Should I learn C++?

[DarkFireGuy]

I know python and Java, is there any reason to learn C++?

 

If so, what?

 

EDIT: Are there any other languages that are worth learning?

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

C++ is nice for super efficient programming.

 

Also very useful if you're trying to win programming competitions (Competitive programming). It is able to be written in a style that is very concise, which makes it very powerful, in addition to having the OP "Algorithms" library in STL.

 

EDIT: Javascript (nodeJS, react, etc.) are all very hot right now. Personally it feels like cancer to me coming from Java, but those skills are very in demand at this moment.

[DarkFireGuy]

3 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

C++ is nice for super efficient programming.

 

Also very useful if you're trying to win programming competitions (Competitive programming). It is able to be written in a style that is very concise, which makes it very powerful, in addition to having the OP "Algorithms" library in STL.

Okay, that's all I need to hear. TO THE C++ BOOKS. YE.

 

And I'm just 15 and haven't really considered programming neither professionally nor competitively so I'll look into it 

 

By the way, I really like your signature for some reason

[MedievalMatt]

9 minutes ago, DarkFireGuy said:

I know python and Java, is there any reason to learn C++?

 

If so, what?

 

EDIT: Are there any other languages that are worth learning?

i started on C++ in college.  but quickly gravitated toward the javascript side of things when i got into android programming.

 

I would start in C++ but dont be affraid to branch out.

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

Just now, DarkFireGuy said:

 

 

And I'm just 15 and haven't really considered programming neither professionally nor competitively so I'll look into it 

 

LEARN WHILE YOU STILL HAVE TIME.

 

Competitive programming is basically solving problems in a very short amount of time. If you want to get started, I'd recommend hackerrank, SPOJ, and eventually codeforces. Have fun.

[DarkFireGuy]

4 minutes ago, MedievalMatt said:

i started on C++ in college.  but quickly gravitated toward the javascript side of things when i got into android programming.

 

I would start in C++ but dont be affraid to branch out.

OKIEDOKIE

[DarkFireGuy]

2 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

LEARN WHILE YOU STILL HAVE TIME.

 

Competitive programming is basically solving problems in a very short amount of time. If you want to get started, I'd recommend hackerrank, SPOJ, and eventually codeforces. Have fun.

Yup, summer is about to start. I'mma be getting my CompTIA Security+ certification so I will do this as well

THANKS

[DarkFireGuy]

10 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

C++ is nice for super efficient programming.

 

Also very useful if you're trying to win programming competitions (Competitive programming). It is able to be written in a style that is very concise, which makes it very powerful, in addition to having the OP "Algorithms" library in STL.

 

EDIT: Javascript (nodeJS, react, etc.) are all very hot right now. Personally it feels like cancer to me coming from Java, but those skills are very in demand at this moment.

I heard SQL is good, is there any truth to that?

[Techicolors]

C++ is also good for video game programming, if you wanna try that. many game studios use C++ 

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

4 minutes ago, DarkFireGuy said:

I heard SQL is good, is there any truth to that?

SQL is for database stuff, which is kinda a separate section (at least in my mind).

 

It certainly isn't a bad thing to know sql, but I associate it a bit more with the web side of programming (which, again is not bad but I just personally don't like it).

[wasab]

40 minutes ago, DarkFireGuy said:

I know python and Java, is there any reason to learn C++?

 

If so, what?

 

EDIT: Are there any other languages that are worth learning?

C++ is tricky man but if you already know java it shouldn’t be too difficult learning the thing.

 

it is used in many games so that is one good reason to learn if you are into game development.

[programmer]

29 minutes ago, DarkFireGuy said:

I know python and Java, is there any reason to learn C++?

 

If so, what?

 

EDIT: Are there any other languages that are worth learning?

Its useful for controlling robotics, making Arduino and Raspberry Pi do stuff, and hacking really old games like Angband. If you are only smart and not skipped several grades smart, you're probably not going to get a job where its useful.

 

If you want to work for a giant soulless corporation like all the cool kids, learn more Java, or .Net, or some JavaScript based web framework (by the time you learn it a new one will be getting popular) and make some bank. Make sure to job hop because companies don't give decent raises even to top performers.

 

If you want to make games - learn Unity, Unreal Engine, or some other platform. I used to make Doom mods and custom enemies and guns - lots of fun.

 

If you learn Swift, Android, or responsive web development with Cordova/Phone gap and you can make phone apps. This can get you jobs too.

[wasab]

1 minute ago, programmer said:

Its useful for controlling robotics, making Arduino and Raspberry Pi do stuff, and hacking really old games like Angband. If you are only smart and not skipped several grades smart, you're probably not going to get a job where its useful.

 

If you want to work for a giant soulless corporation like all the cool kids, learn more Java, or .Net, or some JavaScript based web framework (by the time you learn it a new one will be getting popular) and make some bank. Make sure to job hop because companies don't give decent raises even to top performers.

 

If you want to make games - learn Unity, Unreal Engine, or some other platform. I used to make Doom mods and custom enemies and guns - lots of fun.

 

If you learn Swift, Android, or responsive web development with Cordova/Phone gap and you can make phone apps. This can get you jobs too.

Or write viruses and make a career in the underworld.

[programmer]

2 minutes ago, wasab said:

Or write viruses and make a career in the underworld.

I like where your head is - but if you are going to commit crimes for financial gain, this is about one of the worst routes to do it. On a serious note, if you are a good hacker you can make good money doing security work and claiming bounties on vulnerabilities you find.

[wasab]

2 minutes ago, programmer said:

I like where your head is - but if you are going to commit crimes for financial gain, this is about one of the worst routes to do it. On a serious note, if you are a good hacker you can make good money doing security work and claiming bounties on vulnerabilities you find.

Not as exciting as committing crimes and be a cyber criminal though  

[programmer]

53 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

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EDIT: Javascript (nodeJS, react, etc.) are all very hot right now. Personally it feels like cancer to me coming from Java, but those skills are very in demand at this moment.

When I first starting doing JS as a Java programmer, it seemed very weird - especially not to have classes and such. Once you figure out everything is an object (other than primitives), learn how scopes and execution context work, and learn to use REST and asynchronous calls it is pretty cool. The problem is the frameworks abstract so much that you never end up learning how JavaScript really works and a bunch of things end up feeling like confusing magic.

[DarkFireGuy]

17 hours ago, programmer said:

Its useful for controlling robotics, making Arduino and Raspberry Pi do stuff, and hacking really old games like Angband. If you are only smart and not skipped several grades smart, you're probably not going to get a job where its useful.

 

If you want to work for a giant soulless corporation like all the cool kids, learn more Java, or .Net, or some JavaScript based web framework (by the time you learn it a new one will be getting popular) and make some bank. Make sure to job hop because companies don't give decent raises even to top performers.

 

If you want to make games - learn Unity, Unreal Engine, or some other platform. I used to make Doom mods and custom enemies and guns - lots of fun.

 

If you learn Swift, Android, or responsive web development with Cordova/Phone gap and you can make phone apps. This can get you jobs too.

Sounds really coo. I'll look into it.

 

Thanks!

[DarkFireGuy]

17 hours ago, programmer said:

I like where your head is - but if you are going to commit crimes for financial gain, this is about one of the worst routes to do it. On a serious note, if you are a good hacker you can make good money doing security work and claiming bounties on vulnerabilities you find.

My dad is in Cyber Security and wants to start a penetration testing company with me after I finish my CyberSec major. SO I'll probably be doing ethical hacking at some point

[fringie]

On 4/21/2018 at 2:03 AM, bob51zhang said:

C++ is nice for super efficient programming.

 

Also very useful if you're trying to win programming competitions (Competitive programming). It is able to be written in a style that is very concise, which makes it very powerful, in addition to having the OP "Algorithms" library in STL.

 

EDIT: Javascript (nodeJS, react, etc.) are all very hot right now. Personally it feels like cancer to me coming from Java, but those skills are very in demand at this moment.

You can use TypeScript instead of JavaScript in React.js. TypeScript is a strongly typed language that gets transpiled into JavaScript (you get things like types, interfaces, intellisense with typescript whereas with JS, you don't). It makes it less cancer if you come from a more OOP background.