learning c++

[sauer119]

If i want to learn c++ where would i go??

 

[Pugs501]

Code Academy?

[trag1c]

The New Boston Nuff Said!

[Wtalk2]

Download Visual Studio, think of a goal and start coding searching up anything you don't know how to do. That's how I started C#.

[Paixo]

Buy a book or try edX.

[SteveGrabowski]

Are you a programmer already?

[sauer119]

no im just starting

[SSL]

Then I wouldn't learn C++ unless there is a specific project you want to do in the language.

[sauer119]

what is the best language to program desktop programs on. and i dont care about experience level at this point

[Wtalk2]

what is the best language to program desktop programs on. and i dont care about experience level at this point

Start with C# if you are looking to make desktop GUI programs.

[SteveGrabowski]

no im just starting

 

Then learn how to program first. CS50x on edx.org and 6.00 on ocw.mit.edu are great places to start. Trying to learn C++ first is a bad place to start. It's an extremely complicated language that obscures the big picture when you're first learning how to program. It's a hell of a powerful language once you're a decent programmer.

[SteveGrabowski]

Anyways, I really like the book C++ Primer by Lippman, but it's a C++ book and not a book to teach you programming.

[Satlen]

Code Academy?

 

C++ is not available at Code Academy....

 

OP, I have been using this site http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

[SteveGrabowski]

You can't learn how to program without doing a lot of programming, which is why I recommend you take the free online courses I suggested above if you can't take a real course. That way you have projects to work on and struggle through, as it's not easy: it takes years and there's no shortcut.

[cubercaleb]

There are a lot of caveats with C++. It's very easy to create a program that technically "works" yet has bugs, problems and errors. C++ doesn't hold your hand like other languages do and therefore it's a lot easier to mess up without realizing it. Learn C++ the right way and pick up C++ Primer on Amazon.