Courses for Programming

[Hugo716]

Hi, i know the basic in C\C++ but im intrested in getting very experianced.

check these following sites out and let me know if they would be worth taking, and which would be better.

http://www.icslearn.co.uk/it-technic...-introduction/


And

http://www.icslearn.co.uk/it-technic...asic-training/


Any ideas?

[Bench82]

The first link seems to be a general introduction to programming, which I guess would be OK, however, the second link is "Mastering Visual Basic 6.0" - hardly at all useful if you want to learn C++.

Have you considered looking at local colleges/learning centres for C++ evening courses? you should be able to check http://www.learndirect.co.uk and do a search for your area - courses run by Learndirect are generally cheaper too, since they're government backed, rather than run by a private company like ICS. You'd probably have easier access to your tutor aswell (I'm personally not a great fan of distance learning courses, for that reason )

Whatever you choose to do, I suggest you also set aside £30 or so, to buy yourself a good quality beginner's C++ programming book, to complement whatever you may learn on a course. (the following come highly regarded) :

• C++ Primer 4th Ed. (Moo, Lippman, Lajoe)
• You Can Do It (Glassborow)
• Accelerated C++ (Koenig, Moo)
• Thinking In C++ Vol. 1 (Eckel)

[Hugo716]

ok thanks. is that website u told me a home course like ics? where u can do it in ure own time as u like?

thanks for the reply

but isnt Visual Basics C++ lol. wont it help at all, and isnt it ne good for making games? like maybe a 2D card game?

[Richie T]

visual basic has nothing to do with C/C++. Wikipedia has this
on the language. Its quite different to C++ which is termed
a multi-paradigm language featuring Object Orientation and
generic programming, whereas VB is event driven (mouse clicks
etc) language.

[Hugo716]

ok never mind lol. good job i asked on here as i was about to take it haha. cheers people.

[Bench82]

ok thanks. is that website u told me a home course like ics? where u can do it in ure own time as u like?

Learndirect is the UK govt. organisation for adult learning, and yes they're involved with distance learning aswell as local colleges (they might be involved with ICS too). i suggest you look around the site anyway.