I would suggest something like:David Parsons - Object Oriented ProgammingGoes in to design, uml and introduces C++ along the way in a structured lesson plan.  Though I don't remember it being that expensive when I went to university

Awake:no time for apostraphies or spell checks, Fable 2 comes out in less than 2 weeks and... the red rings!!!!!!!!   is there any way (tried and tested) that i can fix my xbox myself? i dont want to risk missing the 24thIf you go to https://service.xbox.com/ and print out your own label and take care of the packaging yourself it ...

I'm looking forward to playing Fable II when I get my own copy... playing on a monitor at work is a bit different from playing on your own couch and telly.Though the 24th being a Friday and all I would think there would be some more celebrations going on

Derobrash:Start with C# ... Learn. Make things. Succeed. Derobrash speaks sense :-)You mention webgames... that is a fine place to start.  Start off with small projects that you can finish and move on.  C# is great because it will teach you structure and how to split up responsibility among different parts of your program because of ...

Valend555:   At my highschool we have Programming 1,2,3, and I think one called C++. I'm in programming 3 and plan to take C++ since I find it interesting and fun.    So far in 1,2, and 3 we have used Dev-Pascal not sure if this is the same Pascal you guys are talking about but I can make word based games very easily

Code is long lost on floppy disks of old I'm afraid .  In my first year the college was still using Windows 3.1 for workgroups, and the second year they introduced Windows 95 machines... so not really sure how well that code would fair anyway.  Well the graphic bits at least!The two most popular were a fruit machine called the X ...

Ah Pascal, happy memories.  I remember staying late and making a few silly little games in Pascal while I was doing my A-Levels, and sending them around the college What you learn in Pascal will serve you well elsewhere.  The language is just a tool... a method of expression.  I would say that exposure to different languages is a ...

Hi community,   I have not blogged on here for a little while – as you can imagine we have *all* been very busy :-)     A number of times people have asked in the forums about testing Fable II and more technical details about that process.  Well our friends in the States at Platform Biased have just done an entire podcast (a

Any language you learn will help, skills are transferable.    I would recommend looking in to the XNA Creators Club - exciting things are happening there.  In fact Christmas time in some territories you will be able to upload *and set a price* for the games you make and *sell* them on XBox live.  C# is a capable ...

This is all smelling a bit like troll... it is exactly the same as your other thread.