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Revolutionary 3D engine!

2003-06-15, 7:38 AM #41

dalf

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by drizzt2k2:
i got visual studio and visual basic for free from my friend (are they the same?), but i dont know how to use them...
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Visual Studio is the IDE for Visual Basic. I have Visual Studio .NET and that encompasses Visual C++ .NET, Visual C# .NET, and Visual Basic .NET.

As far as the languages themselves, VB isn't a complicated language. But, I recommend learning C++. It's powerful, a little more complicated than VB but not like doing 80x86 assembly language *shudder*, and it is basically the language for software development.

I found "Teach yourself C++ in 21 days" to be good. I also picked up a C++ book that was seemingly required for a CS class. Turns out it wasn't a waste of $$. Name is "How to Program C++" by Deitel & Deitel.

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2003-06-15, 8:12 AM #42

BobTheMasher

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I have that one, the Deitel & Deitel one, i mean..i haven't found the time to use it, but it looks good.

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2003-06-17, 7:19 PM #43

SG1_129

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">What libraries are you using? I just got started with GLUT, it's a lot easier that phreaking around with Win32 API, imho.</font>

You could just make a layer so that you aren't dependant on GLUT, but you aren't constantly dealing directly with the Win32 API. That's what I did...

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