Absolute Beginner Help...

First off, I did good - I downloaded BlitzPlus from this site.

I'm keen to see some kind of tutorial which works through BlitzPlus assuming that the reader is an absolute beginner programmer (most of them seem to assume a lot of knowledge).

Does such a thing exist? Is there an Utter, Utter Newbie Guide To Blitz somewhere - a book, maybe?

Thanks.

www.blitzcoder.com is a good site to start of with. i don't no much about blitz+, cause i don't own it and i don't know if it's similar to blitz 2d. sorry.

oh btw, the blitzcoder site is down just now, put it is packed with tutorals and stuff

I would read the "BlitzPlus User Guide" that is included with BlitzPlus. (Link from the main menu.)

You could also try some of the simple examples and/or samples that come with it. Don't be afraid to change things around here and there in the program to see what effect it has on the output.

I'm not sure if there is a good tutorial specifically designed for the absolutely-never-programmed-before person. I would recommend asking your questions on this board, as I'm sure you would get a bunch of helpful answers. That may be the way to go until you can get some footing to understand what the "tutorials" are talking about.

If you're seriously a new as you're implying, you might just go to pcwebopaedia.com and looking up "compiler", "programming", or "language". There's lots of information there. For reference, Blitz (all variants) is a compiled, high-level programming language.

FYI, as far as the superficial stuff goes (i.e. command set), BlitzBasic (Blitz2D) is nearly a subset of BlitzPlus. That is to say, pretty much any program written in BlitzBasic will work in BlitzPlus with very few modifications necessary, if any.

However, under the hood, they're very different. So, in some cases, it may be advantageous to re-write Blitz2D programs with the BlitzPlus paradigm to make the program more system-friendly, optimized, and such, just because of the way things run underneath.

There is

"Game Programming for Teens" by Maneesh Sethi
a guide that uses Blitz Basic to teach game development

and
"Learn to Program 2D Games in Blitz Basic" by John Logsdon

cheers

"Learn to Program 2D Games in Blitz Basic" by John Logsdon

Thanks for the help, everyone. Anyone know where I can get this book from? Who's the publisher? Google tends to favour blitzcoder.com, but it's still down. :(

I'd recommend also Krylars book on 2D games programming, from the guy who runs Blitzcoder.com
It's got some really useful tutorials and explanations for any novice, and allows you to quickly get to grips with the easiest commands and then get to the more complex commands.

Sorry, that be: "Learn to Program 2D Games in Blitz Basic" by John "KRYLAR" Logsden

is the same book we both mean

The publisher is Idigicon, I don't know if they sell it separate or not, I got it with B2D before things turned squirrely...