Thread: Where would i begin in programming?

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    Where would i begin in programming?

    Hey guys, im DrSega this is my first post, so i was wondering...

    Where would i start in programming?

    What i want to do?
    I want to make games with C++ and OpenGL, but i dont know where to start?

    Can some1 please help?

    I know it takes a long time to learn, but i want to learn to start getting to the level of making a game like wollay's, the thing i mostly want to do is atleast make the voxel terrain like his, here is his blog on his game:

    wollay's blog

    His 1st post of his terrain:

    wollay's blog: Cube World (this is what i wna be able to do sometime )

    Ty.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrSega
    Where would i start in programming?
    You should start at the beginning, i.e., to learn the syntax and semantics of a programming language while developing programmatic problem solving skills and learning about algorithms and data structures.

    A book that you could use to help you get started on the first two would be Accelerated C++, though I must warn you that it is better suited for people who already have a programming background or are guided by an instructor.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Ok i might take a look at that in my free time, ty.

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