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Isn't this too much?

Nerijus Vil?inskas · 2011-04-18T08:16:28

Hi, Question is fairly simple, isn't it too much to learn C# if i am already know C++ fairly well, SDL, planning to learn OpenGL or DirectX and QT, and recently I have been learning HTML and CSS, cause I wanted to create simple website, I want to learn C# because I want to create simple GUI programs in Windows Environement. But in future I dream to become game programmer. So isn't it too much for me to learn? I can learn C# and try to create some programs, maybe Notepad or GUI Calculator and later I will be back to C++,polish my SDL skills and learn OpenGL or something like that. Aside that, I'm polishing my skills in maths, cause of course I will need that in game developing...

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Started by kaktusas2598 April 14, 2011 01:19 PM

16 comments, last by szecs 13 years, 2 months ago

AndyEsser

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April 14, 2011 04:38 PM

I will go now and download Visual Studia 2008 C# express and watch some tutorials

What's wrong with Visual Studio 2010?

Tom Sloper

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April 14, 2011 05:30 PM

This is a classic Breaking In-type question. Moving.

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Tom Sloper

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April 14, 2011 05:40 PM

1. isn't it too much to learn C#... isn't it too much for me to learn?

[quote name='szecs']
2. You spend too much time thinking about what you should do, think and learn...
3. Any you worry too much mon!
[/quote]
1. Wow, what a bad question! You're looking for a shortcut. IMO, shortcuts bypass a lot of useful knowledge.
2. QFT
3. QFT2

-- Tom Sloper -- sloperama.com

kaktusas2598

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April 14, 2011 06:54 PM

@AndyEsser my pc is too old for VS 2010

@Tom Sloper Sorry, I didn't understood you.. What do you mean by saying shotrcut? Is it bad or good to learn C#? I'm really not that good in English and i did't understood your response.

Deltron Zero and Automator.

Tom Sloper

17,211

April 14, 2011 07:42 PM

I am saying that you should stay the course. Study everything. Study anything. Do not try to avoid learning things.

-- Tom Sloper -- sloperama.com

kaktusas2598

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April 14, 2011 07:54 PM

I am saying that you should stay the course. Study everything. Study anything. Do not try to avoid learning things.

Thanks, I will learn C# then and don't stop, and of course don;t stop learning.

Deltron Zero and Automator.

szecs

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April 15, 2011 01:55 PM

[quote name='kaktusas2598' timestamp='1302790776' post='4798398']
I will go now and download Visual Studia 2008 C# express and watch some tutorials

What's wrong with Visual Studio 2010?
[/quote]

Requires XP SP 3

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frob

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April 16, 2011 05:24 AM

[quote name='AndyEsser' timestamp='1302799125' post='4798458']
[quote name='kaktusas2598' timestamp='1302790776' post='4798398']
I will go now and download Visual Studia 2008 C# express and watch some tutorials

What's wrong with Visual Studio 2010?
[/quote]

Requires XP SP 3
[/quote]

I fail to see how this is a problem with VS2010.

You might as well complain that VS2010 doesn't run on Windows 98, or on DOS 3.3.

XP is old for a mainstream operating system. It is no longer getting mainstream support from Microsoft. The earlier service packs are no longer supported, and they're only putting out limited security fixes for SP3. It is good, yes, but time to move on. Some people complain and are reluctant to move forward, but many people also complained with Win2000 hit it's end of life, and also when Win98 hit its end of life, and when plain old 16-bit DOS died. As far as customer support goes, XP ended two years ago.

I lived through that era of fighting for the few bytes of high memory, memory overlay mangers, and direct hardware manipulation. I'm glad those days are behind us, just like I'm glad I can blissfully ignore bug reports when people say "I'm running on XP." It is time to update your machine.

szecs

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April 18, 2011 08:16 AM

I didn't say it's a problem, but I guess that's the reason why the OP doesn't use VS2010, I don't care why he doesn't want switch to a more recent OS, I just stated something.... Perhaps I wasn't clear and my post implied that I consider that a problem.

Geez