plz help C\C++:Where to go from here..

Hi all.

I have completed a book on C and did a bit of C++, both books were of the series: C MADE SIMPLE and C++ MADE SIMPLE.

After completing these 200 pg books I made a neat little phone number database for my mother.......

anywayz, i want to be more....say......INTERMEDIATE, if you know what i mean.

I cant decide where to go now, into GRAPHICS , or into TECH programming.

I really want to keep to C and C++ ,as VB is more WINDOWS-SPECIFIC (i personnally believe M$ is going down in a couple of yrs,now that LINUX has gone GUI).

My uncle gave me a really old book on VC++\MFC i started doing it and when i got to p.44 i saw it wasnt all that hard(ONLY LIBRARY FUNCTION!! was used), so i wrote my first prog
when i compiled it.......NO WIN95ax.h file or something.....so muich for that piece of .......

I checked out some of the examples given(I USE DEV C++) and saw that these codes were much more advanced than those in the book i had.

It led me to the simple comclusion : THE BOOK IS OUTDATED.....


I searched the net for INTERMEDIATE C and diddn't find much.

Could anyone plz(PRETTY PLZ) recommend me a website that could learn me more.

Is graphics only windoz-spec??
Should i 1st start GUI or TECH???
I dont know what , but i know i am eager to start....

what did u guy do?????

plz help.

tX for reading;

Good a good grasp of the language and problem solving aspects of C++ before attempting to work with graphics (C++ happens to be the premire language for writing game code)
A good book I used in college was called "Programming and Problem Solving With C++" by Dale, Deems, & Headington.
It was intended as a classroom text, but it is wriiten in a format that allows for self-paced learning without an instructor (as I proved this cause I rarely went to class, haha, ironic, I got a C in C++ ..HA!) anyway, it's a great book for you, if you can find it, check it out. It came with a copy of MS Visual C++, but I mostly used g++ for class.

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i am a beginner and do know other langauges aswell(pascal,pl,and html,javscrpt) and was hoping someone that someone could give me a link(I DONT HAVE MONEY FOR A (more)BOOK
;() or advice...

by TECH i mean : creating programs that interact with the OS/kernel like say.

i'll try and make a plan to get money for a book but then again it would cost 10x more here in South Africa.

alrighty, try the C/C++ links at this site:

http://www.knowprose.com

He regualrly posts good links and tutorials. Look for the link on the right side of the page that says "Programmer Recources"

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sorry didn't read ya post before i posted( i know the post sounds like i am saying: NO THATS NOT WHAT I WANT, but its actually its 3posts i posted one-fater-another, and i only saw your post after my 3rd post)

thanx for the help is what i actaully am trying to say( i am not the type of guy that can put expressions into wordz).

err, your welcome? I think .... :D

Good link, good link INDEED,actually thats a damn superB site..

thanx its already a fav
thanx again

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on 2nd thought after going through some links in the site i must say:

****EN GREAT SITE WITH AWESOME LINX....