I am interested in learning games programming in addition to what I have already learned going through my comp sci degree. I have taken a couple of programming courses 1st in c++ and 2 in
java. I have learned the standard OO principles and still study daily learning the language and
patterns better. I have always been interested in games programming in general but had some questions.
1) I picked up the oreily learn killer game programming book. With the skills you learn, learning to java program. Do you think they help you become a better Java developer in general? Lets say I was a professional business developer making apps or working with servlets/jsp. Would learning games programming be beneficial at all?
2) Lets say I loved Java game programming so much I realized hey i want to do this as a career. How transferable are the skills learned from Java programming to c++ or c# for console programming or work in the industry?
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