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History of Computers:
Allan Turing- Alan Mathison Turing, was a British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst,computer scientist and philosopher. He was highly influential in the development of computer science, giving a formalisation of the concepts of "algorithm" and "computation" with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general purpose computer.Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.Read More.
History of Games:
Pac-Man: A missing slice of pizza inspires Namco's Toru Iwatani to create Pac-Man, which goes on sale in July 1980. That year a version of Pac-Man for Atari 2600 becomes the first arcade hit to appear on a home console. Two years later, Ms. Pac-Man strikes a blow for gender equality by becoming the best-selling arcade game of all time.Read More.
History of Programming Languages:
Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET): An object-oriented computer programming language that can be viewed as an evolution of the classic Visual Basic (VB), implemented on the .NET Framework. Microsoft currently supplies two main editions of IDEsfor developing in Visual Basic: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, which is commercial software and Visual Basic Express Edition 2012, which is free of charge. The command-line compiler, VBC.EXE, is installed as part of the freeware .NET Framework SDK. Mono also includes a command-line VB.NET compiler. The most recent version is VB 2013, released November 18, 2013.Read More.
We encourage anyone interested in programming to continue on and pursure that goal. But do be wary that for the first couple of steps you need to push through and get over that first learning curve. Once you know the basics making games is fun and easy. To get started visit the Visual Basic Tab under resources.
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Fun Fact:
Pong was one of the first video games. It started out in 1972 and then became a home version in 1974. Made by Atari, it instantly became a hit and has since then inspired many other video games.
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