Programming

Beginning C++ Through Game Programming
$29.99
I've been teaching myself C++ programming for the last six months, working exercises from books like "C++ Without Fear"; "Practical C++ Programming" & "Teach Yourself C++". Dawson's book actually help to clarify loops, functions & arrays a bit more clearly than the above mentioned books. Don't misunderstand, those books are excellent resources as well. Dawson's writing style is appealing & easy on the eyes. He doesn't get the reader bogged down with superfulous jargon speak that only an experienced developer would understand. He guides the beginner step by step using chapter exercises, each building upon the previous. Question 3, at the end of Chapter one -- Write a program that gets three game scores from the user and displays the average -- is a simple program that can be completed by the beginner easily enough based on the chapter information. This book is must have for a beginning programmer wanting to learn how to create games for his/herself.

Beginning Programming For Dummies
$24.99
This is a good product but it most -if posible- to show grafic refernce for better comprehention

Programming for the Absolute Beginner (No Experience Required (Course Technology))
$29.99
For kids that want to learn how to play around this book is fine. For anyone looking to build a foundation upon which to build, this book leaves much wanting.

Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
$19.99
While only having been through the first couple chapters, this book is written like it is referring to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, but some of the menus referred to actually are for an earlier version of Visual Studio, so you have to do some investigation of what is available from the program that matches the text.
The first program did not work as the author predicted; I followed directions but running the program led to errors.