General programming enquirys

Not a highly used language commercially I would say. But a friend of ine uses it and he tells me its a real hobbyist language. Won’t get you a job but Never hurts to know just one more.

As for that last part. It is quite a silly question but its not ignorant so your fine. You’ll find most the people here won’t snort at those kind of questions.

C++ came first. c# second. They are very different languages and are used for very different things.

Learning Java and C++ should give you a good grounding for future game development. If they are what you’re learning in college then I’d recommend sticking to one of those, start making some simple games and see how you go. I personally think you’d be better off focusing on one language than learning bits of three or four.

Learning Java and C++ should give you a good grounding for future game development. If they are what you’re learning in college then I’d recommend sticking to one of those, start making some simple games and see how you go. I personally think you’d be better off focusing on one language than learning bits of three or four.[/quote:7e01764259]

I most definitely made this mistake.

Over the 4 years I learnt Java, c++, c# and .net, javascript, ruby on rails and a few others including android dev.

Coming up to graduation and while I feel like I could pick up any language very quickly, I lack depth and core expertise in any one language. Quite nervous about that.

I suppose they teach Java as the first due to it being easier to understand than c++. Less nitty gritty bits to deal with.

Its seems like in the ordinary world:

Java will get you a job (EE only it seems)
c++ will make you a great programmer.

Combine the 2 and thats a pretty decent developer template.

Yes…take a look at the languages they look for in the jobs we post.

We leave up filled positions too, so people can read back over jobs specs.

they make for interesting reading…and C++ is up there…

Aphra.

Hmm…I think what you did it right overtone…learning lots of languages has the advantage that you are kind of ready for anything and when you see something new, you are fairly well prepared for it. Being specialised in a language means you are going to be pigeon-holed and you have a straight path of knowledge that you can’t easily diverge from.
In the early years, you should try pick up on lots of languages, but have a primary language that you know pretty well…I’d reccomend C/C++ for this as they are the gnarliest. If you can code in C++, you can code Java in a week, once you’ve picked up the syntax.
As for Python, its still in use in lots of places…I’ve recently had to deal with some python scripts. Having a brief knowledge of a language like that is usually enough to get you through until you actually need it for something specific, as there are lots of different choices in this area depending on what you are trying to achieve….python, perl, php, c# and others.

Hmm…I think what you did it right overtone…learning lots of languages has the advantage that you are kind of ready for anything and when you see something new, you are fairly well prepared for it. Being specialised in a language means you are going to be pigeon-holed and you have a straight path of knowledge that you can’t easily diverge from.
In the early years, you should try pick up on lots of languages, but have a primary language that you know pretty well…I’d reccomend C/C++ for this as they are the gnarliest. If you can code in C++, you can code Java in a week, once you’ve picked up the syntax.
As for Python, its still in use in lots of places…I’ve recently had to deal with some python scripts. Having a brief knowledge of a language like that is usually enough to get you through until you actually need it for something specific, as there are lots of different choices in this area depending on what you are trying to achieve….python, perl, php, c# and others.[/quote:6622f92871]

Its debatable i guess. But even though Java is my prmary language, I get the feeling I don’t know it as well as I should.

My structure of learning may help long term but it just makes it difficult to get that first job. Games or other.

+1 for C++ though. A lot easier to go from c++ to simple languages than the other way around

FWIW, get good at one language and when it comes to a time you need to start learning others you have your original language to use as a reference.

guys..I am going to move this to the programming area.

Aphra.

Hello all
If you are interested in the topic connected with Game Designing, you can download the teaser of new Game Coder Magazine in which there are few articles about the topic I’ve mentioned.