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Zachary Kaufman
1,463 PointsDesktop Application
I want to make a desktop application. I have no clue what languages to use, or how to go about doing this. I took another programming class before this, and they asked me to make a website to store the rest of my projects that I do for their classes. But I want the ability to make a program that doesn't require me to go to my website every time I want to use it. The specific thing I wanted to make was a "bot" (I think that's the right word) that can respond to what I say, and store the information I tell it. What languages would I need to be able to do this? And how would I go about doing it? Is there classes on Treehouse that can help with it? I was suggested to Java, but the advice seemed hesitant and not fully educated when they told me. Any help or suggestions are very appreciated thank you!
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alastair cooper
30,617 PointsTry Microsoft Visual Studio Express - a free and very powerful development environment - and I suggest learning (or revising) C# or Visual Basic as a programming language to use with it. I prefer using visual basic as although there is more to type, it is clearer to read (especially when learning), however, most programmers use C# (syntax similar to javascript) and there is also a C# course on Treehouse. It takes a while to learn to use Visual Studio, but you can make all kinds of applications, web-based or otherwise. Good luck.
Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 PointsI haven't done this course, but there's a workshop on making a GUI application with TKinter if you know Python: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/tkinter
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 PointsI know some very basic Python, I will check out the course though. Thanks for the suggestion!
Zachary Kaufman
1,463 PointsZachary Kaufman
1,463 PointsThanks for suggesting Visual Studios I am going to try it out. I will also check out Visual Basics and C#. Thanks again have a good day!