Teaching Myself To Code

[Dolebat]

So I want to be able to code, for a variety of reasons. Windows mostly, stuff to do with games, is C++ the language I want to go with? Also does anyone know of any good free teaching resources for a serious student?

Thanks in advance!

[Hassan]

C++.
Learn it from "Ivor Horton's Beginning Visual C++" or this site:
www.learncpp.com

[Lyoto Machida]

If you buy a book, You ill be able to learn easier..

[Dolebat]

Thanks for the help, I have C++ For the Absolute Beginner -- I'll look for the other book as well.

[Lyoto Machida]

Do it
When you learn it, Teach me

[why06]

If you buy a book, You ill be able to learn easier..

This is true. I had a C++ book and I learned the absolute basics pretty quickly. Try as I might this e-reader just doesn't work for me with large text books. It's hard to see the images, and the writing too small. Works with fiction and novels, but pfftt... damit I'm gonna actly have to buy a real book off Amazon to get through C#. >;l

[whit]

I would give a internet site that your can learn the basics on but the truth is you cant take the internet everywhere So i recommend you buy a book
Good book but it looks like a robot wrote it
Amazon.com: C++ Primer Plus (5th Edition) (0752063326978): Stephen Prata: Books

But if you want to learn VIA website
Learn C++ & cplusplus.com - The C++ Resources Network are good & have a good Community Forum

[Dolebat]

So if I am serious about doing this (Say 4 hours a day), and not -too- stupid to learn, how long would it take before I was able to do some genuine programming of any meaningful sort? (Just a ballpark, I know there are a lot of factors here.)

[why06]

So if I am serious about doing this (Say 4 hours a day), and not -too- stupid to learn, how long would it take before I was able to do some genuine programming of any meaningful sort? (Just a ballpark, I know there are a lot of factors here.)

Depends what you mean by that. You will have learned the basics which then means you can go learn everything else.

[³²³]

@Dolebat

As soon as you're ready.

What does Msgbox("hi") do?

What does imports system.io do?

What does
Try
Msgbox("hello")
Catch ex as exception
Msgbox(ex)
End try
do?

Those are just a few.. Of the extremely simple ones..

Edit: fail. Well, the above is learning vb (which I recommend you start with, because it's relatively simple to understand and you can still code complex programs with it).

[Jason]

@Dolebat

As soon as you're ready.

What does Msgbox("hi") do?

What does imports system.io do?

What does
Try
Msgbox("hello")
Catch ex as exception
Msgbox(ex)
End try
do?

Those are just a few.. Of the extremely simple ones..

Edit: fail. Well, the above is learning vb (which I recommend you start with, because it's relatively simple to understand and you can still code complex programs with it).

What a useless post. + MessageBox(ex)... how do you plan on converting an Exception object to string lol ex.ToString or ex.Message please.

He wants to learn C++, not VB and saying to learn VB as a transitional language to C++ is damned stupid. I learned VB before any of the other "classic-style" languages and VB did not help me worth a shit (apart from knowing the basic coding conventions etc), learn C++ straight up, or even Java/C#/PHP, anything with the 'classic-style' syntax (and by classing style i mean semicolons, no decent intellisense, curly brackets...all that shit). I never understand why people say learn VB then learn C++, the two aren't really related apart from the general fact that they are both programming languages. Learning enough VB to actually have a benefit when you learn C++ would take you way longer than if you just went C++ at first.

[SubCub]

Sams teach urself c++ in 24 hours took me 2-3 weeks

[Dolebat]

Sams teach urself c++ in 24 hours took me 2-3 weeks

I was going to ask, if that is a book or what. Anyway, I got stuck in the hospital for a few days, so I am not as far along as I would like to be. Can anyone suggest some online study courses (free) that are a little more up to date than LearnCPP.com?

(They're the guys who said "Important note to Visual Studio users: Visual studio programs should ALWAYS begin with the following line: #include "stdafx.h") And are apparently based on Microsoft’s Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition. (I have Visual Studio 2010).

Thanks in advance!