Managing the code files
One of the advantages of abstraction using classes and functions is that the length (number of lines) of our code files can be reduced. Even though we will be using more than a dozen code files for this project, the length of the code in ZombieArena.cpp
will still get a little unwieldy towards the end. In the final project, we will look at even more ways to abstract and manage our code.
For now, use this tip to keep things manageable. Notice on the left hand side of the code editor in Visual Studio, there are a number of + and - signs, one of which is shown in this next image:
There will be one sign for each block (if
, while
, for
, and so on) of the code. You can expand and collapse these blocks by clicking on the + and - signs. I recommend keeping all the code not currently under discussion, collapsed. This will make things much clearer.
Furthermore, we can create our own collapsible blocks. I suggest making a collapsible block out of all the code before the start...