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Best c++ tutorials?

TechWiz777TechWiz777
edited October 2014 in General Discussion

Hi, does anyone know where the best c++ tutorials are? Links would be preferable, thanks.

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  • asimesasimes
    edited October 2014 Answer ✓

    http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/program_structure/

    This is a Processing forum by the way, Stack Overflow will probably be the place to look up or ask for information

  • GoToLoopGoToLoop
    edited October 2014 Answer ✓

    Found out 2 more tutorial sites. But C++'s gonna hurt either way: b-(

    1. http://cplus.about.com/od/learning1/ss/Cpp-Game-Programming-Tutorial-One.htm
    2. http://www.cppgameprogramming.com/cgi/nav.cgi?page=index
  • TechWiz777TechWiz777

    @GoToLoop

    I know, but I'm ready for the pain. Do you have a personal email I contact if I'm totally jammed?

    @asimes Yes, thank you, I will. Btw, I didn't know you were that young. The other day I opened your picture and was surprised.

  • asimesasimes

    Ha ha, I'm 25. A lot of C / C++ is similar to Java but you have to be a lot more careful with memory (pointers) or indexing. Often no error will be thrown if you do something crazy, it will assume you actually intended to do something crazy

  • GoToLoopGoToLoop
    edited October 2014

    I only look at my email about once a month. It's useless for personal contact! (~~)
    Moreover, I dunno C++. Only a little of C. Actually, I personally think C/C++ isn't worth learning anymore! 8-X

    If you really want some fast system language which compiles to machine code, there are better & easier options:

    However, web programing is much more ubiquitous, since every1 got a browser after all:

  • TechWiz777TechWiz777

    I thought c++ was used for games? Like the good ones? Or is it not.

  • TechWiz777TechWiz777

    @asimes

    I like learning with videos but I can't seem to find any good ones.

  • GoToLoopGoToLoop
    edited October 2014

    Neither Processing nor OpenFrameworks are meant for games! And even though C++ is the most powerful for them, every other important languages got wrappers to use C/C++ libraries anyways!

    If you prefer other languages for games, but easier than C++, there are these 2 framework examples below:

    1. Python + PyGame: http://www.pygame.org/news.html
    2. Lua + Löve: https://love2d.org/
  • asimesasimes

    I really doubt you'll find much as far as videos go with C or C++. It is far lower level than Processing and its design assumes that a programmer has a good understanding of how a computer works. In other words, things are not simplified because the assumption is made that the programmer wants low level control. Many other languages (including Java) are made from C to give a programmers a higher level of abstraction and the low level control tends to go away as a result

    I would suggest learning C rather than C++ as well, C++ is a superset of C (it does everything C does and more). Really the only benefit of C++ in my opinion is that there are classes but similar things can be done in C with structs and functions

  • GoToLoopGoToLoop
    edited October 2014

    Since I dunno C++, but some C, I agree that C + structs are much easier & faster than C++ + classes! O:-)

  • quarkquark

    Yes C is easier than C++ just as Processing is easier than Java, generally it is easier to learn a procedural language compared to its object orientated counterpart.

    Unfortunately if you stick with C you will loose the benefits of object orientation which is much more than just replacing structs with classes.

    I thought c++ was used for games?

    In the UK, if you go to university to study computer games software development then you would learn C++ :)

  • TechWiz777TechWiz777

    Okay I get it now.thanks guys

  • GoToLoopGoToLoop
    edited October 2014

    Generally it is easier to learn a procedural language compared to its object orientated counterpart.

    BtW, all OOP languages are procedural as well. Most folks learn "Processing"'s OOP very easily! <:-P
    My complaint isn't about OOP, but how classes are implemented in C++!
    Although more detailed, it's more arduous. Gonna need more effort to learn!

    Another 1 is that classes can be instantiated either w/ & w/o new keyword.
    However, we gotta use pointer/reference variables for the latter! >:P
    And I believe instantiating w/o new would allocate the object within the stack instead! Not sure though. :-S

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