Re[2]: [Dev-C++] How can I become a great windows programmer?

[<or...@vp...>]

Hello Everyone!

PW> One problem with writing many programs is that it takes a very long time,
PW> while you learn only a little during each project

Well,  I  have  to disagree here. I started programming 2 years ago. I
played  too  much  on  PC,  and  so  my  brother told that I should do
something  "useful".  I started from absolute zero (-273 *C), I didn't
even  know  what  was the meaning of "programming". I learned from the
book  "B.W.Kernighan-D.M.Ritchie:  The  C  Programming Language" and I
have  learned  the  basics. I never needed any other book.
I  started  my  first Windows app 1 and 1/2 years ago, it was a simple
program that played Conway's Game of Life. I didn't even know anything
about  memory  handling  that  time,  so  I used static arrays. As the
program  grew, I've read the memory handling things, and pointers from
the  book,  and  I've  learned very interesting things, and I was very
happy,  that I understood pointers. Later I implemented something like
a doubly chained list (sorry, my english) from what I've heard from my
brother YEARS before. I realised later, that this type of list exists,
and is actually used often in programming.
Now,  I  am  at  writing  a  cross-platform free library that plays 2D
Cellular  Automatons  (my  english  again),  and  also  implements   a
(theoretically) endless universe (things like in Life32), rule
handling, reading from files, etc.
I  can tell you, I've learned the most from writing, and struggling on
my own.

So  by  writing  things all by yourself, you can learn MUCH more, than
from  trying  to  understand  often hardly optimised sources. Learning
from code reading is only advised later, when you have strong basics.

Yeoh HS wrote:
>> IMHO, the best way to become good at programming (Windows or otherwise) is
>> to write programs, many programs in whatever fields of application that
>> interests you. When you do this, you'll find that you'll need to learn more
>> about programming and matters related to that field and operating system.
>> That is very good. You find books and search the Internet to find the
>> required information, understand how it works, then use it in your projects.
>> As you continue, project after project, you'll learn much more. Each time
>> you think of a new project, you'll be exercising your creativity skills too.
>> :-)

This is exactly what I think too.

Sorry for the long post.

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Best regards,
 OROSZI Balázs                     mailto:or...@vp...

P.S.: Balázs  is  my first name (means the same as the english Basil).
      Here,  in Hungary we write the names exactly the opposite style,
      than anywhere else :)