Programming Thread

[colcolstyles]

'kay so I've got a quick question for you guys. I'm looking for a good way to build applications/executables. See, I've been doing some research on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and I'd like to create a level editor so that I can edit the level data in a more user-friendly environment than editing bytes in a hex editor. However, I don't really know where to start. Most of my programming experience comes from reverse engineering games so I'm a lot better with low-level programming than with all of this high-level crap with your classes and inheritance and polymorphism gobbledygook. However, I do have some experience with C/C++ programming from an Intro to Programming class I took a while ago and from my application of that knowledge into GBA game development. But making applications is new territory for me. It seems like a lot of tool makers use Visual Basic but I haven't heard good things about it, to be honest. Are there any alternatives?

 

[twocows]

'kay so I've got a quick question for you guys. I'm looking for a good way to build applications/executables. See, I've been doing some research on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and I'd like to create a level editor so that I can edit the level data in a more user-friendly environment than editing bytes in a hex editor. However, I don't really know where to start. Most of my programming experience comes from reverse engineering games so I'm a lot better with low-level programming than with all of this high-level crap with your classes and inheritance and polymorphism gobbledygook. However, I do have some experience with C/C++ programming from an Intro to Programming class I took a while ago and from my application of that knowledge into GBA game development. But making applications is new territory for me. It seems like a lot of tool makers use Visual Basic but I haven't heard good things about it, to be honest. Are there any alternatives?

C# is Visual Basic with sane syntax. Alternately, you could learn the Windows API for C.

 

[barontracy]

I'm not stick to VB, in fact I'm not programming in any language now. Too busy at school. And yes, I programmed a little in C # with Visual Studio 2008, which was great. Very similar to VB. Very similar to the Java programming language. But I have great memories with VB, and that's fine too. It is a language of much of his time.

 

[me2hack]

So, I've been kinda starting to learn C++, but I heard about C and C# etc, thinking that C++ is enough to make programs. But I've heard somewhere that e.g. the layout and visual stuff can only be done with C#? I'm not sure if it's true. Also what is the difference between C++ and C# they're both Object-Orientated right?

 

[bigplrbear]

So, I've been kinda starting to learn C++, but I heard about C and C# etc, thinking that C++ is enough to make programs. But I've heard somewhere that e.g. the layout and visual stuff can only be done with C#? I'm not sure if it's true. Also what is the difference between C++ and C# they're both Object-Orientated right?

I don't know all of the changes made in C#, but I do know that pointers in C# are not as powerful (or useful).

For example-

// Given a sorted list at *head, insert the element item at the first
// location where all earlier elements have lesser or equal value.
void insert(struct element **head, struct element *item)
{
    struct element ** p;  // p points to a pointer to an element
 
    for (p = head; *p != NULL; p = &(*p)->next)
    {
        if (item->value <= (*p)->value)
            break;
    }
    item->next = *p;
    *p = item;
}
 
// Caller does this:
insert(&head, item);

Let's pretend the above code is in C# (lol). It would not fly in C# as C# won't let you use double indirection.
You also have to label anything that has to do with directly accessing memory as 'unsafe'.

pointers how do they work? xD

 

[Darkkal]

So, I've been kinda starting to learn C++, but I heard about C and C# etc, thinking that C++ is enough to make programs. But I've heard somewhere that e.g. the layout and visual stuff can only be done with C#? I'm not sure if it's true. Also what is the difference between C++ and C# they're both Object-Orientated right?

If your in it to make cute little windows apps, Any .NET language will do (VB.Net, C#, etc...)

If you are going to be making programs that require lower level management, c++ or c is the way to go. if you are STARTING to learn how to program in OOP, you can start with C# or Java, its not going to hurt. then you can apply what you've learned in c++.

But, others have opinions. Normally when you ask a group of programmers about languages, each and every one of them will have a different argument, and they will all think they are right, because thats just how programmers are =] so watch out

 

[me2hack]

I heard that it's easier to go from C++ to C# and not the other way around.. Is that true?