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First of all i hope i am posting this in the right place.
Anyway, i have recently purchased a copy of sam's teach yourself c++ in 21 days (fourth edition.) and have realy gotten stuck into it with the dream of being able to create some cool programs. i want to make actual physical programs with interfaces and stuff, and all i have gotten from the book so far are console applications that are basicly making programs with variables and printing to the screen those variables, and constants.. and incrementing them. I am up to the 6th day of the book and so i took a little glance at whats to come.. what i will actually learn on the 21st day. and all i can see is more working out of math equasion type stuff. lol.
Does this link in with actually making a nice program the has buttons and stuff that you can actually use? Like a windows application?
I dont know weather i gave enough information on what i am looking for but from what ive said, do you think this is the right book for me???
Anyway, i have recently purchased a copy of sam's teach yourself c++ in 21 days (fourth edition.) and have realy gotten stuck into it with the dream of being able to create some cool programs. i want to make actual physical programs with interfaces and stuff, and all i have gotten from the book so far are console applications that are basicly making programs with variables and printing to the screen those variables, and constants.. and incrementing them. I am up to the 6th day of the book and so i took a little glance at whats to come.. what i will actually learn on the 21st day. and all i can see is more working out of math equasion type stuff. lol.
Does this link in with actually making a nice program the has buttons and stuff that you can actually use? Like a windows application?
I dont know weather i gave enough information on what i am looking for but from what ive said, do you think this is the right book for me???
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Originally Posted by brycegordon
Does this link in with actually making a nice program the has buttons and stuff that you can actually use? Like a windows application?
[edit]If you want a WinAPI book, google for Petzold.
"One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary." --Ayn Rand
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Look at this way, it's like learning to read. First you read each character, then each word, then perhaps an entire sentence. If you want to do GUI (the windows and button thingy) programming with C++, you got to be able catch entire paragraphs at a glance, or the amount of code will drown you. Good luck with your programming progress!
There are some tiny C++ GUI code snippets to look at like
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet96.html
There are some tiny C++ GUI code snippets to look at like
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet96.html
May 'the Google' be with you!
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From what I know, if your looking to do full blown windows programs you probably wanna look into the Visual .NET framework. Thats what my C++ book said. Let me quote it:
"Dev-C++ (the particular complier i'm using and one of the more popular ones) does generate Windows-compatiable 32-bit programs, but it does not easily support creating programs that have the classic Windows look. If you want to do taht, you'll have to break open the wallet and go for a commercial package like Visual Studio.NET. Having said taht, I strongly recommend that you work through the examples in this book first and learn C++ before you tackle Windows developement. They are two separate things and (for the sake of sanity) should remain so in your mind"
What I got out of it: C++ is an important stepping stone towards learning how to make "Classic Windows" programs. I think the other more experienced people would tell you the same. But I don't no for sure. I too am just starting to learn.
"Dev-C++ (the particular complier i'm using and one of the more popular ones) does generate Windows-compatiable 32-bit programs, but it does not easily support creating programs that have the classic Windows look. If you want to do taht, you'll have to break open the wallet and go for a commercial package like Visual Studio.NET. Having said taht, I strongly recommend that you work through the examples in this book first and learn C++ before you tackle Windows developement. They are two separate things and (for the sake of sanity) should remain so in your mind"
What I got out of it: C++ is an important stepping stone towards learning how to make "Classic Windows" programs. I think the other more experienced people would tell you the same. But I don't no for sure. I too am just starting to learn.
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Originally Posted by vegaseat
Look at this way, it's like learning to read. First you read each character, then each word, then perhaps an entire sentence. If you want to do GUI (the windows and button thingy) programming with C++, you got to be able catch entire paragraphs at a glance, or the amount of code will drown you. Good luck with your programming progress!
There are some tiny C++ GUI code snippets to look at like
http://www.daniweb.com/code/snippet96.html
and thaknyou also to kob... once i work completely through this book.. i prolly will crack open the wallet (or my mums wallet, because she said she'll buy anything programming related that i need
) and buy visual studio.NETAre there any real big things to learn off that i might be able to use in addition to my book? lol, by things i meen anything i can learn from.
thanks again
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Don't thank me, thank C++ for DUMMIES. I love those books. If you wanna get a book for Visual Studio.NET I'd highly recommend looking to see if they have a "for dummies book" for it. I like their books for a couple of reasons. First of all, they have a really informal approach to the whole learning process. Its like they're right there with you and makeing little side comments and what not. I think it eases the whole learning process. Second of all, they really segment the books well. If you already know how to do something, you can just skip that section or if you don't wanna learn about a particular subject you can just completly skip around the books. If they do use something from a previous chapter they make sure you know it. Example: We're going to take a closer look at pointer variable (which I introduced in chapter 8.) I think the books are great. Thats my two cents.
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Maybe better would be to take a look at the list of books Dave Sinkula has made:
Link towards Dave's thread with direct links to Amazon can be found here: Dave's List (Click Here)
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Originally Posted by Dave Sinkula
With regard to C++ books, I'll just echo the advice here.
The following books are recommended; read them in mostly the order listed.
"Accelerated C++" Andrew Koenig & Barbara Moo
"The C++ Standard Library" Nicolai Josuttis --- a "must have"
"Effective C++", "More Effective C++", "Effective STL" Scott Meyers
"Exceptional C++", "More Exceptional C++" Herb Sutter
"The C++ Programming Language" 3rd edition or later Bjarne Stroustrup
"Modern C++ Design" Andrei Alexandrescu
"C++ Templates" Vandevoorde & Josuttis
"Standard C++ IOStreams and Locales" Langer & Kreft
Hey bryce,
I am also new to programmimng, and have realized that you need to start from the beginning like vegaseat says. I have been reading C++ Demystified by jeff Kent. I aquired it through Amazon.com used and like new section for a fraction of the suggested price.
It is very explanitory like the "For Dummies Books" ( Which I also Have). I also thought I was going to start making Windows Programs, but after I started researching I found that starting out one step at a time would be best. Number one is all the acronyms invovled with programming Like GUI and DLL and such is a systematic learning process. I think after some time of just learning the syntax and the way to manipulate the Functions it will be much easier to intigrate the code into the windows stuff. I also have the Keystone series of Visual C++ CD's. I have set those aside for now until I am more profficient with just coding. Just my 2 cents worth. Any of the veteran programmers here can correct me if I'm wrong
Bandm
I am also new to programmimng, and have realized that you need to start from the beginning like vegaseat says. I have been reading C++ Demystified by jeff Kent. I aquired it through Amazon.com used and like new section for a fraction of the suggested price.
It is very explanitory like the "For Dummies Books" ( Which I also Have). I also thought I was going to start making Windows Programs, but after I started researching I found that starting out one step at a time would be best. Number one is all the acronyms invovled with programming Like GUI and DLL and such is a systematic learning process. I think after some time of just learning the syntax and the way to manipulate the Functions it will be much easier to intigrate the code into the windows stuff. I also have the Keystone series of Visual C++ CD's. I have set those aside for now until I am more profficient with just coding. Just my 2 cents worth. Any of the veteran programmers here can correct me if I'm wrong
Bandm
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