of us would be glad to help.

I can assist with C++, C#, Perl, HTML, JS, and Basic.

Lastly.... the reason for a book vs online for learning content is that you will need to read information and then apply it, and its far easier to look and read a book and then have the book by your side and type the code into the system and compile it or run it if its a compiled on the fly scripting language, and with a book you wont have to flip back and forth between the IDE and the website that has the info your learning. *The only benefit to an online site to learn from is that you can copy/paste the source code to your IDE, but you can still use the websites in addition to the book to learn from.Your only 12 and you don't have time? You got the rest of your life ahead of you.

Once you get the basic concepts down for one language it becomes easier to learn other languages.I think it's silly we're entertaining this...

No pre-defined goals...
Hasn't looked into programming at all from whats been stated...
Not motivated for something that takes time...

Just sayin...For general information:
Microsoft has a suite of software tools called "Visual Studio" and it is a very good starting point for anyone on a limited budget.
To ford where to get a free ISO of Visual Studio, visit this link:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DownloadVisualStudioExpress.aspx
Or just Google Free Visual Studio Express.

As a student he can get Visual Studio Professional for free.

But maybe this would be more up his alley.
http://code.org/learn
http://hourofcode.com/us Quote from: Squashman on January 10, 2015, 03:46:21 PM

Your only 12 and you don't have time? You got the rest of your life ahead of you

You beat me to it.
Knowledge is a life long process.
My Mother got her Masters degree at the YOUNG age of 50.
She got her Phd at 60.

Don't tell me you don't have time. Quote from: Squashman on January 10, 2015, 05:15:00 PM

As a student he can get Visual Studio Professional for free.

I don't think so, the availability through the Academic Alliance is for colleges/universities, and maybe high schools, though I'm less certain about that since they validate it with a .edu E-mail address for a participating institution.

That said, though, Express edition has been replaced with the community edition, which is identical to the Professional Edition with restrictions on commercial use by companies.

Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition can be downloaded here.

I'm not sure if Visual Studio is ideal for learning to program, however. as it brings with it a lot of management baggage (projects, Solution, Build Settings, etc.). Small basic Seems like a good way to get into it, as it presents itself through much simpler mechanics, akin to the earlier BASIC versions Dave was referencing.I agree that a simpler language would be best to start with if you have had no programming experience as BC linked to Small Basic.

If you want to dive into C++ and your determined enough, there is a simpler to use IDE than the Microsoft Visual Studio to start off with. I like the Bloodshed Dev C++ 5 and have used it QUITE a lot for programming up quick programs that do not need .NET FRAMEWORK to function and dont need to integrated with other .NET based code. If your programming in pure C++ without implementing .NET Bloodshed Dev C++ 5 is a very good IDE. Also it has very minimal system requirements and is a very small install vs Microsoft Visual Studio which takes up a few Gigs of hard drive space due to all the many libraries and features that the software has.

Here is Bloodshed Dev C++ 5 if you are interested for a very beginner oriented C++ IDE. http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

It reminds me a lot of MS Visual C++ 6.0 which I used many years ago. I originally learned C++ on Borland C++ 4.0 which ran on my DOS 5 / Windows 3.1 computer in the early 90s. From that I moved on to MS Visual C++ 5.0 in which I had to adjust some syntax differences, but 99% of the way that C++ was under Borland worked under MS Visual C++ 5.0.

The most difficult adjustment for me in my programming background was going from MS Visual C++ 6.0 to Visual Studio .Net 2002 edition and in college they were still using 6.0 and I bought the latest IDE and the college professor couldnt help me with learning how to use it. I got it on a student discount through a website called Gradware which no longer exists and got it for like $99.99 for a $900 full software package. I ended up having to dig up my Borland C++ 4.0 floppies and install that so I could do my homework at home for college and then adjust the small syntax differences in class to compile and present my work. I then got introduced to the Visual Studio Express edition around 2005 which was way better than the 2002 edition of Visual Studio .net and used that for making personal programs with a GUI to it vs just command shell DOS looking programs.

I am going to check out the Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition myself as for I have been using Visual Studio Express 2010 as well as Bloodshed Dev C++ 5, and I should try to follow the times with newer IDE to at least be familiar with it in case I am forced to have to use a newer IDE that supports something that older IDE's dont etc.

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