Reddit reviews Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!
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Land of Lisp. It's that good.
I've seen the finished book now and its truly beautiful. A great holiday present for yourself or anyone else that loves programming and pretty pretty drawings: http://www.amazon.com/Land-Lisp-Learn-Program-Game/dp/1593272812/
Great review of it on slashdot too: http://books.slashdot.org/story/10/11/03/1238213/Land-of-Lisp
Edit: I should clarify that I'm in no way affiliated to the book/profit from its sales. I just think that it's awesome.
The website recommends "Practical Common Lisp," which is fine, but I found Land of Lisp! Game Programming to be an easier read.
Not really related to mobile development, but he should still really enjoy these if he hasn't read them already:
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>I love java and have not really needed to learn another language, but I think I need to diversify myself more so I need to learn another one.
That's a great mindset. Diversify as much as you can. C# is probably too close to Java to get you out of your comfort zone. If your goal is to experience new things, you could try old fashioned C with the SDL library, or go crazy with Lisp.
i Have started programing with basic to program games on the MSX using a book, that what have sparked things for me.
Skipping to these days, my bro have showed interest into programing, so I've tried to tech him a couple languages by giving him books, but it seams he was not comfortable with the complex way of them.
So, I thought of days I had the MSX and programing games from a book, finding something similar was the key.
I've found Land of Lisp, I gave it to him and hes happy with it.
I guess you can try Lisp with Land of Lisp, and see how it goes before going for C++, Java or other languages.
> Firstly, do I NEED and IDE,
No.
> do I WANT one?
Meh. I guess maybe they're like, easy or something. Supposedly. You should start out with a plain old text editor and learn to call your compiler from the command line. That won't be any hassle for your first programs, and you can try out an IDE in a couple months to see if you like it. Then you'll have some experience with both.
> Should I stick with Java for my goal of simple gaming?
Programming languages aren't things you "stick with". You should always be looking to broaden your language experience. But we all have limits; don't overwhelm yourself. Java is a fine choice for what you're planning to do, although unless you're prepared to market like a madman, aiming at mobiles won't be more fruitful than releasing for PC.
> If so would it be better to learn one then the other?
Everybody will just tell you their favorite. My opinion: it's never a bad time to start learning Common Lisp.