A89: Re: New programmers ideas
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A89: Re: New programmers ideas
the tutorials on 89 central are geared towards more intermediate programming
.. it pretty much assumes you already have a basic knowledge of 68k.
someday I'm going to write some more beginner level tutorials when I have
some time ;-)
>well, i have started to try to learn to program 68k. well im not doing too
>well here. =) and as i can tell from listening to everyone on the list,
a
>lot of people aren't. and here is the thing. i have read all of the 89
>tutorials, and all the newbie crap and all of the tutorials on 89 central
>(those tutorials are too tough to follow, just incase dux is reading this)
and
>i have noticed two really good programs of beginners. hello world and the
>secret button program are great. everything is explained so you can
>understand stuff. well, this gets me far enough to write stuff on the
screen
>and check to see if a key is pressed. i feel that it would be worth while
to
>newbies if good programmers with alot of time on their hands started making
>programs based on those two programs, meaning having the source code
document
>every line completely and not with any tough things. but we need people to
>start making graphics programs. maybe first one that just displays all
sorts
>of different sprites on the screen, various sizes and all that. then
someone
>else makes a program simply of a sprite movie across the blank screen with
>your key presses. follow that one up with masked sprites and all that
stuff
>like moving in front of a background, and saving and restoring the
>background, and another for tile maps, and another for grey scale. and
when
>we get them all simple zip them all up in one program and you can check out
>whatever you need help on. well let me know what you think. sorry this is
so
>long.
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