blogs.msdn.com— This student is 12 but has already been programming for three years. Bill Gates started programming when he was 13 so this young student has a four year head start. Just imagine the possibilities.
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Yea, a lot of the people here missed the point. Even with drag and drop, all these additional features weren't as simple as 2 plus 2. For his age, doing something like this is pretty good. While it's true this isn't commercial quality, his ability now will evolve his coding into commercial quality when he's older.
I was making bigger things by age 12. (Mainly a game involving the origin of my nickname that has thousands of users, ~30k lines of code, and is still running today, 9 years later). There's nothing special about someone making a web browser using the IE component at that age, and this does not belong on Digg.
It is... and most of the code must be drag and drop - I can't see it totaling more then a few hundred. I have heard some claims of 20,000 but I figure, if it's really 20,000 then it must be the slowest browser ever.
Idk, i'm 14, writing a graphics engine, over something like 6 months i'v produced about 3,000 lines. The article mentions 20,000 lines. Anyway I guess i'm just jealous (sorry for taking up space...)
Someone get the kid some alcohol, or pot. Tell him to get a social life. f**k what is the point in growing up being that nerdy. You only get one chance at being a teenager, and and old fart can learn to program. If you had the chance to go back in time would you seriously spend more time with computers, or more time trying it on with teenage girls......?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
You people are unbelievably ruthless... Sounds like a bunch of programmers who are jealous of some kid for actually accomplishing something. All I see is "oh I basically made my own OS with assembly code and BASIC, this kid's a douche". And then those people get dugg up. Ridiculous.
Cool! I started programming when I was 8 and my dad bought me a compiler and a C book. I'm now 14. Now I'm typing this on a browser I made in C#, but not as complicated as that one.
I started at 11-12. I'm 15 years old now and i program with C++/Win32/Direct3d/Winsock networking.I do graphic rendering, applications, and networking.
Closed AccountNov 8, 2006
Yea, a lot of the people here missed the point. Even with drag and drop, all these additional features weren't as simple as 2 plus 2. For his age, doing something like this is pretty good. While it's true this isn't commercial quality, his ability now will evolve his coding into commercial quality when he's older.
patrick_Nov 8, 2006
*cough* <a class="user" href="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=868112&SiteID=1">http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=868112&SiteID=1</a>I agree, I wonder how many lines _he_ wrote; I'm sure most of it is GUI code from drag-n-drop; I used to code in VB.NET, and I can tell you; even a small GUI app in .NET can give you quite a few lines of code.I'm sure the rendering engine is IE, however.
metasquaresNov 9, 2006
I was making bigger things by age 12. (Mainly a game involving the origin of my nickname that has thousands of users, ~30k lines of code, and is still running today, 9 years later). There's nothing special about someone making a web browser using the IE component at that age, and this does not belong on Digg.
mrpigNov 9, 2006
It is... and most of the code must be drag and drop - I can't see it totaling more then a few hundred. I have heard some claims of 20,000 but I figure, if it's really 20,000 then it must be the slowest browser ever.
darkrappeyNov 10, 2006
Idk, i'm 14, writing a graphics engine, over something like 6 months i'v produced about 3,000 lines. The article mentions 20,000 lines. Anyway I guess i'm just jealous (sorry for taking up space...)
collywollyNov 13, 2006
Someone get the kid some alcohol, or pot. Tell him to get a social life. f**k what is the point in growing up being that nerdy. You only get one chance at being a teenager, and and old fart can learn to program. If you had the chance to go back in time would you seriously spend more time with computers, or more time trying it on with teenage girls......?Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
colemanmNov 14, 2006
You people are unbelievably ruthless... Sounds like a bunch of programmers who are jealous of some kid for actually accomplishing something. All I see is "oh I basically made my own OS with assembly code and BASIC, this kid's a douche". And then those people get dugg up. Ridiculous.
ninja999Dec 2, 2006
Cool! I started programming when I was 8 and my dad bought me a compiler and a C book. I'm now 14. Now I'm typing this on a browser I made in C#, but not as complicated as that one.
pacsoftJun 3, 2008
Not very impressive at all. I'm 13 years old, and I'm writing my own Linux distribution in C++.He just uses the Webbrowser control
laffatinterwebJul 13, 2008
he beat me by 11 years :( my ego has been hurt. sighhhh
blizzordNov 28, 2008
I started at 11-12. I'm 15 years old now and i program with C++/Win32/Direct3d/Winsock networking.I do graphic rendering, applications, and networking.
myjean17Jul 17, 2009
why cant everyone just shut the hell up. its not a big deal.