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oxygenfad
from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2007-07-11 16:20 [#02101944]
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Anyone know of any good software developer message boards ?
All the ones I have been finding are shit. I`d like to find a small community like XLT.
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ecnadniarb
on 2007-07-11 16:21 [#02101945]
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XLT?
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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-07-11 22:52 [#02102019]
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I don't but this guy I know, Google, does.
All you have to do is search for programming terminology or concepts you're interested in, plus words like 'pickles', 'wolfman', etc. That will give the results that extra xlt zing.
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jkd
from Twitch City (Canada) on 2007-07-12 01:23 [#02102035]
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What kind of software are you interested in developing? If you want to make games, GameDev.net is an ok site to start with. Their forums are pretty noob friendly.
But really, learning to program is a long road, and no one is really going to help you with anything substantial on a message board. MBs are generally only good for getting quick questions answered. Your best bet is to do self-directed learning. Read tutorials, read books, hack around, do it yourself.
One thing not to do, is just read a book or tutorial from start to finish, trying to sponge up tons of information. Instead, I think you learn more if you start with a goal, like say writing a text-mode guess the number game, and then try and find the information required to meet the goal.
And good luck! I've been programming for about 15 years and I still learn new things all the time. Programming can be rad when you make stuff happen, but usually that's preceded by a lot of head scratching and going "wtf?".
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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-07-12 01:57 [#02102037]
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That 3rd paragraph is helpful advice for me.
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