
I guess one of the biggest decisions to make is what IDE am I going to use? The "Beginning C++ through Game Programming" book came with Bloodshed on a disk. I know there are plenty of other free ones out there: Blocks, DevIDE, and even the free edition of Microsoft Visual Studio, which I just happen to have.
However, I'm not...

So I have a good bit of programming experience. Nothing fantastic. Learned Java in college, taught myself PHP and Javascript. But I've always wanted to learn C++. I've started a few times, but then let things get in the way and put it off. I'm hoping that maybe this time, with the help from this blog and board, I can...