Programming

[Project.funky]

hey, im learning C++ and my brother's teaching me

[yaustar]

Small article on how to get started in C++ programming http://parabellumgames.no-ip.org/art...c-programming/

Also take a look at Python and PyGame if you are interested in getting into programming as it is deemed as a less complicated language and easy to get into.

I have a job in the games industry five years after I started programming (including the 4 years I spent at University).

[HAMMIEZ]

i wrote my first lua game (with no knowledge of lua) in about 4 days.
OK i do have about 2 year's experience in Dark Basic Pro but its a nooby BASIC language.

[mavsman4457]

I am learning it from cprogramming.com and I am probably just impatient but I am not learning too much. I have a few other sources that I could try learning from but I would prefer something that will give me examples of things by making me incorporate them into small programs and play around with it. Does anyone know of a website like that?

[Wisgary]

http://tryruby.hobix.com/

Ruby isn't necessarily the easiest language to get into programming with (whitespace, no line termination character, multi-paradigmatic, etc, so I don't really recommend you start off by installing Ruby. You should install and learn Python instead, I think it's the easiest to get into because it's very high level (In programming high-level means abstract, leaving a lot of stuff to the computer instead of to the programmer). Ruby is too, but it's kind of complex and its applications are not necessarily what a beginning programmer might have in mind.

Still, despite all that, that website lets you program from the page itself, interactively, so no compiler or anything is needed. It runs you through a lot of good stuff. Doesn't get into ifs elses loops and other control structures, but it does show you a lot of other stuff. Go through that tutorial for kicks, so you can get an idea of how some programs work, and then install python (www.python.org) and just go through the beginner tutorial. It is very instructive and top notch.

[mavsman4457]

Thanks but that doesn't really focus on C++ does it?

[Uzumaki_Naruto]

if i want to learn LUA where can i find good tuts?

[Wisgary]

No, but it's programming. Once you learn how to program moving from language to language is just a matter of re-learning the syntax. Starting off with a scripting language and then moving up to harder stuff is better than just throwing yourself right into the hard stuff.

[mavsman4457]

OK thanks for the advice. Right now I am planning on looking at "How to learn C++ in 21 days."

[bronxbomber92]

I started programming a few months ago... I was using lua for about 3 months then I moved on c. I am currently learning OpenGL/PSPGL for 3D graphics. And I have almost completed my first emulator, and this all after 2-3 months of c

So if you stick with it you'll do fine