Tkosouljah

hello there

i have decided to do some programming for awhile ago but never got the time.
nows my chance to learn from scratch

i went through alot of forums and read them and decided to go with c++.

Can someone tell me what should i program for a noob like me? i know that i should keep doing the same thing over and over for awhile

please give advice

my compiler is Dev-C++

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Mjordan2nd

How much do you know currently? If you've learned basic I/O and conditionals, maybe something that adds, subtracts, multiplies, or divides things according to the users choice? If that is too basic for you, then perhaps something else. I don't know how much you know, though.

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Tkosouljah

i dontk now anything yet
i mean nothing at all

Jessehk

Well, not knowing what you know (if anything), I would suggest you buy a book. The tutorials found on the internet (in my expirience) are awful. If you really want to learn properly, then I can recommmend C++ Primer Plus by Steven Prata (might be Stephen).

I'm sure others will have their own recommendations.

In terms of what to work towards:

Try making a guessing game where a user guesses a number from 1 to 100.
if the number they guess is lower, or higher then the actual number, then an appropriate message should be displayed.

to complete that, you would have to learn loops, conditional statements, and (hopefully) random numbers. It should get you on the right track to continue learning.

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coldDeath

I think that www.cplusplus.com has a great C++ beginners tutorial, I think you'd benefit from it :-)

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Klipt

Bruce Eckel's Thinking in C++ is also pretty good, especially once you're a bit more advanced. Downloadable for free.

Even Eckel prefers Python though, and it's a good first language - you could consider starting with that and going onto C++ later, if you want to.

UnKnown X

I agree with learning Python. Maybe even alongside with C++. I've been learning C++ on and off for a few months now. Then I tried Python yesterday, and after two hours of learning it, I could make a programme that, with a little improvement, is as advanced as anything I can make in C++.

However, C++ is a good thing to have too, as it gives you much more control and is faster.

metsfan

learning to program is not an easy task but it is good that you have decided to pick it up

the first thing you should do is learn to do a simple "hello world" program. this is the first step to learning how a program is run

next you should learn how to do some functions. write them in your main.c file. a good start would be something like an adding function, or a mapping function. learn about variables, primitive data types, and user-created types. learning about types and typing in general is an esential principle of programming. make sure you fully understand what it means for a program to be "well typed"

next you want to learn how to do some object oriented stuff. learn about header files, structs, and classes. this is the first step to truly understanding programming

learn about some basic data structures such as binary search trees, hash tables, lists, and arrays. these are strong building blocks with many different uses.

after you understand that basic stuff and fundamentals, test your skills by programming an algorithm. a good, basic start is something such as a sorting algorithm. some easy ones are insertion sort, bubble sort, and binary tree sort

Nebula

"C++ for the absolute beginner" Is a fantastic book. I read "C for the absolute beginner" and in all honesty it was the best programming book I had ever read.

C++ for the absolute beginner

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zirener

"Accelerated C++" is highly recommended! It's gotta be one of the best computer-related books that I've ever read.