That's quite a programming journey you've had. Let me ask you a few questions, if you don't mind. If I were to build a small app - something like "act as a clock and tell me when an hour since I've launched the app has passed" - would it be quicker for me to do it in C or in Java? What are C and Java generally used for? Is there anything one's better for than the other? Keep in mind: I have no experience in either, or in programming apps for a PC. Brackets, and loving it. What amazes me is that Brackets itself is written with JS while acting as a Win application - the only thing giving it away was error logs: something in there implied of its nature pretty clearly to me. It allows for good project management - both inside the project and between several of them - which is good for me since I can easily look up previous projects I did and copy/learn from how I solved the problem encountered previously. Instant testing - "live preview", they call it - is what I enjoy very well: it allows for instant checking and correcting whatever error I may have made or changing the style that didn't work out so well. Good stuff, and I'm enjoying it. Can't see a reason to switch off to anything else.What text editor/IDE do you use?
Assuming I understand what you mean, here's how you'd do it in C: #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> int main() { Sleep( 3000 ); // sleep three seconds printf( "sleep ended\n" ); And this is how you would do it in Java package ... public class SleepExample{ System.out.println("Starting to sleep"); try{ Thread.sleep(1000); // Sleep 3 seconds }catch(InterruptedException e){ e.printStackTrace(); } System.out.println("Sleep ended"); } As you can see, Java's is bigger, but I've made a shitty gifv to demonstrate that it's not really a problem when you're using an IDE like IntelliJ IDEA http://i.imgur.com/XUPWXeb.gifv Edit: The program actually sleeps 1 second because I'm an idiot Another thing to note is If you want to make an alarm that's actually useful, with a GUI etc. Java is defintely the way to go out of the two languages, there's no argument. C is pretty old, it's very fast and very low-level, which will mean you will need to reinvent the wheel pretty often, but also you're not limited(Very rarely a concern, but you will know when it will be). C is better for a few very specific tasks, but that's about it. However, the answer to that question when it isn't limited to just Java and C will depend on who you ask. Personally, I'm conflicted on Java or C# (Leaning slightly toward Java because the JVM is full of potential and mono is pretty slow) Brackets sounds cool. It's always good to look out for better things though, I was happy using Eclipse and so regret being lazy and not checking out IntelliJ IDEA sooner. Plus, if you're looking for a job, it's good to at least know the basics of an IDE you're likely to use if you get hired.
} printf( "starting to sleep...\n" ); public static void main(String[] args){#include <windows.h>
in the C version, this code would only work on Windows(Someone correct me if I'm wrong) and you'd need different implementations for different operating systems, optimized for different CPUs...