Hey,
well im an experienced C# Developer and currently starting to experiment with game development.
I also decided that i want to learn C++ for Game Development.
So far so good ofc i have some of the common starter problems.
But there is one point i really really miss, the documentation of the framework methods.
In C# when u use any method from the framework there is an XML Documentation available which delivers a short description what that method does.
In C++ i only get a list of the overloaded methods and the required parameters.....
Is there a Documentation i can include in Visual Studio?
C++ Documentation in Visual Studio
The best resource available is MSDN. You can use it either online as a website (which I recommend) or you can purchase copies on DVD that integrate into Visual C++.
I'm afraid it's nowhere near as seamless as working with a .Net language, but it's the best we got in C++ land
I'm afraid it's nowhere near as seamless as working with a .Net language, but it's the best we got in C++ land
I personally prefer having an offline copy of MSDN available, and I actually use an older version (from 2004 or so); it may not be bang up to date but it's fast.
Hey,
well im an experienced C# Developer and currently starting to experiment with game development.
I also decided that i want to learn C++ for Game Development.
So far so good ofc i have some of the common starter problems.
But there is one point i really really miss, the documentation of the framework methods.
In C# when u use any method from the framework there is an XML Documentation available which delivers a short description what that method does.
In C++ i only get a list of the overloaded methods and the required parameters.....
Is there a Documentation i can include in Visual Studio?
I still have my old book that I will recommend from a class that I dropped out of. C++ How to Program, Deitel & Deitel
http://www.deitel.com
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Thanks for the replys!
Im aware of MSDN and also have multiple sources including books as starting help. I just cant believe that this is all you can get in "C++ Land", well Desert seems to be the far better synonym.
Hell i allready know what i want to do pretty exactly, its just the how do you spell that in C++ and some special cases how you handle things in C++.
I just want a little bit support i dont want to memorize the whole framework.
Also the support you get from IDE and the few tools expanding the IDE for C++ are very very primitive.
Compared to C# where i have .NET documentation and ReSharper, C++ is somekind of dinosaur.
I was thinking that there has to be somekind of better support, thats crazy.
Im aware of MSDN and also have multiple sources including books as starting help. I just cant believe that this is all you can get in "C++ Land", well Desert seems to be the far better synonym.
Hell i allready know what i want to do pretty exactly, its just the how do you spell that in C++ and some special cases how you handle things in C++.
I just want a little bit support i dont want to memorize the whole framework.
Also the support you get from IDE and the few tools expanding the IDE for C++ are very very primitive.
Compared to C# where i have .NET documentation and ReSharper, C++ is somekind of dinosaur.
I was thinking that there has to be somekind of better support, thats crazy.
It won't solve your documentation issue, but the Visual Studio C++ editor feels a lot better with VisualAssistX installed. It's still not the same as working in C#, but it makes the IDE a lot smarter.
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It won't solve your documentation issue, but the Visual Studio C++ editor feels a lot better with VisualAssistX installed. It's still not the same as working in C#, but it makes the IDE a lot smarter.
Ooooooh Slavik thats cool!
ReSharper is far better in the C# world but this comes very close to it and it works for C++.
I thank you very much, this is one of that tiny things in a development enviroment which turn a frustrating coding into an funny experience!
Documentation is still an issue but i think i have to stick with MSDN. Visual Assist X really made my day!
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Just a thought about the IDE.
Has anyone tried Eclipse IDE or something similar (free) for writing C++?
Just wondering because you have to pay for extensions like that assistance tool and stuff, for eclipse it would be all free.
Has anyone tried Eclipse IDE or something similar (free) for writing C++?
Just wondering because you have to pay for extensions like that assistance tool and stuff, for eclipse it would be all free.
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