Northchild
March 1st, 2003, 03:29 PM
Hi all,
I've been lurking around the general C++ forum because I have a burning desire to learn C++ to make games one day. I've signed up for college this fall and will be starting out with the basics then. It's going to be strange returning as an adult student, (I'm 27 with a Humanities background).
Meanwhile, between now and September, I'm trying to teach myself the lingo and how to write simple programs. I've learned a bit about variable types, functions, pointers, references, some dynamic memory allocation stuff, iterations, basic class and accessor function/scope resolution stuff). I still need a ton of practice and I faint when I encounter the Windows API.
I'm going to be going through various books that can be found at Borders and doing little projects from Problem Solving, Abstraction, Design Using C++ (Addison Wesley pub.). This is the same book that a local college uses for C++, so I picked it up.
My question is: Where can I post questions, frustrations, and sample programs that I'm working on without bothering the powers that be with what will seem like homework questions? Are there any free communities that welcome these sorts of stupid beginner questions without telling me to buzz off?
Any help appreciated!
I've been lurking around the general C++ forum because I have a burning desire to learn C++ to make games one day. I've signed up for college this fall and will be starting out with the basics then. It's going to be strange returning as an adult student, (I'm 27 with a Humanities background).
Meanwhile, between now and September, I'm trying to teach myself the lingo and how to write simple programs. I've learned a bit about variable types, functions, pointers, references, some dynamic memory allocation stuff, iterations, basic class and accessor function/scope resolution stuff). I still need a ton of practice and I faint when I encounter the Windows API.
I'm going to be going through various books that can be found at Borders and doing little projects from Problem Solving, Abstraction, Design Using C++ (Addison Wesley pub.). This is the same book that a local college uses for C++, so I picked it up.
My question is: Where can I post questions, frustrations, and sample programs that I'm working on without bothering the powers that be with what will seem like homework questions? Are there any free communities that welcome these sorts of stupid beginner questions without telling me to buzz off?
Any help appreciated!