coding question

[CommanderKobialka]

So... being in online school gives me a ton of free time. So, in this free time I've decided to learn programming with the goal to be a game developer at some point in the future. Keep in mind while reading this that I know NOTHING when it comes to coding because I haven't started learning yet. But I don't know what to use... There are a ton of java tutorials out there that I could look at but games like Minecraft are very CPU intensive and that's (at least what I have heard) because of java. Should I use something else or do the benefits of Java outweigh the problems?

[Luna]

If your going to work with java I recommend getting Eclipse, it's a very nice and helpful program. Also start with a basic hello world program.

[CommanderKobialka]

If your going to work with java I recommend getting Eclipse, it's a very nice and helpful program. Also start with a basic hello world program.

I suppose I'll need Notepad++ as well.

[Chairman_Tiel]

You don't need Notepad++ if you have Eclipse.

[Tunnelthunder]

I recommend a toaster. Preferably a brave model.

[CommanderKobialka]

I recommend a toaster. Preferably a brave model.

Brave Little Toaster gave me nightmares -.-

[Crash Override]

Begin coding with Ruby plataform.

Or LUA.

They are very easy and powerfull.


I recommend.

[Chairman_Tiel]

fr0st recommended Java when I asked him if Lua was a good starter.

I'm doing it anyway because it's the language Spring engine uses, but for just the purpose of becoming a gamedev...I hear it's not that big a step from Java to C++.

[Iv121]

Eventually it doesn't matter what you learn with but what you learn from. When it comes to learning programming you probably need an easy language to start with. Java and C# are pretty much identical and are quite easy to understand. For each one of them I suggest getting their respective programs (Eclipse or Visual C#) because with Notepad++ you lack many futures that exist in those editors. Also if I were you I'd rather ask "where do I start learning from ?" because I have no idea I always studied it as my primary with a teacher.

[Tau]

Lua is shittastic for most purposes. I'd suggest learning Python, and building from that. I use Geany and Vim for editing and such.

[fr0stbyte124]

Lua is used a lot in game scripting because it is very lightweight and portable, and has a good math library. It's not because it's easier.
At least for programmers, Python is usually considered the easiest language to learn. I don't know whether that is the case for novices as well; I don't use it myself.

[Dux_Tell31]

I recommend Visual Basic because of it's "breakpoint" testing feature. This allows you to test specific portions of your code by running the program line by line. Its quite useful.

[Iv121]

This exists in pretty much every single editor I mentioned - it is a fundamental tool in debugging. Just get something and get going ! Consider what you would like to hop into when you are done - for example if you want to try and help with the mod go for Java.

[CommanderKobialka]

I suppose I'll start with Java and move on to Lua whenever I feel ready...