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How to use Visual Studio

Daivam · 2001-10-28T23:41:31

Hiya.. I''m completely new to programming. My girlfriend gave me her copy of Visual Studio 6, and I''ve been playing with it a little. Knowing absolutely nothing seems to be hindering me a bit though. I read thru some of the sections of gamedev.net particularly the absolute beginner section, but am still confused about a few things. My goal is be able to program graphically advanced windows games in C++. So I figure the first step along this path is learning C or C++. From the basic just of the information I''ve received from this site, it seems I should just go ahead and learn C++, the only problem being so many of the books about C++ build off of a knowledge of C or atleast Basic Programming Principles it seems. I''ve already ordered copies of Who''s Afraid of C++ and Who''s Afraid of More C++, which should arrive in a month or so. Nothing in the world is slower than book rate mail. ''( Since I don''t know if I''m that patient, I''m contemplating getting either the Absolute Beginners guide to C, Waite''s C++ Primer Plus, or Beginning Visual C++ 6. All of them seem to have fairly good reviews, but I''m not sure which would be more appropriate. A book on C to get the very basics, a book on basic C++, or perhaps the Visual C++ book so that I might learn a little bit about my newfound compiler. What do you guys think? Which also brings me to my next question. What do you reccomend to learn how to use the Visual C++ compiler itself? I can''t seem to make heads or tails of the help file. I''m not even sure how to start the right type of file if I wanted to create a C program. I''m lost in a maze of options, any help or a pointer to a tutorial on the compiler itself would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Started by Daivam October 14, 2001 04:16 AM

9 comments, last by Daivam 22 years, 8 months ago

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October 28, 2001 11:41 PM

I''m going to jump in here as the token C++ purist and advise you to start with a C++ beginners book like C++ How to program, C++ primer plus etc. There is about as much reason to C before C++ as there is to learn binary before using windows.

It''s no harder than C, actually it''s easier, and you''ll avoid picking up bad habits and having to relearn libraries and features that are specific to C.

Similarly, as has been advised, stay away from ''visual'' or ''windows'' books until you''re good and ready.