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i wanna learn to code in c/c++, i leeched borland c++ v5.0 yesterday evening... no i need a good tutorial or book or something...
a friend of mine told me that: learn c++ in 21 days is a great book for learning c is he right??
any other ideas?? progz, toolz, tutorialz i take everything:)
depends on how you learn,
if you learn by experiance, i suggest going to a site like planetsourcecode.com and looking at the various code and how it works
If you learn visually, by reading through a book and picking up information by what the you read and comparing it to the example code and outcome, Learn C++ in 21 days is one of the best, but still do more research before you buy it
If you learn by hefty explanations and defenitions (ewwww...) get Teach Yourself C++, while not entirely defentions, it still has alot to read and little code, i don't recommend it, it's what i have and i have moved on to looking through source code,
if you can, learn through deciphering source code, you'll learn it by yourself, much better than having someone else tell you what it means, and its free :D
I started with "C++ How to program, Seconde Edition" from Deitel & Deitel... Good book.
Ammo
Yes... This is an Excellent book. The first half of the book covers C and the rest covers the OOP aspects of C++.Quote:
I started with "C++ How to program, Seconde Edition" from Deitel & Deitel... Good book.
Ammo
Good Luck
Happy Hacking
"The C Programming Language" by kernigan and Ritchie is another good one. Very short and to the point.
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Originally posted by harlekin2xs
i wanna learn to code in c/c++, i leeched borland c++ v5.0 yesterday evening... no i need a good tutorial or book or something...
a friend of mine told me that: learn c++ in 21 days is a great book for learning c is he right??
any other ideas?? progz, toolz, tutorialz i take everything:)
the book Complete reference C is a nice book ...
also check out the tutorials for C/C++ here
hope this helps....
intruder.. :borg:
Maybe he should learn how to spell using less Z's at the end of words before he trys to learn a programming language with his cracked and backdoored version of Borland he downloaded from "SuperWarezISOguy357" on Morpheus.
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thx to all of u guys
yes i downloaded a cracked version of borland... should i buy it?? i mean why do people crack those programs and put them on a site to download them?? as long as they do i will download all the stuff that interests me...
harlekin
The correct (ethical) answer to your question Why should you buy it? is that the programmers that wrote it put a lot of time and effort into it, and should deserve some money back in exchange... Particularly those at Borland, who produce the world's best programming tools..... Note, however, that this rule does *not* apply to Microsoft software, as they already have too much money anyway.
The other thing about "Warez" sites is that a lot of the programs on 'em will contain Viruses or Trojans etc. But, sometimes, as long as you make sure you virus check it before installing, downloading off the internet is the only way, mostly due to a distinct lack of money!!!
But just think about it... after you learn C/C++, how would you like people to download your hard work and endless hours of painful debugging and testing without giving you anything in return. [Does not exactly apply if you decide to do the good thing and release everything you write as Open Source!]
Another thing I completely forgot in my last post, Borland C++ Compiler 5.5 (not 5.0, but 5.5) is available for FREE download, direct from borland... No ethical problems there... they're offering it, they wrote it, they can do what they want with it, and you can take advantage of that offer, without being worried about programmers not gettin' paid!
http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/
Borland C++ is not intellectual property, it is commercial software. Those responsible for coding do not get paid royalties. By pirating it, borland is losing the money not its programmers. The decision should be whether or not you care about the economy not the programmers.
the book im using for my current class is called:
Computer Science
A Structured Programing Approach Using C++
its by Behrouz A. Forouzan and Richard F. Gilberg. i like it alot. it has lots of examples of source code(altho i have caught a few bugs in some of the example source such as not including one of the needed library files) and seems to be pretty good. also, they have all the corrections they know need to be made on their website.
that is a gog bok, only if you wana do things in the easy way, and, also if the thing that you want is just to program for DOS... dahhhhh!!!
If you want to learn god programation, the DEITEL, y a really good boo,, and if you want to know WHY you learn it, search for APPLIED CRYPTOGRAPHY (if you live in USA y doubt that the still salling it)
Is this your first programming lang.? C++ if very tough to learn for your first. I recommed perl. The best way to learn C++ is to go to your nearest Community College and take a C++ course.Great way to learn hands on with that lang. :D
C++ is not at all tough...the only thing is that it is a little bit tricky..due to the introduction of oops (object oriented programming) which inturn in easy.
Before directly learning C++ it is necessary to learn C , as C++ is the advanced version of C.
so i recommand u all those who are trying to learn C++ , to learn C first and then only go for C++.
i think that will be better.
intruder... :borg:
harlekin2xs...
I have a fair few ebooks on programming in C...
PM me if you want me to email them to you...
Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days is an ok book.... but just like every other c++ newbie book it only teaches you the basics........ Read the book and then start downloading tons of code to learn from... that's the fun and fast learners way ;) then once u know exactly what u want u can start reading advanced books that explains different techniques more in detail.... that's how i learned....
Harlekin, I just wanted to make one point that I think others just assume ppl know. I read your post and it seemed as though you were using the terms C and C++ as though they were synonymous. I just wanted to point out that these are very different languages. If you have to choose one, however, choose C++. C++ actually pre-compiles into C code, but the characteristic of C++ that appeals to so many is the object oriented programming (OOP). For instance, there is no such thing as a polymorphism C script. There are limitations to C that C++ covers. You may have already known all this, but something about your post led me to believe that you didn't. Now you do!! :o) And knowing is half the battle! haha.
btw, intruder i have to respectfully disagree with you about learning C first. I would recommend learning C++ first. Then you can decide whether you want to learn C or not. But it's the little differences in each of us that make us individuals. :)
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So.. you want to learn to code eh? Well I will first have to say that I personally would recommend C as a first programming language, but that is just my opinion. As for compilers, there is no need for you to use any proprietary carp, legal, illegal or otherwise.
If your a Windows kid, go to http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html
and get Dev C++. It is a full featured IDE much like the Visual Studio C++ IDE, but it is free, you can have the source code, and it won't be backdoor'd like that warez crap is likely to be.
If you are a *nix person you have just about everything you could ever need or want as part of your base system and packages. Once again, free, you can have the source code, not backdoor'd.
Lastly I would say check out http://www.ddj.com, it is a great resource for programmers of any particular type.
No matter what you choose, I would recommend staying away from Cobol, Basic, and maybe even VB. These are dated and not very portable. Oh.. and don't refer to HTML as programming around actuall programmers.
Have Fun.
I bought MSVC back in the day to try and learn. BIG MISTAKE. All I got out of it was learning how to print "Hello World!" in DOS. I learned C when I started programming on a MUD. There was plenty of source code to look at. At first I made some simple changes like changing what the MUD outputs to you, etc. Eventually I learned how certain things work with each other, etc. I must warn you though. MUD programming will corrupt you. I repeat. MUD programming will corrupt you. You will pick up so many bad habits. Pretty soon you'll be asking yourself where const.c and merc.h went in your C projects.