Homebrew Humble Bundle and DS programming

[banjo2]

I saw this Humble Bundle thing recently, it seems to have a lot of value. I'm curious to know if I should pick it up if I'm interested in DS(i) programming (or programming in general I guess), or if I should use something less conventional.

 

[wavemotion]

I saw this Humble Bundle thing recently, it seems to have a lot of value. I'm curious to know if I should pick it up if I'm interested in DS(i) programming (or programming in general I guess), or if I should use something less conventional.

The price is certainly attractive, however I would think you might want something that's a little more focused on the basics of C/C++ and more in the way of embedded-side (meaning you're down closer to the hardware rather than abstracted at a higher level - most of this stuff looks like runs runs under various frameworks under Windows/Linux). The C++ course looks fine but is only 1 hour and, well... it's gonna need more than that IMO

In short - it's probably all good stuff but maybe not a great fit for what you're trying to accomplish.

Just my humble (bundle) opinion.

 

[wavemotion]

Just saw this which might be a better way to really get into programming in general:

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/learn-you-more-code-no-starch-press-books

The Effective C book is great as are the Write Great Code series (the first book gets down to a fairly low level - something right at home with DS programming).

I don't know on the other books - but it's a lot of info for $18.

With this information digested, I would think you could take an existing DS program and understand it well enough to rip it apart and rebuild what you want.

But that's a big commitment of reading... whereas the original bundle you mentioned was more video-tutorial based and that works better for some people.

 

[eyeliner]

Stay away from Zenva. Or Packt Publishing "deals".

Bad, bad, choices.

 

[banjo2]

Just saw this which might be a better way to really get into programming in general:

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/learn-you-more-code-no-starch-press-books

The Effective C book is great as are the Write Great Code series (the first book gets down to a fairly low level - something right at home with DS programming).

I don't know on the other books - but it's a lot of info for $18.

With this information digested, I would think you could take an existing DS program and understand it well enough to rip it apart and rebuild what you want.

But that's a big commitment of reading... whereas the original bundle you mentioned was more video-tutorial based and that works better for some people.

Bought it and downloaded the ePUBs, I hope I can put them to good use! Thanks for the suggestion
Edit: Do you have any further suggestions on reading these? Like which book(s) I should read first or how I should approach it

 

[wavemotion]

I'd start with Effective C and then the first book of Write Great Code and see where that takes you. That's plenty to digest for a month or three!

 

[eyeliner]

I'd start with Effective C and then the first book of Write Great Code and see where that takes you. That's plenty to digest for a month or three!

Yeah, my advice would be to stick to c or c++ as well.
Funny thing that I started today to read a c book.

I plan to also tackle Wii and ds programming soon.