How did you learn C++?

[Unicow]

So I know there's another thread about the best beginners C++ book but I checked it and it got really off topic and I really want to know what website/video/tut/book that the best coders of MPGH used to learn C++... So... Which one is it? So far I'm using LearnCpp.com and it seems that it's got different information than from what other people are telling me...

[Auxilium]

A book. A. Book.

[whit]

i Read a Book but i Skimmed though LearnCPP.com and the information looks right from my eyes

[Void]

Doing is the best way to learn. Along with reading a book.

[crushed]

Copy Pasting, and I still haven't got it right.

[mookamoka3]

most c++ books work great... learncpp has all the right shit too though. Might just be in a diff order.

[why06]

Everyone likes different books. Read some reviews on Amazon and pick the one you like the most, then skim through it before buying it. If you don't like the authors style don't get it. I went to the local book store and spent 30min looking through books and hours before and after reading reviews on Amazon before going back and buying Herbert Schildt's C++: A Beginners Guide. I like the book, it's concise and only teaches you the fundamentals of the language. That was fine with me. Later I went back and found a book on DirectX and game programming and that introduced me to the Windows API and DirectX.

However my knowledge is a little fragmented and I plan to go back and relearn plenty of concepts in-depth, but I only learned what I needed to to get to the next step. Now I have a pretty good understanding of basic C++, crappy @ WinAPI, a crappy understanding of DirectX, a beginning to be okay understanding of reverse engineering. Ultimately I ended up with a wide range of focus after about 1.5 years of studying, but it's enough to get by on most subjects and has allowed me to focus more on RE, which is my passion.

Other people go for bigger books that are way more comprehensive. People learn different ways, you have to learn the way that's best for you, but I agree with Void that practice is essentially. The most important thing to learn is all the little stuff you won't find in any book. Theory and main ideas help, but you don't get a feel for programming in a language till you have to deal with the hundred little other things, like setting up a compiler, finding mistakes in your code, looking up stuff on msdn, and all that.

[redflex123]

How about to indonesian C++

[Unicow]

People... Can you guys put WHICH book you used...?

Everyone likes different books. Read some reviews on Amazon and pick the one you like the most, then skim through it before buying it. If you don't like the authors style don't get it. I went to the local book store and spent 30min looking through books and hours before and after reading reviews on Amazon before going back and buying Herbert Schildt's C++: A Beginners Guide. I like the book, it's concise and only teaches you the fundamentals of the language. That was fine with me. Later I went back and found a book on DirectX and game programming and that introduced me to the Windows API and DirectX.

However my knowledge is a little fragmented and I plan to go back and relearn plenty of concepts in-depth, but I only learned what I needed to to get to the next step. Now I have a pretty good understanding of basic C++, crappy @ WinAPI, a crappy understanding of DirectX, a beginning to be okay understanding of reverse engineering. Ultimately I ended up with a wide range of focus after about 1.5 years of studying, but it's enough to get by on most subjects and has allowed me to focus more on RE, which is my passion.

Other people go for bigger books that are way more comprehensive. People learn different ways, you have to learn the way that's best for you, but I agree with Void that practice is essentially. The most important thing to learn is all the little stuff you won't find in any book. Theory and main ideas help, but you don't get a feel for programming in a language till you have to deal with the hundred little other things, like setting up a compiler, finding mistakes in your code, looking up stuff on msdn, and all that.

Wow o.o very indepthed (spelling fail...) Thanks a lot for the info, I'll be sure to use your idea on finding a book, but hopefully I'll actually have money to buy one...

i Read a Book but i Skimmed though LearnCPP.com and the information looks right from my eyes

Can you tell me what book you used? Because you seem to be one of the pro coders in my views :P

[Hell_Demon]

People... Can you guys put WHICH book you used...?



Wow o.o very indepthed (spelling fail...) Thanks a lot for the info, I'll be sure to use your idea on finding a book, but hopefully I'll actually have money to buy one...



Can you tell me what book you used? Because you seem to be one of the pro coders in my views :P

Most of the experience comes from practice, start with simple console applications, and work up from there. For example your maths homework, write programs to do it for you. Saves you time doing your homework AND you learn programming

['Bruno]

Most of the experience comes from practice, start with simple console applications, and work up from there. For example your maths homework, write programs to do it for you. Saves you time doing your homework AND you learn programming

you really are lazy... lulz

Edit: but i gotta agree tho..

[.::SCHiM::.]

Most of the experience comes from practice, start with simple console applications, and work up from there. For example your maths homework, write programs to do it for you. Saves you time doing your homework AND you learn programming

lmfao I did that a few weeks ago, I'm selling it to classmates of mine, they love it

[Unicow]

Most of the experience comes from practice, start with simple console applications, and work up from there. For example your maths homework, write programs to do it for you. Saves you time doing your homework AND you learn programming

Triganometry? Right now I'm wayyyy too basic to do any trig with C++.. I can just barely do addition... lol

[Hell_Demon]

Triganometry? Right now I'm wayyyy too basic to do any trig with C++.. I can just barely do addition... lol

#include <math.h>

double sin(double x)
double cos(double x)
double tan(double x)

double asin(double x) //inversed sin
double acos(double x) //inversed cos
double atan(double x) //inversed tan

[crushed]

#include <math.h>

double sin(double x)
double cos(double x)
double tan(double x)

double asin(double x) //inversed sin
double acos(double x) //inversed cos
double atan(double x) //inversed tan

Write a program that will do my Calculus homework for me. I swear to god, I hate it. Well, only Limits and Continuity, Derivatives are pretty chill.

If I stayed dedicated to C++, I bet I could be doing that shit by now. xD