Where do you guys start?

[Pennywise]

I was wondering where the Pros started out in programming. The only game programmers I really know of is Falco and his team, and was wondering where he and his mates started off.
Thanks.

[Pickzell]

I think of an idea...?

[Pennywise]

No I ment where did they start out in programming. What they learnt from etc.
Thanks for replying.

[Bakkon]

Grab a beginners C++ book or look up online tutorials. Rinse and repeat until it sticks in your head.

[Pennywise]

Thanks for the reply :D
Do you know of any good books on C++?
Or any good books about the graphics libraries like Allegro, SDL or OpenGL?
Thanks again.

[K-Bal]

School and university

[Pennywise]

Thanks for your help... I'm now looking up for the C++ for Dummies now. Thanks again.

[Moosader]

Yep, C++ first (or whatever language you choose to learn), and then a library. I don't really know any good books for Allegro/SDL; you can pretty much learn those online. Once you understand C++ those shouldn't be terribly hard to grasp the basics of.
If you don't like code, you could try an engine that's out there.
But if you want to be a "Professional Programmer" you should definitely have experience with C++.

http://www.moosader.com/tutfiles/Moosad ... _Begin.odt

[Pennywise]

Thanks for all your help ^^
Thanks by the way for the Pickin' Sticks tutorials you uploaded. ^^
May I ask when you might be finished with the Shoot 'em up tutorials?

[Moosader]

Thanks for all your help ^^
Thanks by the way for the Pickin' Sticks tutorials you uploaded. ^^
May I ask when you might be finished with the Shoot 'em up tutorials?

Hard to say; I'm currently bogged down with school so it could take a while.

[ChrissyJ91]

School and university

Ditto! well sort of I don't really count as I'm far from a pro but I thought I'd add my two cents anyway. I'm learning through a combination of free time and college (I'm doing a BND in IT) I'm learning VB in class and teaching myself C++ in free time. At college I have a load of resources on hand e.g. books, teachers etc. so I don't think I have ever been in a better position to learn. A good idea is to find as many different resources as possible that way if you get stuck you've got somewhere to look for answers, reference etc. for example I've got notes I made from sams C++ in 21 days and I've been using that along with C++ for dummies and antiRTFM's C++ tutorials (they're on youtube and might be a handy resource). I have been getting good results from this method and I have been making a load of notes that I can use as a reference whenever I'm unsure of something. The most important thing is to keep yourself motivated as you will get results (eventually) depending on your lifestyle a good idea would be to give yourself targets each week either just a target to spend an hour a day teaching yourself, this is something I'm going to start doing over the next couple of weeks.

[Pennywise]

Thanks for your help LusikkaMage, and good luck ChrissyJ91.
I know of great C++ tutorials by someone called 'thenewboston' on Youtube that is worth checking out.

[ChrissyJ91]

thanks I've subscribed to thenewboston just from a quick glance some of those tutorials do look quite interesting, I'll be sure to check it out at somepoint tomorrow.

[Pickzell]

Game Maker.
http://www.freewebs.com/gmtutorials/

The site is dead and almost all the links are broken now... It sucks, those were amazing examples.

[MadPumpkin]

Please keep the "thank you very much"'s to at most 5 per message, they're becoming painful to my eyes.
SDL beginner to indermediate: http://www.LazyFoo.net/. LazyFoo's SDL tutorials.
C++ In gerneral (no library): http://www.CPlusPlus.com/.C++ tutorial website.
General tutorials of all sorts: http://www.Tutorialized.com/.General tutorial website.

Book's to look into are: C++ Primer Plus, SDL, OpenGL, Sams teach yourself C++ in 21 days.