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I tried going down the programming route of ICT.. hated just about every minute of it o_O

Backed up and I've started down the "artistic" route now

Don't
-Start with VB or VBA
-Start with Visual Studio - it's more likely you won't learn the concepts behind OOP

Do
Start with an object oriented language like C++ or Java
Start with a nice IDE like Eclipse for Java and Bloodshed for C++
"Follow your dreams" - do what you wanna do man.

I've been programming for 2 years now (so i'm still relatively a noob), working towards a degree in computer science.

I won't lie - i hated programmign at first. It was because i was not putting enough time into it. It will be challenging starting off from scratch. Start off with basic problems using objects (ex. create a dog class with methods that represent a dogs actions and do something creative with it). Once you learn one language well, its not as difficult to move on to another - mainly syntax differences, memory management, and special language capabilities (ex. pass by value/reference)

I took a VB.net course AFTER Java and it was easy to pick up - the "visual" gui design was nice for a change too.

Anyways i could go on for a while about this - if you'd like to chat more i'd be happyto help with anything.

Best of luck to you mate

I've made up my mind, I wasn't quite sure what part I want to work in inside the Gaming Industry. I was wrestling between the Programming or Writing such as reviews and guides. I've decided to be a writer.

I'm not really giving up learning and using C++ though, I'm going to be using C++ as a hobby, not as a job.

The reason I choose writing is that I was better in English than Math in school and love talking about Video Games, and seems easier than writing programs in C++.

One thing about Eclipse- it can be a bit shifty with errors and files and such, I recommend JCreator. Super easy to use and super easy to get used to.

Kit-Fox wrote:http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

and enjoy

its a 13.5Mb d/l

I recommend dev-C++ as well, my university uses it to teach C++ in first year, it's pretty good, if you looking for first year lecture notes that I find more useful than the textbook send me a message

Dmonix wrote:

Kit-Fox wrote:http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

and enjoy

its a 13.5Mb d/l

I recommend dev-C++ as well, my university uses it to teach C++ in first year, it's pretty good, if you looking for first year lecture notes that I find more useful than the textbook send me a message

, wait a minute, wrong mouth ( )thanks, I'm good already, I've have a few books about C++ begin with, I just needed a software that uses C++ programing like dev-C++, my books told me about CodeWarrior (I think thats the name of the program) but it'll cost me an arm and a leg. But since I didn't want to blow a whole of a lot of cash for something that I wasn't sure I'll be using for a very long while, I decided to look for a free one, since you guys solved that, I'm good to go, thanks