Maya programming

I have a basic understanding now of Maya 2011 interface after the previous project. Although I would rather have a deeper understanding of how this works. Maya uses the computer language C++ and its own language MEL.

You can create your own applications in Maya when using scripts, as well as execute complicated commands.

Reading:

"Complete Maya Programming - An extensive guide to MEL and C++ API" - David A. D. Gould - ISBN 1-55860-835-4

This guide is good once you have seen and used Maya. It goes into depth in the first chapter how the nodes and attributes connect and how they function. The next chapters provide tasks to learn how to utilize MEL and C++ commands.

Also I felt this would be a good oppurtunity to take advantage of the VTC (Virtual Training Company). I looked at C++ straight away, but was advised from the start to learn the fundamentals of C programming first.

http://www.vtc.com/products/cprogramming2007.htm

http://www.vtc.com/products/c_plusplus_fundamentals.htm

Recommended reading:

K&R (ISBN 0-13-110362-8)

This and a series of videos on youtube explain how you would use the c language to make an interactive environment for a game.