Thread: Tell me about C++ Programming

Well, CProgramming.com is what I use, and it works fine. It has C/C++ tutorials. It actually teaches the language too. I suggest C first, because, well look at the diference:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
  printf("Hello World!");
  getchar();
  return 0;
}
^^C

Compared to:

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  cout<<"Hello World!";
  cin.get();

  return 1;
}
^^C++

C is more, well, in ENGLISH. Try that first.

Originally Posted by xXSomeGuyXx

Well, CProgramming.com is what I use, and it works fine. It has C/C++ tutorials. It actually teaches the language too. I suggest C first, because, well look at the diference:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
  printf("Hello World!");
  getchar();
  return 0;
}
^^C

Compared to:

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
  cout<<"Hello World!";
  cin.get();

  return 1;
}
^^C++

C is more, well, in ENGLISH. Try that first.

Um... it's not the englishness of it that makes it more complex. It's the OO/templates stuff, which is a whole separate competency, taught in separate classes, etc.

If that's what you're worried about, I suggest you go ahead and learn the basics in C++... if you're learning the procedural stuff, then use C++, which lets you do things like declare variables just as they're about to be used:

Code:

for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { ... }

That's illegal in C, because you aren't allowed to declare i there... have to declare it at the top of the scope. But then when you get into classes and stuff, you'll know what all that "<<" stuff is all about.

Also, the STL makes a lot more sense than the libraries that do some similar stuff that you have in C.

Originally Posted by Replicon

But then when you get into classes and stuff, you'll know what all that "<<" stuff is all about.

Syntactical Sugar


I forget who said that, but I've always liked it as a description

Heh yeah, that's basicaly it. This ain't lisp after all

All your advices are very helpful actually. Another thing I was not sure what programming language I should go with but you narrowed it down.

Thank god I'm just an Analyst lol HTML is about the limit to my language skills!

lolz

Originally Posted by xXSomeGuyXx

Well, CProgramming.com is what I use, and it works fine. It has C/C++ tutorials. It actually teaches the language too. I suggest C first, because, well look at the diference:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
  printf("Hello World!");
  getchar();
  return 0;
}
^^C

Compared to:

Code:

#include <iostream>
int main()
{
  std::cout<<"Hello World!";
  std::cin.get();
  return 0;
}
^^C++

C is more, well, in ENGLISH. Try that first.

??

Those are programms.

...

That hardly shows a difference.

C++ can use Printf.

Oh, really? I didn't know that. Shows how much I know...

Originally Posted by xXSomeGuyXx

Oh, really? I didn't know that. Shows how much I know...

I think that printf is considered a legacy command and no one really uses it. Except for me, I use it all the time for debugging because I hate using breakpoints unless I have to.