[nick_mi]

Alright, so basicly I have 8 weeks, 5 days a week, at about an hour and a half a day to learn something dealing with computers. I would like to learn C++, but in order to do that I have to find some tutorials to submit to my princable/teacher so they know I am just not screwing off. I have no programming knowledge what so ever, I know the very very very basics of html. Any good tutorials or programs out there that you could recomend for me?

Ok, so I did not notice the tutorials at the top right away. >_<

http://www.cppreference.com/-Looks to me like referances, aka not a tutorial

I also came upon these 2, can the experts look at these and tell me which would be a bit more beneficial to a complete newb in the area.

http://www.cplusplus...troduction.html #1
http://www.cprogramm...al/lesson1.html #2

Also, our computers do not allow the download of programs, so I will have to let them know what I need to download, what would you suggest?

Edited by nick_mi, 14 November 2005 - 10:42 AM.

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A good book to buy is 'C++'.

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A good book to buy is 'C++'.

I think its about £40 and its pages and pages long about everything to do with C++!

[ricci]

Hi Nick,

Both of those tutorials look pretty good to me. They'll get you going on the basics. I like the code style of the first one a little better than the second one, so that's the one I'd recommend.

As far as what you need to download goes, you will need a compiler. The compiler basically takes your C++ code as input and translates it to machine language (ones and zeros) that the computer can understand - perhaps you were already familiar with this. Anyways, at the beginning of the second tutorial they talk about different compilers - some that are free, some that must be purchased. Specifically, this page recommends some free ones. I imagine you can find something that will work for you there. Just make sure you don't get confused by their adds they have in the middle of the pages. Those all cost money.

-Ricci

[nick_mi]

What would YOU personally reccomend?

[ricci]

Anymore, I'm only familiar with what I use in the work place, which is Microsoft's Visual C++. I'm sure there are plenty of people using this forum that would swear against Microsoft's compilers. You can really get into some heated discussions about which is the one, true compiler.

The point here though is for you to spend a few weeks getting a basic understanding of C++. I think that basically any compiler is going to help you acheive that goal. My advice would be don't spend money on it for what you are trying to do at this time.

On the other hand, if your school wants to buy a compiler and a development environment in order to start some programming classes, I'd recommend Microsoft's Visual Studio (of which Visual C++ is a part). You'll find plenty of people in these forums that would disagree with me, but in my professional opinion (note that I said opinion), Visual Studio is the standard for professional development on the Windows platform.

-Ricci

[Granz00]

If your still checking up on this then my opinion is that the first site is good at going in depth but the second site is kinda better at reinforcing what you know. I would suggest the first of the two and inbetween learning try different ways of making the programs they show you as examples as you progress.

P.S. Since its in a school make sure the compiler isn't accesible by everyone because someone with good knowledge in C++ can really mess up the computer that the compiler is on...

[nick_mi]

If your still checking up on this then my opinion is that the first site is good at going in depth but the second site is kinda better at reinforcing what you know. I would suggest the first of the two and inbetween learning try different ways of making the programs they show you as examples as you progress.

P.S. Since its in a school make sure the compiler isn't accesible by everyone because someone with good knowledge in C++ can really mess up the computer that the compiler is on...

Yeah, I found the c++ book, but even with that I've barely made any progress. v_v