Process Taking Action

The first steps which I took when starting my project was researching on several websites for information which would help me start my product, this managed to give me a good idea on how long my product was going to take to make.

 

Secondly I had to start with the basics to understand the syntax of the C++ program language, that needs to be structured in a very precise way, or it will not compile into an executable application.

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Thirdly I needed to understand the types of different variable and how to use them in the different C++ operations.

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Lastly I had to understand the meanings and usage of all the C++ commands, conditions and functions that were needed by my game to receive information from the keyboard, verify the logics and produce the results on the monitor.

 

The next step was to start writing my code. To do so I needed an editor with compiler. I used Microsoft Visual Studio which is available for free to students and has several tools that allow creation of code with syntax checking, debugging to identify coding errors and finally to compile the end program into an executable that can run on any Windows computer.

 

I started with a different tool, RAD Studio, but I encountered several obstacles such as the style being obsolete which didn’t allow me to view newer code so I decided to switch to Visual Studios.

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