[help wanted] Pls, point me the right way understanding c++

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I’m so excited about this game, and played for many years. As a javascript developer, I strongly want to make contributions for this game, well, in code. But there is a huge mountain standing in my way – c++. So I need some suggestions about how to learn c++ and make contributions at the same time. Many thx for your help :slight_smile:

Here I have some key questions:

  1. Is there any way I can quickly understanding the outline of the codes? Too many files for me to read one by one, a diagram would be helpful.

  2. Is there any ebooks good for newbies to learn c++?

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Javascript syntax is heavily influenced by C, so you’re already partway there. Poke around the github repo, particularly under src. Maybe it’ll already make some sense.

The official C++ site has a Get Started! page. If you wanna get some history, C’s canonical reference is by Kernighan and Ritchie.

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  1. I’d suggest going to cdda discord and asking questions about the code there, there are channels for that.
  2. [offtop] https://i.redd.it/1fl5yi6bbpzz.png [/offtop]. Seriously, though, I’ll leave the answering to someone who know actual good answer.
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i’ll tell you right now that my experience when jumping into the project headfirst with C++ was nil - i had 2 or 4 college classes on programming that happened to be in C, but my main experience was in Lua. I think you’ll be fine if you pick the right project (not too hard) and ask the right questions on discord.

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Thx, I think those link would help me soon :smile:

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Haha, my path on c++, have long way to go

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Thx, you give me the confidence!

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