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SithMaster:
try this link i havent been here in a while but last time i looked it showed some useful info.

learning a langauge depends entirely on the way you learn it.  im trying to learn C and when i looked around at the books at borders they were all not good enough.  Stay away from the dummies books.  also dont try and find a book specifically for game deving but first start with something broader (like the basics).  I had to special order my C book since my library that had it doesnt anymore (maybe a year between the last time i took it out) and they claim it doesnt exist.

try checking you local library for some books on C++.

sphetr2 did you learn C++ in school or on your own time?

hypernova:
Whatever you do, don't try to talk to Macintosh about that.  I don't think he cares. :)

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: SithMaster on December 24, 2006, 04:48:58 pm ---try this link i havent been here in a while but last time i looked it showed some useful info.

learning a langauge depends entirely on the way you learn it.  im trying to learn C and when i looked around at the books at borders they were all not good enough.  Stay away from the dummies books.  also dont try and find a book specifically for game deving but first start with something broader (like the basics).  I had to special order my C book since my library that had it doesnt anymore (maybe a year between the last time i took it out) and they claim it doesnt exist.

try checking you local library for some books on C++.

sphetr2 did you learn C++ in school or on your own time?

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This web page has a bunch of free programming books, most of which are older books, but they still contain a lot of useful info.  http://freecomputerbooks.com/

Also, reading the reviews of the books on Amazon often gives a good impression of how good a book is.  There are definately a lot more bad programming books then there are good ones.

Although the question wasn't directed at me, I learned C++ in school, but they taught us Java first.  Actually my progression of languages went Basic on my own, Turbo Pascal in highschool, Java, C++, Perl, and half dozen other languages in college. 

IMO, although object oriented languages can be difficult for beginners to grasp, C++ is often not used in a non OO manner in beginner books.  Since he will be working with HL2, and that no doubt heavily relies on multiple objects, learning C++ from the beginning would probably be best, assuming of course that he decides not to use HL2 specific tutorials.

sphetr2:

--- Quote from: SithMaster on December 24, 2006, 04:48:58 pm ---sphetr2 did you learn C++ in school or on your own time?

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I'm taking (actually, took, the semester is over) a course in school on C++. Next semester we do java.

I did learn BASIC on my own, like AtomSmasher.  ;D

tommy:
Thanks for all the links and feedback guys, i think i'll give it a shot.

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