Programming languages

Fuck Ren'py. It wouldn't do what I wanted it to. All it did was give me an error then quit if I tried to get full screen text, name box shortcuts, a menu with more than yes/no choices, and/or other random bullshit.

Why can't I skip it? All the tutorials I can find all list the full 'hello world' code at the beginning and expect you to just read a bunch of shit. Then at the end they tell you to make the hello world program you just learned how to make, but you could just go back to the beginning and copy/paste the hello world code.

 

You are a fucking idiot and it angers me how you disregard any help and are too lazy to learn the first step is a very long and bumpy road

 

You don't understand me. What is the point of a tutorial that's lazy?

What is the point of a tutorial that:
1. Gives you the 'hello world' code at the very beginning of the document?
2. Doesn't explain the code well because the writer put all the code at the beginning instead of describing each separate part throughout the entire tutorial?
3. Sometimes puts random code bullshit explanations into the document, even when the random code bullshit has nothing to do with the tutorial (like a variable script explanation in a tutorial on how to make 'hello world')?
4. Expects you to be able to make a 'hello world' app from a shoddy explanation, so it's much easier to copy/paste the code that was placed all at once at the beginning of the docment?

Because that describes every single tutorial I've ever found. With the way all these tutorials are written, it's like some idiot just walked in and was like "LOL if they don't understand my beginner's first c++ tutorial then they should learn c++ before coming here to learn c++".

 

How do you think you learn. When learning french,the teacher would speak the language and you copy and learn each separate part and its meaning. Same will learning to speak the first time or any sport. You copy the teacher/object and then change and if it shows errors then you try to work it out and amend

 

Uhhh... Do what now?

 

Even if you copy and paste hello world tut and run it, try edit it to say different things and different echos. I still don't understand php and I have been studying it for around 5 months.

Although after doing html I no memorised different tags and now feel quite confident with it. If you do it enough I'm sure you will improve since you can't get any worst

 

Pretty much, this.

You need to gain experience in programming before you can make and develop games, Inunah. And there is no better way to obtain experience in programming other than through practice.

Let's start with "Hello World" in C++. Here's the code that you can try running in your C++ compiler. By the way, I recommend using Bloodshed C++, which you can download for free.

Code:

#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
	cout << "Hello World!" << endl; 	//Protip: Change what's inside the quotes to make your program say other interesting things, like "Hi, I'm Inunah!"
	return 0;	//used to terminate the program
}

^ Try playing around with that example Inunah and see how it works out. You should have no problem getting this code to run in Bloodshed C++.

 

Then what's iostream.h? I've seen a few of these tutorials where people ask what iostream.h is and why the program has an error because it's missing.

 

you need the input/output stream library before you can do pretty much any coding.

 

It's a library file responsible for input and output streams as LoonyLion pointed out. The "cout <<" command refers to iostream.h library to perform the output display onto the screen.

To make the explanation simple, the iostream library tells the computer specifically how to display messages onto the screen whenever "cout <<" is called by your program. This is why having #include <iostream.h> is needed before you use the "cout <<" function.

 

1) I love Bloodshed C++, it's wondrous.
2) It might be better to start her off on Python. C++ is like shaving with a straight blade, sometimes. You have a lot of opportunities to screw up syntax and it can be hard to figure out where you went wrong.
3) That program needs a pause command or a cin.get(); to make sure the terminal window stays open when the program is compiled.

Code:

#include <iostream.h>

int main()
{
	cout << "Hello World!" << endl; 	//Protip: Change what's inside the quotes to make your program say other interesting things, like "Hi, I'm Inunah!"
        cin.get();      //waits for an entry to continue.  this affects no variables, and is just a check for user input.  hitting the enter/return key will do fine. 
                        //the purpose of this is to keep the command prompt open
	return 0;	//used to terminate the program
}

 

Makes much more sense than it used to.

 

I'd agree that PHP would be easier, but I think Python would probably be a better introduction to object-oriented programming, since PHP tends to work better if you have an HTML skeleton to build on, in my experience. Python would be a quick start to learning functions and processes for making applications and games.

 

I don't think someone's prior knowledge in HTML should be a huge consideration when approaching a daunting task like learning a variety of programming languages in hopes of programming a game in C++ on their own. A bridge of such difficulty will likely be crossed.

 

ds game maker?

 

I think it has limited features when not registered/bought
or something.