okay i want to know a good place to start for learning C++ i would prefer books but websites are good too
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Duplicate. I would know, I made the first.
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I learned how to make a "hello world" C++ program with a funny book, but I don't remember the name
The book makes it easy to learn C++, but you have to have much time! I hadn't, so I didn't learn it ...
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It depends what you want to achieve with C++.
It's a great language, but it's very hard to use for normal Windows programs compared to java or the .NET languages!
I used two main resources to learn the basics of C++. I found an awesome website called cplusplus.com, which many have already mentioned above. Then I used a heavy book my dad gave me called C++ for dummies, but that's only if you really want to learn it because it's more than 800 pages!
Then you can branch out and take tutorials on the internet for Win32 (if you want to make windows programs), DirectX, or other graphic libraries! It take time though and it's really fidgety at times.
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The one on the C++ site is pretty good. cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/. You might also use XoaX.net. And as always, there's thenewboston.org.
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is their any sort of IDE for C++ like their is jave and NetBeans
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slayerrobe7 wrote:
is their any sort of IDE for C++ like their is jave and NetBeans
I've heard of Code::Blocks. It's pretty good.
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ProgrammingFreak wrote:
slayerrobe7 wrote:
is their any sort of IDE for C++ like their is jave and NetBeans
I've heard of Code::Blocks. It's pretty good.
Yeah, codeblocks is good, but it doesn't have a compiler. Visual C++ works just as well, even though it's not actually that visual at all, and has a compiler included!
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slayerrobe7 wrote:
is their any sort of IDE for C++ like their is jave and NetBeans
Yes. The (widely regarded to be) 'best' ones are Visual C++ and Code::Blocks. Just as a small note: Code::Blocks doesn't have it's own compiler, but there is a version of it that comes with one of the most popular ones, MinGW, and lets you choose your own compiler. Visual C++ comes with its own compiler, but you can only use that one Visual C++ Compiler
Last edited by maxskywalker (2012-04-13 14:46:51)
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Just pick up C++ for Dummies. Pretty much any book that doesn't say it's advanced.
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I made THIS In Code::Blocks. It's pretty much my first .exe not made with BYOB.
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TheninjaGUY wrote:
Just pick up C++ for Dummies. Pretty much any book that doesn't say it's advanced.
It's not that good.
Go with iTunes U and Harvard's David Malan for learning C, and then continue on.
A good site in my bookmarks:http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/Thi … CPP2e.html
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TheninjaGUY wrote:
Just pick up C++ for Dummies. Pretty much any book that doesn't say it's advanced.
cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/ and xoax.net are free. Who needs books?
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I have this absolutely huge book in my bedroom called JAMSA'S C/C++ BIBLE or something like that. So far I've only used it for flattening out papers (stack em on the page and jump on the books, you get funny looks but it works), but it's only because I don't know where to start and I'm a sucker for Processing.
One time (more than 30 days ago) I got ofx working with Visual C++ and luuved it, though my VisC++ trial expired
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