Learning C++

KiTBoH

KiTBoH

KiTBoH

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Im looking to learn the basics of C++ over the uni summer holidays. There are a lot of tutorials and guides online that cover the simplest tasks but now that I've downloaded Visual C++ 2008 Express I've realised I have no idea how to use the program :P

I then read a guide and it said that there are several compilers for C++ and I was wondering what the best compiler to use would be, considering i'm about as beginner as you can get so an easy to use one would be nice :D

The only programming I know currently is VERY basic VB code :P
 
wush said:
I don't see any reason not to use Visual Studio 2008...

Did you pick C++ for a specific reason? If not, there are better choices to start out (and probably stay) with.
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C++ seems to be one of the more prominent programming languages and will be one hell of a lot more beneficial than visual basic.

What other languages are there that you would suggest?
 
well it seems a lot of people are saying java is a good language to learn, so i'll probably go for that.
I'm not learning a language for any reason in particular, just to expand my knowledge of programming since i'm doing a computer related uni course and it could end up being helpful later on.

Apparently Java is very similar to C and C# anyway, is this true?
 
I'm doing forensic computing at uni, which kind of skims over programming languages in that we learned a bit of VB in the first year. We didn't learn a lot, though, and I also didn't learn it very quickly at all and I'm pretty sure I could learn faster if I put my mind to it.

The course will cover small bits of coding in the later years, but it will be a very small amount IIRC.

Perl and Python I know nothing about. Since Java and C are more common I thought they would be more useful when put into practice.
 
I was thinking of learning C++ for the benefits it would have in just being able to make simple programs.

Java was always a possibility because of how useful it would be in webdesign aspect.
I suppose my end goal would be being able to make a working website using html, css and java.
 
steve-h said:
how is it?

what do you get taught etc, it's something im interested in maybe doing next year.
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The first year wasn't particularly interesting, but we didn't really cover anything complex. It's basically all about searching computers to find incriminating evidence and covers quite a lot of the law involved with doing that.
At our uni there are a few modules that are put in just to fill time, though, like one to teach us databases.
I'm pretty happy with it, though, and from what we've been told it'll get a lot more in depth in the second and third years, the first was just to get us up to speed on computers and the basics of the legal system.
 
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