Alright, it'll be worth putting this thread in the public programming or support section, was a bit concerned from earlier.hgoel0974 wrote:I intended to reply earlier, but got caught up with other stuff.
So, for starters, don't worry about asking programming questions as a moderator, people will most likely actually end up responding to you faster/in a better way to get on your good side(going by how I started out at least).
As for writing homebrew for the Vita, as it stands, things are still pretty new and so there is very little documentation to go by, which is why most developers have experience working with other systems. Getting up and running however, isn't too hard if you have your basics down well. Namely, if you can understand simple makefiles and can write basic C code, you're ready to at least give it a shot. I would recommend practicing writing code for say Linux, or for Windows with an Msys environment. This should help you get used to makefiles and building from the command line, while also giving you some confidence working with C.
As for choice of an editor, I tend to use Sublime Text 2 for C/C++ but you can use pretty much anything you want (except something like Visual Studio - which doesn't let you easily use makefiles, dunno about XCode), source code is just a plain text file which means it can be opened in anything (this is one of those things Windows tries to hide from people, back when I started out, the idea that I could theoretically open any file in a text editor, or a hex editor was pretty surprising to me too).
I didn't actually rely on any books to learn most of what I know so I can't recommend any books, but on the Freenode IRC network, you'll find the ##c channel to be helpful for any C programming related questions, as well as #henkaku for henkaku specific questions.
Got it. I'll look into "MinGW", which has popped up once during some research to do with C a little while back. Thanks for the tip. There is limited resources available right now on the Vita scene, and with barely any knowledge to do with programming in general, it would be a much better idea to learn C while the Vita scene unfolds.
Learning to program without a book, that must've been more to do with experience and gradual learning through mostly trial & error, right? That must've been even tougher than actually learning from a guide.
Even with books and the vast information on the net, programmers still make errors on occasion, huh, so it it's all about taking the risks and overcoming the issues with a gradual pace.
Since I'm familiar with Windows the most, it'll be MinGW for the moment.
Linux is a cool platform though.
lol. Visual studio is off the list of priorities now. It won't become a waste of time now that it's no longer a point of interest in the research.
Could you use Windows' default Notepad to program? You could, right(?) You just need to compile it afterwards, if I'm not mistaken. Perhaps Notepad++ is way more suitable for programming than just Notepad, but I'll also look into getting Sublime Text 2, as I've already got Notepad++
Thanks for the help - much appreciated!
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