C++, good for noobs?

[Mr.Tech.Qc]

Hi guys!

 

I gave myself the objective to learn a coding language this summer, is C++ a good way to start?

 

Thanks!

[Sumsar]

I recommend going for a very high level language (Ruby, PHP etc.), if you're inexperienced.

[Stefan1024]

Hi guys!

 

I gave myself the objective to learn a coding language this summer, is C++ a good way to start?

 

Thanks!

What do you want to programm? Website, programms like games, emedded system, microcontrollers.... ?

This will require different languages.

[C_Mike]

from my experience, it helps to have some programming knowledge before trying C++.

 

Ruby, VB, FreeBasic or Python may be a good place to start.

 

But it really does depend on what you want to code

[Mr.Tech.Qc]

from my experience, it helps to have some programming knowledge before trying C++.

 

Ruby, VB, FreeBasic or Python may be a good place to start.

 

But it really does depend on what you want to code

 

What do you want to programm? Website, programms like games, emedded system, microcontrollers.... ?

This will require different languages.

KK thx, im just lokking for a common language to start, i admit it, imma noob in the programming world

[Stefan1024]

KK thx, im just lokking for a common language to start, i admit it, imma noob in the programming world

There is no "common" language.

- For embedded systems / microcontrollers C or C++ is often used.

- For high level systems Java is preferred....

 

When you mastered you language, what do you want to do with it?

[trag1c]

 I would recommend getting the basics of programming in a easier higher level language like python then move to C++.

[Vebb]

C++ is very easy to learn, at my study we used a book called: Starting out with c++

 

i would not reccomend youtube videos as they take too long and often are missing important info.

 

We have been programming microcontrollers, as C++ is a low api and is used to performe tasks peformed in realtime. 

 

I guess C++ is going to be very similar to googles new api, also it is going to be similar to huaweis new api for home automation. 

[madknight3]

C++ can certainly be learned as a first language though you will likely have an easier time with something like Python.

[Guest]

Absolutely NOT. C++ is hard to get right even for experienced programmers; most people end up using it like C, failing to take advantages of the OOP aspects of the language. If you want to learn a C-family language, just learn C.

[as96]

As a first language I always suggest C#, it's not to hard to learn and has lots of uses for various types of softwares.

[patrickjp93]

C++ is plenty easy to learn, but you need to know the order by which to approach various aspects of the language. Go through functional programming using your standard loops and conditionals before jumping into use of the standard library, and build monolithic code files until you start getting intricate. At that point, break it down into objects and learn your object oriented basics. Then when you get a handle on how to do that with defined types, take a good 3-5 weeks (not remotely joking) to learn generics, templates, virtual functions, and inheritance (C++ has multiple inheritance, so it will take extra time to REALLY learn it)

 

Then get into pointers, references, copy constructors, move constructors, and operator overloading. Then go for data structure concepts and the correct uses for "new", "delete", and "delete[]" (which is pretty much never use these unless it's absolutely required. A good C++ programmer should almost never need to use those keywords). At this point you can learn math libraries and vectorization using CilkPlus, learn multithread concepts using C++ native threads, getting environment variables/interacting with the OS directly, using a multithreading library such as OpenMP, or go into networking and whatever else.

 

C++ is no more difficult a language than Java. It just has so many moving pieces which are fully independent even the best programmers get daunted and lost. It's not hard. It's just huge.