I took a few programming classes throughout my life, but never stuck with it. How do you go from all the boring highly theoretical stuff about algorithms and math problems to actually making apps and games? I've heard coders say time and time again that they learn on the job and that their degrees helped more with the mindset rather than the concrete details.
>>109240352Your first mistake is thinking of programming as a job.It's not, unless you're born in the '50s or you're a nepo baby.Treat it as the hobby it is, start with learnopengl.com, it will come to you eventually.
>>109240372Why OpenGL specifically? Isn't that mostly for graphics and games?
>>109240380You did mention making games, so... gotta start with graphics somewhere. And making a game teaches you a lot about generic programming as well.OpenGL because it's the good middle ground of "doing things yourself" and yet "not going crazy dealing with hardware".
>>109240352>apps>codersIf you are using these terms you don't probably even use a computer...
i've had quick-to-start fun with three.jsi think to make apps you need to notice/make up problems and focus on solving them instead of holing yourself in what the best solution iswith 3d graphics you can apply the math you already know to make something nicei used parametric sphere equations to plot points on a sphere i'll use as a faux starry sky
>>109240352>the boring highly theoretical stuff about algorithms and math problemsThat's the most fun part ironically. It only gets more boring a bloated from there on.
>>109240429Give it a rest grandpa, it became the standard long ago.
>>109240352There's hardly any theoretical stuff about programming.
>>109240352if you have to force yourself to program it's simply not for you.you don't need fucking courses in algorithms to build shit. any pajeet can do it.maybe it's generally not interesting to you or maybe your brain has been fried by tiktok and is not used to working.in any case at the current state it's not going to happen.
>>109240372>learnopenglwaste of time if you want to make games
>>109240749Oy vey goyim, you have to use our golem approved™ """engines""", none of that free will nonsense.
>>109240893>this arbitrary level of abstraction that I feel comfortable at is based>everything beyond is pozzedclassic /g/tard
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>>109240893If you're doing 2D, you can use SDL's built in renderer. If you're doing 3D, why not use Ogre or bgfx?
>>109240907>>109241293>>109240893>>109240749>>109240372ignore these pussies, real men write their own 3D renderer directly in SDL
That’s a trans hobbyYou’d better learn to vibeCODE instead of being a codetrans
>>109242795Real mouse on kde? This is unbelievable
