Learn How to Code

[eezstreet]

This is a non-exhaustive list of resources online to help you learn how to code.

These are not designed to teach you the intricacies of the JA engine.

 

Interactive Tutorials (recommended)

• Learn-CPP [Link]

 

Written Tutorials

• My Primer [Link]
• Learn-CPP Written Tutorials [Link]

 

Video Tutorials

• TBD

If you found something useful that helped you learn..please share! I'm sure others will find it useful.

 

[Teancum]

Not really a tutorial per say, but I LOVE the ability that Visual Studio has to look up the source of a function. Right click on anything, then click "Go to definition". It helps immensely to find out how things work without scanning every file for hours.

[DT.]

and if there's no definition, you're screwed!

[minilogoguy18]

I'm trying to learn right now, hard to find the time with work and other things going on but I'm desperately trying to figure some of it out to try to get MD3 support for Softimage.

[Archangel35757]

@@minilogoguy18 - study @@eezstreet's resources here, and all the parts of that Softimage "importexport" example we both compiled. What we come up with for an MD3 exporter will be similar in some respects (accessing the geometry and its properties, etc.)

[Archangel35757]

and if there's no definition, you're screwed!

that's quite true... libraries are this way-- the C++ code isn't available to view... all you get is the prototype definition in the header file and hope they library has well documented help to explain the method in some detail.

[sydow]

https://www.hackerrank.com - very diverse challenge site, allows java, cpp, python ruby.. you name it

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/NVitanovic - pretty good channel that introduces some basics of cpp

 

Also, numerous coursera courses are available https://www.coursera.org/courses?languages=en&query=programming

[Sir Crusher]

https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x

That's a introduction to the computer science course from Harvard University that can be accessed for free.

[Smoo]

If any of you have android I really like this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sololearn.cplusplus&hl=en

has gamifcation elements to make it more of a breeze and has in built compiler to test code etc, there are also learn python, learn java, learn javascript, etc apps from same company.