First Program - What to do?

[dmw16]

I am preparing to write my first program in either basic or visual basic - probably visual basic. And Im not sure what I want to make the program do. Any suggestions on a good first program for a beginner(aside from "hello world&quot?
thanks,
-doug

 

[RedRooster]

Ok, here's a nice little challenge for you if you don't mind doing a little searching for method calls...
Create a program that will take(via keyboard input) a person's first name, last name, mother's maiden name, and city of birth, then take the first three letters from each and combine them into two words(probably gibberish), and that will create their "Star Wars" name.

 

[dmw16]

That is certainly an interesting idea. I'll have to give that some consideration. I can do that on top of something math/science oriented. I was thinking of making a program for my physics final project in VB. Make something that can predict the motion of pendulums above 15 degrees(which is where simple motion no longer takes place, from what Ive seen, it might be pretty cool). Anyhow, Star Wars name....hmmmmm....physics....we shall see.
thanks,
-doug