c++ programming

Tee Hee Johnson

Tee Hee Johnson

Tee Hee Johnson

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Hiyahh!

Half interested in learing a wee bit of c++ :)

Intend on doing it using a windows system...! So what is out there and is good as a programming enviroment and good compilers?

Thanks!

Craig :D
 
dangerstat said:
Firstly do you have any programming experience?
I done a bit of Visual Basic a few years ago in college, i took to that ok :)

Why have you chosen C++?
Seems good for what i want to know... bit of both worlds, a good starting point and also very advanced for if and when i ever reach that level :P

Are you looking for free IDE's / Compilers?
Yeah basically... finding some good resources now, but id like to know what other people use, what evryone else thinks is good :) Dont want to be using the first thing i find!

What are you actually wanting to do with the language?
Its more of a project/hobby thing for me really. After doing visual basic in college i created a couple of pointless wee programs... easy ones. Id like to do the same with C++ then progress further. Calls, different libraries, etc.
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Thanks for all the suggestions so far everyone! :D

NickK, thats awesome! Will look into all of them, and see whats what! Good idea about the Design Patterns book too... shall investigate!

Pho, cheers! Didnt know you could get the MS stuff free! Great how they do free versions for VB, C++ and C# :) (unless these arnt full working versions lol) Whats the difference in .NET... whats it good for?

I found quite a detailed site, which i have had a good read of... and its mentioned Code::Blocks? Is this much use...?
 
Phyre said:
Visual Studio is a very good IDE. It has everything you need (and more) and it's widely used to support is good too.

As for choice of programming language, it depends what you want to get out of it. If you want to learn it for the sake of just knocking out a few programs as a hobby, C# would probably be your best bet. If you want to actually learn programming with all the nitty-gritty stuff included that makes you seem really intelligent, then C++ is better.

C++ is far more powerful and it's more efficient too. C# is easy to use and has frameworks for many different things that can aid you. Plus it's easier to create Windows GUI apps with C# than it is with C++.
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I looked into c# as it has been mentioned a few times... but i have defo decided to try c++ i think :) As you say c# could be better for ease and knocking up quick things... but id like to have the c++ so i can advance on that, when and if the time comes!

Well either that or .NET... but for some reason, it confuses me. I cant seem to find the same asmounts of info on it as i can for c++ :/

Thanks a lot for all the help so far guys... cant wait to finally give a good wee attempt at learning something :)
 
Thanks dangerstat... think i missed your post :\

Not really too sure what i want to be capable of... but dont want to get good at something (like c#) to find it has limitations!

At the moment id just like to get to a similar stage i was with vb... easy to create wee programs that came to head, simple math, wee db, etc kinda ones! But i want to know more, and keep building at what i know! Just aim to do it with practice and putting all that i learn into what i create, over time! Wee projects as i think of them :)
 
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