A student's project

[Train27]

So I've been asking a lot recently on the "hardware" forums, I decided it was time to do something for the community instead of always demanding.

Anyway, I'm a first grade Computer Engineering student, but unlike the rest of my class, I love learning by myself around the internet and books, so I consider my general level to be pretty good (for a first grader, I mean). This said, I adventured a couple of months ago to create a small console game based on the film Cube. It is still in development but I've made huge progress since I started, considering I had to learn by myself many of the things that I used on the program, like medium-quality random number generators and stuff.

The program is written in C language, and I planned to publish it open-source ^^.

 

I think I'm losing the point already , so I'll be quick now: this post was just ment to help or encourage other young people (and not so young people) to take the initiative and to embarc on personal projects with confidence. I'll eventually post the finished program over here once it's finished and I'll be more than happy to explain its working if anybody wants to learn or is just curious.

 

I don't know, I'm not a master in C or anything, but as I've seen little to no posts about this language in this forum I thought it was a good idea to bring it to the light, and offer some help to newbies

[Jerahmy]

Just of of curiosity, where do you go to learn programming around the internet/books?

[Train27]

It really depends on what I'm consulting. For example, for function definitions I try to go for official or trusty fonts, to avoid misscalling issues. For specific doubts or situations I consult different forums if possible, to make a decision based on various answers.

 

On the other hand, I mainly use books for general knowledge, syntaxis, code legibility... Although I'm spanish, I prefer to consult english books 'cause they tend to be more updated. If you're asking for specific books... "The C Reference Guide", "The C Programming Language", "C syntax and common mistakes"...

[Moonzy]

printf("no");

[Nineshadow]

C and openGL I assume? Just curious.

Anyway, good luck.

I myself have to prepare for a national algorithmic contest, so...eh, we'll see.

[Train27]

Just now, Nineshadow said:

C and openGL I assume? Just curious.

Nope, just C language. It's just a console game, although I'm also learning C# by myself to try 'n give it some graphics some day.

[Nineshadow]

Just now, Train27 said:

Nope, just C language. It's just a console game, although I'm also learning C# by myself to try 'n give it some graphics some day.

Ah...I see.