Basic C++ Tutorial, Lesson 1 Complete!

Yeah, I agree.

Anyways, on topic - .tar.gz is bad. It just is. Please zip the file like a sane person.
And I'm sorry, but the styling is terrible. Please just make it a .doc, .odf, or .pdf instead and edit it with Word or Writer or something.

Also, this tutorial is a very bad one. Sorry, but it simply is. It is the same as about 90% of C++ tutorials, which tells you how to make certain simple programs and what the code means, but tells you nothing on how to make your own code.

Now, you should probably try and teach the basics of coding first, that way the person has a basis to go on. Try looking at the GML Intro tutorial I submitted, and see how I did it. Now, while I don't want you to copy it, I'd like you to learn from this and make your own tutorial.

While I do trust you can make a very good C++ tutorial, this simply won't cut it.

And on top of that, the lines don't even line up right (lol), and it ends up hard to read.

The Lines are Centered, I should remove that huh? Anyways, I'm going to add a List of Functions and what they do. I'll look at your Tut and see what I can do. And btw, .tar.gz has MUCh better Compression than .zip most of the time.

If you're targeting Windows users mainly using GM, then your choice of .tar.gz is an incredibly poor one.

All in all, the tutorial is very hand-wavy and incomplete. You explain everything very briefly and only in the exact context you use it, so that people might assume that none of these constructs can be useful for more than a "hello world" program. Then you have statements like "End all Lines that are not Statements with a ;", but you have never defined what a statement actually is.

It's frigging 4KB when it's unzipped. Why the hell should someone care? I could download that in ten seconds with an 8 kbps connection.

I'm aware that C++ works also on a Mac, but what your 'tutorial' did had no instructions to it.
I now know what the very basic things mean but I have no idea how to actually use them. You lack the building instructions.

and tar.gz
wat

Sorry guys! I'm rewriting Tutorial 1 to be MUCH better!

Okay good

First Post Updated with a Preview. Sorry Macintosh Users, I have no Mac so I can't help very much. D=

Meh, I like Dev-C++ better.

And changing the font to something bearable as opposed to Times would be better. Also, why do you have an XML declaration, and why are you using strict XHTML? Strict is annoying; Transitional is far better.

The Font is by Default the same as your Browser's Default Font. Any recommendations for another Font?

The XML Declaration is to prevent Errors in some Browsers. I use Strict XHTML because... I dunno. >_<

Strict basically screws everything in older browsers like IE6.

And also, errors like what?

And for a font, use Tahoma.

EDIT: Also, I know that's my default font. You're talking to someone who probably has more than twice your web developing experience and knowledge.

This post has been edited by RetroXYZ on Dec 19 2008, 10:31 PM

W3C said something about some Browsers having Errors if you don't tell it which version of XML you're using in your HTML Document. O_o

2nd Preview Uploaded to the First Post!

Hmm..I don't use any C++ in my games, but I did use it in computer science 10 and 20!

I first used Genie in grade 10. Now we're using eclipse!

I programmed a text based adventure, it was kinda cool

I like where your going with this, man! I'm sure your way more skilled then I am :O

Anyways, Good luck with your idea!

When I get a ways into the SDL Part of the Tutorial, I'll teach Image Flipping. :O

Wait, what grade are you in? I'm in Grade 8...

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Dec 20 2008, 12:09 AM

I've tried Code::Blocks for the past few days (no relation to Oni's choice of Code::Blocks for this tutorial) and frankly I find eclipse to be more consistent and contain less bugs.

I chose Code::Blocks as it is Cross-Platform, and I'm not so sure about Eclipse.

Final Version of Lesson 1 Released!

eclipse is Java, hence cross-platform. It was originally a Java IDE but it looks pretty reasonable for C++.

But I was less than impressed when the Code::Blocks+Mingw package was broken, and then the auto-complete and symbol table kept working inconsistently and disappearing.

GNU/GCC? That means the GNU operating system using some GCC kernel.

Also you should put there a mention of Geany.

This post has been edited by Hohoo on Dec 20 2008, 05:14 AM