Thought I would add this here, you can download http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/. It looks pretty good.

Java is generally a pretty good language to start with, and has plenty of IDEs to choose from (Eclipse being one of the more popular). It'll force you to get used to object oriented programming, it's strongly typed, you don't have to worry so much about memory management, and it has a pretty extensive API. As a language with which to write actual code, you can do a whole lot better than Java (C#, for instance, which manages to get a lot more right, but for some reason has never taken the time to compose decent documentation), but for learning the basics its hard to beat. After you get a good grasp of Java, play around with C a bit to get used to the idea of pointers, and then if you're feeling particularly ambitious give SML or OCaml a try (two of my favorite languages ever, but the functional paradigm takes a little getting used to).

For people interested primarily in game development, I would recommend the Unity3d development tools. The tools it provides are incredibly easy to use, and you can do scripting in your choice of C#, Javascript, or Python.

Sorry, mind's not working after today's toils. What d'you mean, content/file ext. wise, exactly? :huh:

I'm all C++. I can't imagine going back to Java or *gasp* Visual Basic now that I've learned C++..

I'm messing around with making a text based RPG right now. I'm trying to make it as open ended as possible to allow the end user to "mod" it.. as in, adding his own items in, levels, text, whatever. The whole thing should be customizable except for the menus. It's more of a refining-my-skills experience more than anything else, and I'm having fun with it.

I taught myself the rudiments of basic ages ago but iI've forgotten most of the little I did learn.

Is there anything else out there similar to Flash?

I just don't have the money to buy the software right now :meh:

Based on your previous posts, I got the impression that you wanted to include the contents of a.txt into your index.html. PHP would make this trivial by use of include() but, without access to PHP, you've resorted to frames. If this is accurate, you should be able to accomplish the same via http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/ssi.html. If I'm completely off, then disregard the whole thing.

Silverlight's the closest thing, and it's free (gratis), though it hasn't seen enough adoption. However, most of the things that have been previously confined to Flash are nowadays possible with JavaScript. Just get yourself a decent library like jQuery and you'll be set.

Thankyou, I remember I looked this up before and Silverlight outdid the Java program(it might have been JavaScript, but could have been a whole new program), but was outdone by Flash. Besides that, I'll go download Silverlight

I've done alot of computer programming, though only a few of them I can say I am good at. I did, afterall, learn it all through YouTube and other tutorial sites
I'm best at Visual Basic 6 and Flash ActionScript 2.0.

Java with Eclipse Ganymede.

x86 with Notepad++ and Cygwin

Seriously, spend a semester debugging assembly code output from a compiler you had to write yourself, and any high-level language will seem like a blessing from the gods (well, except maybe Matlab...)

:P There's many, as they say, 'esoteric' languages. This one is called Brain[censored], seriously.
Here is Hello World:

:cheat:

Actually, I planned on loading diverse html-pages into the fake lower portion frame generated with the Iframe, with picture content and horizontal navigation bars on most pages, and various content (mostly text and smaller pictures) on others. Still, will give the link you gave a thorough perusal, might spark some proper testing if I find something that looks it could serve my evil means.

Most of my academic programming experience is in C, where I've mostly used it for exercises in computation, although most of my programming knowledge has been self-taught.

I've taught myself a fair bit of C++ in my spare time, but haven't really done much with it. I'll probably get back into it once FOSE v2 (with plugin support) is released though. I've also done a small amount of ASP.NET for http://www.cipscis.com/ (mostly just includes though).

More recently I've been teaching myself JavaScript. Back in July I had my first introduction to JavaScript and wrote a structural validator for Fallout 3 scripts (http://www.cipscis.com/fallout/utilities/validator.aspx), which I'm currently in the process of re-writing after learning some neat things about JavaScript that'll let me extend it quite a lot. I'm currently doing some work with JavaScript at my summer job as well (which is where I learnt these neat things).

I've also had introductions into Python and VB, and I've got quite a bit of experience with the (scripting) languages used in Bethesda's games in the Gamebryo engine, particularly Fallout 3. I've also got a background in web development that's led to me doing a fair bit of work with HTML and CSS, but as I'm sure we all know neither of those are programming languages.

Cipscis

What are people's thoughts/experiences with DarkGDK? I downloaded it along with Visual C++ Express.

http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/Invention_of_Cplusplus.shtml

:hehe:

Fake, but funny none the less.

:P

I like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace_%28programming_language%29. I wish I had the time to learn it though

I've realized that a good IDE for Python coding does not exist

I haven't done a lot of programming before but I have used C++ and HTML actually I can do a fair bit making a website using HTML I would really like to start learning more of C++ for game development.

There is an option to take programming at school but I'd rather learn it at home as most of the teachers only know Q basic :yuck:
Also I have a feeling they're rather basic introductions and the people in the classes tend not to be incredibly computer literate. Note: I don't have a problem with the people (some are my friends) it's just it would make the whole class move slower and sometime some questions just make you cringe

Even with my small knowledge in C++ and other language histories, I found that very funny. If you really think about it, the (fake) interview sounds so true.

I'm stuck right now.. I understand an intermediate amount of information about C++. I'm up to a point at which I can implement abstract data structures, all kinds of loops, input/output, recursion, multiple source files, etc. I've got a firm understanding on all that.

Up to this point, I've only learned console applications. As is standard with programming courses in college, we only learn console applications as graphics applications are platform dependent and aren't the nitty-gritty of the course. However, I'd like to start getting into simple style graphics for Windows, but I'm stumped. I've tried following this http://sector.ynet.sk/qt4-tutorial/preparations.html, but I keep getting errors when compiling the sample program. I think its a problem with my MinGW install- but that's not what I'm coming here for.

I just want to get a nice and simple graphics tutorial for Windows. It doesn't have to be in Qt, as I don't have any experience with it and therefore have no bias toward one graphics implementation or the other. I know of Qt, Allegro, and Win32 off the top of my head. If you could suggest any of these for me, that would be great. A basic tutorial for them would be nice. I've gurgled it a bit and I'm not coming up with much. Any help is appreciated!

I like how they chose the date/journal carefully - he does actually have an interview in the 1998 edition of IEEE Computer. :hehe:


It's the case with most dynamically typed languages. The price you have to pay for their flexibility, if you will. I've always found a simple text editor and an interpreter to be good enough.


It may not be a straight answer to your question, but it's not really worth learning GUI libraries in C++. There're languages that have built-in GUI libraries/designers which make the whole process a breeze. Since you know C++, you can probably learn C# fairly easily. It comes with an excellent GUI designer, even in the free version of its IDE (http://www.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/).