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 From: "cornel" <jewellc AT intekom DOT co DOT za>
 On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:08:08 +0200

>Hi everyone
>
>I'm new to programming, have purchased a c++ book read through it, work
>through the examples, but now i want to know if anyone can help me to find
>any tutorials or books to teach you how to start programming.Not examples of
>the different styles of the language, but how to start from scratch with
>real programs and explanations.Like if i want to create a program like a
>game or application where do i start and where do i end.I've looked through
>some source code but they don't tell you how they started with the project
>they only give some vivid info.
Well, the way I do it is usually just to start typing. I once made a
small program that could draw maps of the stars. It started off as a
simple program that set pixels on the screen, then I changed it so it
would read what pixels to set from an array, then I changed it so I
could save the array to disk, then I made it so I could change things
in the array, then I changed it so I it would show me only part of the
array...
If you have a general idea of what you want, just start coding. It
doesn't always produce pretty code and you sometimes have to trash
something you wrote because you suddenly think of a much better way to
get things done, but if you're just starting, IMHO, this is the best
approach. Other (professional) programmers might disagree.

There are some articles on game design at

http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/gameprog.html

that may be useful.

Hope that helps a little,

Evert Glebbeek