Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-27 Thread Pranav Lal
Hi Chris, I cannot comment on Windows Vista since I have not used that operating system. However, try putting them in the shared path. Also, see the section on manual installation. I'm still using Windows XP professional and, on this, even though I use the executible installer, I still have to ca

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-26 Thread Chris Hallsworth
io 2005 and 2008. Pranav -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:02 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game Hi Chris, Well,

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-25 Thread Pranav Lal
: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:02 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game Hi Chris, Well, I have to admit the intellisense under VS 2008 isn&#

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Will, Not C++ (C Plus Plus) but C# (C-Sharp). Anyway, most of the exampls in the books will work just fine on Mac and Linux. The only hang up you may encounter is Mono's Cocoa accessibility interface for VoiceOver and Mac OS isn't as well developed as mono's GTK interface for Orca users on

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-24 Thread william lomas
hi tom but can i still practice the examples given in the windows oriented book on the mac and see how it works? the learning c plus one sounds ideal for a complete beginner like me will On 24 Feb 2009, at 12:42, Thomas Ward wrote: Jesse Liberty. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audysse

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi William, As far as the C-Sharp language goes two books I highly recommend is Programming C# 4th eddition and Learning C# 3.0 by Jesse Liberty. If you have a Bookshare account you can obtain them through Bookshare.org in daisy format, or you can visit my favorite programming educational site

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-24 Thread william lomas
all I need now are resources to help me learn how to program for the mac in this c sharp at least, to start with On 24 Feb 2009, at 10:41, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi William, You start by beginning to learn the language basics, and then branch out into specific types of programs. Since I know yo

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi William, You start by beginning to learn the language basics, and then branch out into specific types of programs. Since I know you are a big Mac user I can say right off Visual Basic .NET might not be what you personally want. Yes, it is popular among blind programmers because it is easy,

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, My advice is don't sweat it. Yes, math is an important part of programming but not so vital you can not do any constructive programming without math skills. The rule of thumb is this. The more math you know the more complex the program you can create. Plus you are forgetting here the

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ken, I'm not sure what Che uses, but I am using Visual Studio Express 2008 without any Jaws or Window Eyes scripts and it works fairly well out of the box without scripts provided you turn off a few things that give Jaws and Window Eyes headaches. As far as were to get it I have the complet

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-23 Thread william lomas
t" Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game Hi, I'd just like to add to this that the entire Visual Studio 2008 sweit of IDEs are fairly screen reader friendly out of the box. Yeah, you need to sit down and

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-23 Thread Bryan Peterson
ogramming courses and see what develops from there. Eeny meeny miney mo. Is Homer a hero? The answer is...no. - Original Message - From: "Ken" To: "Che" ; "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] potential prog

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-23 Thread Ken
Is this ide the express version, and if so where and which scripts to use? - Original Message - From: "Che" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 5:09 PM Subject: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game Hmm, well if y

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-23 Thread Che
omas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game Hi Chris, Well, I have to admit the intellisense under VS 2008 isn't very screen reader friendly. Personally the way I deal wit

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-23 Thread Thomas Ward
.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Che" ; "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game Hi, I'd just like to add to this that th

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-23 Thread Chris Hallsworth
h7266 - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Che" ; "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:44 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game Hi, I'd just like to add to this that the entire Visual Stu

Re: [Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, I'd just like to add to this that the entire Visual Studio 2008 sweit of IDEs are fairly screen reader friendly out of the box. Yeah, you need to sit down and figure out how to use them, and hiding a few child windows certainly helps, but I successfully use Visual C++, Visual C#, and Visua

[Audyssey] potential programmers, was : idea fora new game

2009-02-22 Thread Che
Hmm, well if you are going to give up that easy at the first challenge you meet, programming probably isn't for you anyway there Oreo my friend. Programming is very rewarding, but it can also be very frustrating, and often you find yourself running to stand still. Set goals for yourself, the