Athmos Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 To make this topic short and sweet, I pose a question to the programmers of BZPower: Where is the best place online to learn C (and/or) C++ in your opinions? Quote WIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosthands Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Funny you should mention this - I just wrote my first program in C today! I'm learning it as part of my university course, though. Don't know where to go online, sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athmos Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 I think I'll have to do it old-school; to B&N I go! Quote WIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scanty Demon Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I think I'll have to do it old-school; to B&N I go!Pretty much this, because teaching yourself to program with C is very hard even though the language itself is pretty easy. In my experience consider buying a textbook for C++ and looking at a few of the chapters then experimenting a bit. However because C had a huge influence on programming many languages today use the same or similar syntax. For example, my computer teacher told me that if I learned Java I would learn C++. That's just me though. If you don't want textbooks, I'm sure youtube has a ton of C++ tutorials. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosthands Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 If you'd like to try an easier language as a step-up, you might want to take a look at Python. Codecademy has an excellent interactive course for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athmos Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 (edited) I think I'll have to do it old-school; to B&N I go!Pretty much this, because teaching yourself to program with C is very hard even though the language itself is pretty easy. In my experience consider buying a textbook for C++ and looking at a few of the chapters then experimenting a bit. However because C had a huge influence on programming many languages today use the same or similar syntax. For example, my computer teacher told me that if I learned Java I would learn C++. That's just me though. If you don't want textbooks, I'm sure youtube has a ton of C++ tutorials. Hope that helps. I'll probably end up using a mixture of Youtube and textbooks. I did the same with HTML/CSS. If you'd like to try an easier language as a step-up, you might want to take a look at Python. Codecademy has an excellent interactive course for it. I've used Codeacademy before, and Python is one of the languages I'm looking to learn in the distant future. Edited June 8, 2014 by Athmos Quote WIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 A few things to consider: what do you want to use C/C++ for? And have you done much desktop programming already? If the answer to the latter is no, I'd recommend starting with something higher-level, like Java, Python, or C# - it'll help you understand the various concepts involved without dropping you right into the mucky stuff (eg. manual memory management) that C and C++ do. If you've already had some experience with higher-level languages, then a good textbook for C is The C Programming Language - it's a bit dense, but it's a fantastic guide, and its authors are legendary in the field. I'm afraid I haven't got as much advice for learning C++, as that's the language I use least; again, if you already know Java or Python (particularly Java), there are resources out there specifically designed for helping people go from one of those languages to C++. Quote Hey: I'm not very active around BZP right now. However, you can always contact me through PM (I have email notifications set up) and I will reply as soon as I can. Useful Topics: The Q&A Compendium | The Official RPG Planning Topic Stories: Fractures | An Aftermath | Three Stories | LSO 2012 Epics: Team Three | The Shadow and the Sea | The Days They Were Needed | Glitches | Transformations | Echoes | The Kaita and the Storyteller | Nui BZPRPG: Komae · Soraya · Bohrei Blog: Defendant Lobby no. 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artezza Magnus Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 https://buckysroom.org/videos.php?cat=16 has some tutorial videos you might find useful, but I wouldn't recommend it as your main source. Quote Even when trapped by Karma's cycle, the dreams we left behind will open the door! Even if the universe stands in our way, our seething blood will determine what will be! We'll break through time and space, and defy all who would stop us to take hold of our path! ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyperAxon Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 cprogramming is a good resource, sorry for bumping an old thread. Quote Computer Science Major and Linux user :(){:|:&};: there are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who do not. The nice thing about UDP jokes is I don't care if you get them or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collector1 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 What helped me out was Buckyroberts' C++ tutorials on youtube. That would be choice for learning C++. But I don't think he does tutorials for C, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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