Thread: Tell me about C++ Programming

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.