Welcome to the simplest programming book in all the multiverses. In this book you'll learn how to program. Some people have accidentally learned how to program in Io at the same time. We take no responsibility for those incidents.
Through out this book you'll be introduced to the Io language and be building a Text Based Adventure. That's just a fancy word for "adventure computer game that uses text as the medium and the user has a large amount of control over what happens." Try saying it with your pinky raised and you'll sound pretty fancy.
You might notice that this book is only 80 pages long. That should be absolutely all that's required to teach you how to program. You can then take that understanding and apply it to any language. Io is that simple!
Here's a list of things you absolutely need to learn to program with this book:
- One computer
- A keyboard (not a musical keyboard).
- A Human Interface-To-Cursor Device (some people call it a "mouse")
- The Internet (limited available, so order now)
- The ability to install software on your computer(s)
This is the setup guide for Io. First find the setup guide for your operating system. Then go through each of the steps. Finally follow up with the generalized setup guide. If you have any problems email [email protected] and I'll help.
- Download and install PowerShell
- Download and install Io
- Download and install Gedit
- Download and install Io
- Download and install Gedit
- Download and install Io
- Open and configure Gedit
- Open the Terminal
- Open a second Terminal
- Run
ioin the second terminal