Bill Fountaine

I checked google and haven't found anything, and I grabbed the one from http://gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html. But it does not have all of the shortcuts.

Someone told me the order I should work on things is as follows:

 

1. c++ basics (types, functions, classes, pointers, includes <iostream> <fstream> <sstream> <stdio.h>)
2. sdl with the posted tutorial and/or sfml
3. opengl

 

thing is, i have no idea how to use those libraries. Letalone what programs to make using them.

What I mean is, something that gives you exercises to practice specific aspects of a language? IE focusing on pointers, focusing on classes, focusing on polymorphism, etc? I have a million good resources to learn the stuff, I just have no idea how to practice using the stuff I'm learning in a sense.

People have told me I need to learn about the "graphics pipeline", and stuff like "matrices/matrix multiplication". Can anyone recommend me a resource that teaches me all that stuff? I am in the process of learning Blender3D and I apparently need to know all that other stuff.

I understand what the syntax for the languages do, how to use them, etc.

Problem is. When it comes to solving a problem (ie making a simple console game of tic-tac-toe). I struggle to figure out HOW to solve it, like what variables, etc are needed. Is there a way around this? I have a book called "How to Think Like A Programmer". But is this really something I can work around?