Hello, my first post here-- I am a beginning programmer, and I tell ya, the Sams Teach Yourself "Beginning Programming" by Greg Perry is very good. He gives you a solid background with a short history of programming, then leads you into some QBasic programs. From there, he moves you into a bit of Visual Basic, then with introductions in ''C'', ''C++'' and ''Java''. The last few chapters go over stuff like debugging tools, how to ''properly'' distribute applications, and finally a chapter on the future of programming. I will recommend this book to any newbie programmer.

After going through Perry''s book, I did get Ivor Horton''s "Beginning Visual C++", which is very informative, but I don''t like all the math he gives you off the bat. By Chapter 2, with Horton, you are already going over Bitwise Operators and Casting Operands... Is it me, or must one have to learn explicit cast and static_cast in Chapter 2??? I would think you could go over more general programming rules, and later get into the fine tuning.

Well, Horton''s book is still very good, just hard to wade through as an outright beginner.

Redstar

Yeah, I agree with Redstar, Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24h is a really good introduction book. Erebus, don''t you think an rpg is a little ambiguous for a first game? If you want to start making games, read this: http://www.gamedev.net/reference/design/features/makegames/


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Oh, I thought you said "for my first game" not "for my first real game." I wasn''t paying much attention ^_^ (sorry)


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