How to start my first project.

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Hello out there. I am very new to programming and I have a project to write but do not know how to start, can anyone help? I am ask to write a invoice and quotation and program. Someone please me and start.
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Posted 2-May-12 3:35am

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Updated 2-May-12 11:35am

BillW33

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BillW33 2-May-12 17:35pm

Edited to add GimmeCode & Homework tags.

Richard MacCutchan 2-May-12 17:48pm

I think you should go and talk to the person who gave you this task and explain that you are not an experienced programmer, but are willing to learn, and could they give you something simpler to start with. Then get yourself a good C++ tutorial or book and start studying. You can also look here for some useful resources.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-02T03:50:00

Since this is your homework, I won't even try to give you code.

Start off by ignoring that this is a computer program.

Get some paper, and a pencil, and work out what you need to know in order to manually produce an invoice or a quotation. Try it out (on paper) Do you have all you need? Do you want to ask for more before you start? Is there something you didn't use? Add or remove, and try again.

When you are happy that you have all the information, write it down - these are the inputs your program will need to get before it can do the main task.

Now do the same for outputs: what do you have to put where? When you are happy, those will be your program outputs - write it down!

Now all you have to do is three stages: Input, Processing, Output. For a simple job like this, Processing will be minimal!

So start with Input, and implement it. Then test it, several times, complete with entering the wrong information (peoples names in the date field, bad product IDs, that sort of thing). When you are happy, move on.

I can't give you details, because I have no idea what kind of environment your application is going to run under - but that is the basic process to design any system. Break it into manageable chunks, and look at what goes in, what goes out, and how it is processed in the middle.

Schehaider_Aymen · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-02T03:45:00

Solution 1

Try to write down on paper the program's Algorithm (main points) to figure out your variables (input/output) then begin by writing modular programm.

Posted 2-May-12 3:45am

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Argonia · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-02T03:55:00

Solution 3

By programming law your first program has to be Hello World! If you google it i am sure you will find many and i really mean many tutorials with full explanation about the code. I think you should look into them :)

Posted 2-May-12 3:55am

Argonia