Futher C++ education

Question

Well I read a lot of books about c++, now a can solve any mathematical puzzle. But how to write real programs like games, sip clients. Where to take and how to use libraries for working with sound, video, network. Suggest please any lessons, courses, tutorials.

Answer 1

Well, there are numerous ways to go with this. From what I understand if you want to stick with c++ it is common to use a graphics library and from what I have heard using OpenGL or DirectX are popular ways to go. I am sure they have documentation on their site. There are lots of videos on youtube about those topics.

One free site that I have checked out and used is mva.microsoft.com It is a site full of how to/instructional videos on all sorts of programming topics including game development.

If you want to venture away from c++, you can make games with python using pygame.

You can make scripts for games using c# or javascript with the unity3d game engine. They have lots of videos and documentation.

You can also makes games using HTML and Javascript that can be played on most modern web browsers using the HTML canvas element. Last I knew w3schools.com had a short game tutorial for making games that way.

I could go on and on about this but I will end by mentioning there are pay sites like gameinstitute.com that are also good resources. I personally would start with the free ones and see how it goes.

Certainly after completing the C++ course here on SoloLearn you would have a decent foundation to try out one of the other sites.

Answer 2

Many thanks, Bill! I didn't find anything interesting on mvs.microsoft.com, but i found it in google on requests "c++ directx development", "c++ opengl development".