Programming Guides
editSo you want to be a programmer... (great reference site for starting out): http://www.analogx.com/CONTENTS/articles/howtoprg.htm
How to think like a programmer (part 1): http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/programming-and-development/?p=43
Thinking like a Programmer: http://www.samhart.com/cgi-bin/classnotes/wiki.pl?JAVA01/Thinking_Like_A_Programmer
Learning to think like a programmer: http://www.phpfreaks.com/blog/learning-to-think-like-a-programmer
How to start thinking like a programmer: http://www.techenclave.com/guides-and-tutorials/how-to-start-thinking-like-programmer-758.html
http://csci.csusb.edu/dick/samples/c++.FAQ.html#How%20is%20C++%20used%20in%20Games?
Starting C (tutorials mainly but including free compilers): http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread50370.html http://www.daniweb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116852&highlight=read+into+char+array Free C++ compilers: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread53000.html Dev C++ (highly recommended free compiler): http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html
Web creation and publishing class: http://classes.pint.com/
Practical Common Lisp (free book): http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/
How to design prrograms (free book): http://www.htdp.org/
C++ wiki books: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C%2B%2B
Computer programming wiki books: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Computer_programming
Green Tea press (free books: how to think like a programmer): http://greenteapress.com/
Game development resources: http://forums.gamershell.com/game-development-network/ -- http://www.gamedev.net/ -- http://www.gamedev.net/reference/list.asp?categoryid=30
so you wanna be a game designer: http://www.gamespot.com/features/6129276/p-2.html
Intro to programming and compute science: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/introcs/faq/c2java.html