C++ learning

I learned C++ by reading a book. I Did all the exercises at the end of every chapter until I was comfortable doing the tasks at hand. From there I started coding whatever I thought would be fun and looking up the API and such whenever I got stuck. And here I am now, getting into game hacking. Program because you enjoy it, not because you want to make hacks. You wont make it far. Game hacking is turning out to be more complex then I had previously thought.