From: mjs0 AT my-deja DOT com Newsgroups: alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.programming Subject: Re: Undertaking a programming journey Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 14:48:07 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Lines: 34 Message-ID: <8scg36$gsm$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.27.26.194 X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Oct 13 16:21:35 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.72 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x52.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 63.27.26.194 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In article , "Tore Salte" wrote: > OK, I have decided to LEARN programming. Earlier I've fooled around with > lots of things in various languages like BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Java and > C/C++, but I've never made anything real. Now I have decided to learn > programming good enough to be able to make some apps and probably even some > simple games. I am on a tight budget so I am thinking of using DJGPP > probably combined with RSXNT, GNU-Mingwin32, Cygnus or another one of the > free compilers around. > Being at this stage I have lots of questions and I hope that some of you > might be able to give me some answers. Should I learn the basics in DOS > programming or should I go straight on to mastering Windows? Are there any > good books teaching C/C++ (DOS/Windows) without being connected to any of > the commercial compilers? Can I find something of any use somewhere on the > web? > Any tips will be greatly appreciated! > > Tore Salte > toresalte(x)gmx.net > remove (x) to reply! > > The least expensive and most painless way of learning C that I know of is via the "C for Dummies" books, volumes 1 and 2. Clearly explained and engaging: it even managed to teach C to my daughter, who had a little prior experience with QBasic and HTML. Of course, you have to actually -write- programs in order to learn... plan to spend a lot of time on that. Good luck! mjs Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.