RE: need tutorials or books

["Ben" <bcronin@Princeton.EDU>]

Just a note, I'd try learning C first.  Simply because its easier to find
good tutorials.  I personally have never come across a good, complete C++
tutorial (for free, anyway).  When I was 13 I was making the transition to C
from QBasic and I wish I had found www.delorie.com/djgpp and downloaded the
C compiler, RHIDE, and the Allegro game programming library earlier.  I'd
suggest you download them.  Then scour the net for C tutorials.  C++ is
arguably better, but learning C is easier to do for free (in my opinion),
and knowing C is a big plus when moving on to C++.  There are C books out
there not designed for rocket scientists too.  C++ books (as a whole) tend
to be more geared toward rocket scientists than C books (there are MANY
exceptions of course).

I'd recommend looking for the "Coronado C Tutorial".  I don't know what
happened to it, but it seems to have disappeared.  If you can find that, go
for it.  Its not about games, but it'll get you on your feet so you can
start looking at the example Allegro programs.

By the way, "I'm a 13 yr old wannabe programmer" would have worked just as
well as "a very keen 13 yr old wannabe" ...hehe :)

Ben

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Subject: need tutorials or books


I am a very keen 13 yr old  wannabe programmer who needs c++ tutorials
really
badly.I can program in Qbasic but after realising how outdated it really is
I
have had to take my business elsewhere (in this case c++). But the thing is,
The only books I find talk to me as if I'm a rocket scientist. Please help
me
as I'm currently making games which are being laughed at (Doh!!) by my
brother who says they are unbelievably crap.Thanks

Huseyin
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