New to programming

1. Read and try to understand EVERYTHING in the book.
2. Whenever something seems hardest, you''re probably on the edge of a breakthrough.
3. C++ may seem hard to learn, but once you do learn it, it seems so cool.

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That''s all for now. Good luck!

- DarkMage139
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"Shut up and give me the freakin code" -unknown
"Ask and you will be shot" -snes16bit
"Not again!" -SHilbert (upon being assimilated)
"Nazrix is cool." - Nazrix
"You've only seen the beginning" -The Dark Lord of RPGs
"I'm gonna go get high on Squaresoft games" - ILoveNataliePortman

dont give up.
you might think you''ll never be able to make anything good.... well you wont if you think like that.
just remember, we were all newbies once.

Nah, I was never a newbie

J/K, best of luck to you!

Its not too late to learn, I started learnin C/C++ when i was 21 too.

"People spend too much time thinking about the past, whatever else it is, its gone"-Mel Gibson, Man Without A Face

Well, I was the author of that quote (glad you liked it). Here''s another one that I''ve used before and try to keep in mind: Learning game programming is like building a jigsaw puzzle without a picture to work from. About the best you can hope for at first is to find two border pieces that fit together. But the good news is, all the pieces are there if you keep working at it.

If it makes you feel any better, I''m a newbie to Game Programming too (though not programming in general), and you''ve got 30 years on me.

Make good use of them.

"It's obvious isn't it Miller? Curiosity killed these cats!"

Hi.
I''m also a newbie. i''m also 21 and i''ve just started university and am learing c++. i''m not finding it hard....yet. I''ve looked ahead and i see some complicated stuff but i''m confident i''ll understand it when we come round to it. The book i recommend to any begginer is ''Essence of Programming using c++'' by Douglas Bell. It''s not very complete but it''s REALLY easy to understand and i have found it to be a great help. When i graduate in 4 years time, i want to eventually get into the gameing industry, just like most of us here. i know the feeling of, being ''too old'' to start, but i always tell my self to be motivated and stay focused. i have found alot of sites on the internet about games programming and i don''t understand them much right now, but when i do get to that level, i''m sure i''ll use the resources fully.
best of luck!
Dong