From: "Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
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"Thomas Lake" <tlake AT home DOT com> wrote in message
news:38437382 DOT 9C577819 AT home DOT com...
> Hi all.
>
> I am a newbie to programming so I am sorry if the following sounds a
> little cumbersome, hay you all were newbies at one point to. I am just
> starting out with programming and I have learned enough with C to do
> some simple programs, things like a very simple address book program and
> even then usually one with the guide of tutorials. I was wondering how
> much C should I lean before I start with beginner C++ books.

Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days
recommends not even to learn C first. It mentions some kind
of "bad habits."

> One of the things I would like to be able to do is move away
> from having to use the native DOS environment to display my
> programs in. It would be nice if I could create some very simple
> GUI's, I mean VERY simple, and not have to rely on the
> BASIC /n and /t to position text on the screen. I hope
> eventually to be able to program simple games, like Nibbles
> from Qbasic, in Allegro or something similar.

Need Allegro examples? Try FreePuzzleArena, some of
which was ported from my old QBasic games.
http://yerricde.tripod.com/binaries/
And Allegro does dialog boxes and forms.


Damian Yerrick