I am at the moment teaching myself C++ programming and I was wondering if I should spend the money to take a C/C++ programming course or would it just be fine to just keep doing what i am doing now. Thx for replys BUD

I would recommend you to take a course if you have the money, if you have no or little experience with other languages - then taking a course will help alot.

C++ is harder to learn than many other languages but when you master it you will have a better understanding of programming then if you learn some other language - my advice is - take a course and have a easier start and then work on your own.

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That depends... Taking a class will help you learn C/C++ quickly and easily, it''s also a good cuz you can ask questions (which you,ll have LOTS of them). But, you can save yourself a couple hundred and not take them. Its entirely possible to learn C/C++ and DirectX w/o classes, just understanding it doesn''t come as easy. I taught myself VC++ and DirectX when I was only 13 with nothing more than "Beginning VC++ 6.0" and "Sam''s teach yourself DirectX7 in 24 hours" and I didnt think it was to hard. Hope this helps.

Just keep doing what you''re doing In my experience of dealing with programmers, language classes don''t help so much other than the fact that they give you projects to work on.

After you feel comfortable doing most basic things in C++, you might want to see if you can get into a CS course on data structures and algorithms though. That is one area which is pretty cryptic if you don''t have other people to work with. And it is one which will make understanding the more advanced aspects of game programming bearable. lol

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