starting out psp programming

[the one and only]

can anyone point me to tutorials on making your own psp apps please

thanks

[yaustar]

Do you have any previous programming experience? If not, (unless you are planning on using Lua) forget about the PSP and learn for and on the PC. It be far easier and better for you in the long run.

[the one and only]

mk, thanks i mite try lua

[yaustar]

Bear in mind that you can only do relatively simple games/apps in Lua. Once you have 'mastered' most aspects of Lua, move to a bigger and better programming language such as C/C++.

[jman420]

www.pspprogramming.com

there is very easy to understand C and Lua tutorials on there.. thats where I first started learning Lua

[ACID]

C/C++ takes a good time to master. It took me almost 2 semesters in colege to master it its great programe but you need to know your basics first try Lua its very good.

[salomon st]

yeah i was going to try lua but i dont think u can learn wat u need to know from online tutorials...or can u??

[yaustar]

Lua - The online tutorials are fine
C/C++ - Get a *good* book

The reason why I suggested against developing on PSP when starting to learn C/C++ is that it adds a huge layer of complexity on top of learning how to program and learning a new language. This means that less time is spent learning the language and general programming principles.

Acidburn05: What have you done in C/C++ out of interest?

[jman420]

I tought myself Lua, but I learned the basics from that site.. it tells you the major functions that you need to know to make any program you want (this being, image display, loop creation, if statements, variables, how to print letters or numbers, and how to build a program that works)


if you ask me, Lua would be your best bet for starting to understand the methods used to program.. that site I linked to above has 2 tutorials that tell you a bit, but its enough.. and as soon as you can understand the basics for how to program, and if you understand what your doing.. then you can learn C alot faster..

[yaustar]

I learnt all my Lua from the Lua wiki and the LuaPlayer wiki. That's all that is really needed.

http://lua-users.org/wiki/
http://wiki.ps2dev.org/psp:lua_player