Yes informit is a great site. There is on problem. Sams teach yourself C++ in 21 days is on its forth edition. Jesse Liberty wrote the third and forth. There nothing wrong. I mean its a computer book for free what else do you want. But the version is outdated. And yes do all the examples in the site or book. I first skimmed it over when I got it. And then when I tried to make a small text based RPG, I didn''t know how. So I went back in the book and read evrything slowly sand did all the examples. Now I am ver proficent in C++.

How theis helps.

Listen to these guy''s, hey know what they are saying. I was in the same boat as you a few years back. i first learned C++ then i had to steal my cousins Game programming book and it really helped. now i''m doin DirectX at 14.

X4J

go to free-ed.net to get a free online book on c++.

- Goblineye Entertainment

You kids these days and your books. hehe
I learned my core knowlege of C++ out of the help files of the compiler my highshool used (one of microsofts dos compilers, i think) while i was supost to be learning pascal. I've alwasy been a fast learner.

One book i would suggest is "C++ in plain english"
This isn't so much a teaching book as a GREAT refrence book. I alwasy have it next to me when i program.

But i do agree, you need a FIRM grounding in C++ before you attempt any serious game.

Edited by - Ender3k on June 23, 2001 10:08:39 PM

Thanks to all. For all the negative people, thanks but no thanks. It really does help to have people your age in the same situation. Thanks to every one for those websites and the free book on programming.

Thanks to all. For all the negative people, thanks but no thanks. It really does help to have people your age in the same situation. Thanks to every one for those websites and the free book on programming.

SEZ

Hey, first of all I would say get your parents into it. I''m only 11 and I''m getting into game programming. I think that''s mainly because of my fast learning and my parents. They bought me some book s because it was ''for my education''. Second of all, if you do get a book, I just want to let you know that it may get really boring sometimes. For example, in C++ for Dummies, you get a bit tired of classes because it takes up about a quarter of the book. But once you do learn, it''s really rewarding to see a game that was made by YOU.

PS Youre friends also get a kick out of it too!

C++

PS If you resort to tutorials on the web, a site that might come in handy is http://www.howstuffworks.com It is a great site, and it has a tutorial on HTML, Java, and C. If you do go there, search for either HTML, Java, C, or Programming, and it should take you to the site.

C++

quote: Original post by Ender3k
You kids these days and your books. hehe
I learned my core knowlege of C++ out of the help files of the compiler my highshool used (one of microsofts dos compilers, i think) while i was supost to be learning pascal. I''ve alwasy been a fast learner.

Heh, I learned through a help file also (Borland C++ 5.0''s help file). I learned C/C++ and the Win32 API that way, all the major stuff since then I have learned has been through real tutorials .

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quote: Original post by seze8
Thanks to all. For all the negative people, thanks but no thanks. It really does help to have people your age in the same situation. Thanks to every one for those websites and the free book on programming.

SEZ

Did the negative people delete their posts? I don''t see them, anyway.. just people trying to give some advice.. programming is the key word in game programming, the fact that it''s a game is more or less irrelevant. Just because you think something may no be useful in game programming, don''t ignore it. Especially when you''re just starting to learn it and don''t really know what''s going to be useful and what isn''t.


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