Message-ID: <38437382.9C577819@home.com> From: Thomas Lake X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Plite of the Newbie, Questions. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:52:17 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.112.121.210 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT home DOT net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.bc.home.com 943948337 24.112.121.210 (Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:52:17 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:52:17 PST Organization: @Home Network Canada To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie 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. As I understand it, although C++ if a more powerful programming language there isn't a HUGE amount you can go in it that can't be done with C. At the moment I know how to do most of the simple stuff, and even how to open write to and close text files. I have been using some pretty old, 1989, C books to learn from. 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 BASIC /n and /t to position text on the screen. I hope eventually to be able to program simple games, like Nibles from Qbasic, in Allegro or something similar. If you guys could help me answer some of these questions I would be really grateful! The steps from where I am at now to being able to program neat games and stuff looks like a long torturous walk over a lot of glass! Oh well. Also if ANYONE could recommend some good internet resources for programming please let me know!:-) Thanks!