Pandora I Want To Try And Make A Game For Pandora!

[teggun]

What's all this talk about OS's, you don't even need a computer to learn the fundamentals of programming

 

[javaJake]

Honestly, I don't understand why everyone is suggesting to use Linux, you can just use SDL with C or C++ on Windows and apart from a couple of minor changes, it should be fine for the Pandora.

However, I do strongly suggest that C or C++ shouldn't be your first language. I would looking at Python which should hopefully be ported to the Pandora.

On both counts I agree. C++ is not a piece of cake, and Linux has never been a requirement for programmers (though it is better in the long run).

And if you must try Linux, the safest way to do that right now is to use the now officially supported Wubi install method. It'll install Ubuntu like any other software, so that the only potentially dangerous operation done on your computer is to add a new OS entry to Windows startup. Then if you decide you don't like it, you can just remove it in Windows' Add/Remove panel. Simple, clean, n00b-friendly.

 

[EvanB]

Can someone suggest to me a really easy programming language and program that is FREE that I can develope games on for the Pandora.

 

[Dutch_Cap]

I'd suggest Python. With the PyGame library you can draw 2D graphics pretty easily.

 

[closetwam]

Hey EvanB, learn Python first. You can forget about needing linux for now, until you get your shins wet.

Here's what you need to download

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.2/ Python 2.5.2 - The latest version of Python

http://www.kubelabs.com/mirrors/context/ConTEXTv0_985.exe ConTEXT - A nifty text editor for programmers.

http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy.pdf "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python" An excellent e-book for beginning programmers that uses the python language to teach programming fundamentals and more.

Once you make it through the book, check out these documents from the official python website:
http://docs.python.org/tut/ The official python tutorial
http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html The python library reference

Now you're ready to mess with pygame and the rest of the additional libraries for python. Alternatively, it should be a simple matter to tackle C++

Don't expect to go from zero to expert in a week though. Give yourself a few months. It's just like algebra in high school; You can't absorb it all at once, but once you do get it, it opens up a whole world of possibilities.

 

[sindbad]

Yep. Learning python is a breeze.

And you may not even need to reimplement stuff in c,c++ or d if Psyco and Cython can make your code fast enough. Tackle that part when you're comfortable with python.

http://www.kubelabs.com/mirrors/context/ConTEXTv0_985.exe ConTEXT - A nifty text editor for programmers.


Alternativelly, you could try Notepad++