Thread: After C++

  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    22

    After C++

    I think this topic goes here, not to sire though???

    I'm very nearly finished the C++ tutorial on this website and would like to know, what tutorial should I do next? Eventauly I want to make a 2D platformer with enemies, so what tutorial is the best to do next?

    Thanks

  2. #2
    UT2004 Addict Kleid-0's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Posts
    656
    Have you read the advanced tutorials too?
    Adv. Tutorials
    To sharpen your skills, go through people's past problems on this forum, and try to fix the problem without looking at other people's solutions first. You may also want to skim over some more C++ FAQs to sharpen your skills even more.

    Practice makes perfect! Good luck soldier!

    --EDIT--
    You may also want to try:
    Java --> C# --> VB.NET
    And since you've used C++, you'll absolutely LOOOVE JavaScript & PHP!

  3. #3
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Posts
    4,912
    If that's the kind of project you're hoping to move onto, learn a graphics API next.

  4. #4
    Hardware Engineer
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Posts
    1,398
    Consider a beginning C++ book. These tutorials only touch the surface. Or, search the web for every C++ tutorial you can find! There is another tutorial at cplusplus.com.

    Assuming you want to learn Windows graphics, take a look at this tutorial. Windows programming is not easy, and you're probably not ready to jump-in yet, but the tutorial will help you figure-out when you're ready. Windows Programming is almost like learning another language. Standard C++ is used to make your progrm do something useful, and with the addition of the Windows API library, it can look good and be easy to use too.

    Also, when you feel you're ready for Windows programing, get the book Programming Windows by Charles Petzold.

  5. #5
    Handy Andy andyhunter's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Posts
    540
    Also, when you feel you're ready for Windows programing, get the book Programming Windows by Charles Petzold.
    I can't second that enough. It's the windows programming bible.
    i don't think most standard compilers support programmers with more than 4 red boxes - Misplaced

    It is my sacred duity to stand in the path of the flood of ignorance and blatant stupidity... - quzah

    Such pointless tricks ceased to be interesting or useful when we came down from the trees and started using higher level languages. - Salem

  6. #6
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    22
    I'll take a look into the book... wow! It's the same price as a game here(EU), I'll never pay over a tenner for a book! I'll do the tutorials on www.cplusplus.com I think first, I'm not the most confident C++er in the world.

    PS. Is there a cheap place online wher eI can buy the Programming Windows by Charles Petzold?

  7. #7
    Hardware Engineer
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Posts
    1,398

    Unhappy Technical books are expensve.

    Yeah, technical books are expen$ive! You can probably find a used copy online... maybe an older edition. (I'm still using an outdated 4th edition.) Or, just wait awhile... the dollar gets weaker every day!

    I think most of my computer / programming books have cost about $30 USD. I don't think I've ever spent less than $20.... about the same price as the typical "best sellers." It's not unusual to spend $80 for a textbook.

    The best deal is Thinking in C++, by Bruce Eckel. It comes in two volumes, which you can download FREE in PDF format, or purchase hard copies ($70 for the pair). This is an intermediate to advanced book. (It was actually written as a beginning C++ book for experienced C programmers.)

    Some popular books and amazon.com prices:

    The C++ Programmig Language, by Bjarne Stroustrup ($49.39)
    Accelerated C++, by Koenig, & Moo ($33.81)
    C++ How To Program, by Deitel & Deitel ($78.66)
    Last edited by DougDbug; 01-18-2005 at 04:21 PM.

  8. #8
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    22
    Are any of those really good and suggestable or are they just as good as learning C++ form this site and www.cplusplus.com? Also id Windows Graphics the best or is some other thing better for some strabge reason?

    --edit--

    Thanks

Popular pages Recent additions subscribe to a feed