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I am a 13-year-old boy looking forward to learning C++ in the near future. I have the book C++ Primer Plus (5th Edition) by Stephen Prata, which is what I'm probably going to use to learn it from - but I may end up switching to another book.
A bit more about me:
I learned HTML and CSS from w3Schools for fun a while back, and some of the basics of Visual Basic .NET (variables, the different loops, and some arrays) from online tutorials. I want to learn C++ because I believe it will be more helpful in the future.
I joined the CodeCall Programming Forums since I'll probably need more help than the book(s) and Google can provide me.
I'm looking forward to learning C++ and also being a part of this forum!
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Posted 18 January 2011 - 11:20 AM
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Welcome to CodeCall, good luck on your journey. ~ Committed. :)
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Posted 18 January 2011 - 12:20 PM
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Thanks! I'm looking forward to installing the Visual C++ portion of Visual Studio 2010, or something like Qt.
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Posted 18 January 2011 - 01:43 PM
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Welcome aboard!
You may want to think about starting with wxDev-C++: it will help you resist the temptation to do too much work in a GUI. Console apps are boring, but you can still learn a lot.
You may want to think about starting with wxDev-C++: it will help you resist the temptation to do too much work in a GUI. Console apps are boring, but you can still learn a lot.
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Posted 18 January 2011 - 01:58 PM
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Hmm, doesn't Visual C++ come with a console application choice?
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Posted 18 January 2011 - 02:06 PM
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It does. I just prefer a cross-platform environment, and wxDev-C++ uses a port of GCC to windows (MinGW). It reduces the number of compilers I need to try to cope with.
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Posted 18 January 2011 - 02:20 PM
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WingedPanther said:
It does. I just prefer a cross-platform environment, and wxDev-C++ uses a port of GCC to windows (MinGW). It reduces the number of compilers I need to try to cope with.
What exactly does that mean?
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Posted 18 January 2011 - 04:30 PM
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I work on Linux at home, and a mixture of Windows and Mac at work. As a result, I like finding programming tools that work in all three. GCC/MinGW is a single compiler for C and C++ that works the same across all three.
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Posted 18 January 2011 - 08:06 PM
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WingedPanther said:
I work on Linux at home, and a mixture of Windows and Mac at work. As a result, I like finding programming tools that work in all three. GCC/MinGW is a single compiler for C and C++ that works the same across all three.
Ah, ok. That makes sense to me. Thanks for the clarification!
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Posted 18 January 2011 - 09:56 PM
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Welcome aboard RenegadeFalcon!
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Posted 18 January 2011 - 10:08 PM
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It is great you could start learning at such an early age, just take it slow and don't get stressed out like us :)
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