Thread: noob with basic q's

So, I was reading the thread by kevinawad and while I got a good laugh, I got to see a little of ya'lls advice... But I have a question or two for you. I thought I might try to learn c++ since I needed something new to learn, and I loved the ideal that your not held to the internet to run it. I use html and css all the time, but sometimes you want to do things without the net. It looks a lot like PHP (my dad uses it so I know some about it) and seems pretty easy in the beginning (a lot of memorizing and making your brain work in the c++ style lol) But I'm wondering, can you do just about anything with c++ or is it mostly used for certain things? I thought you could make the program run in a window instead of just as a dos program, but I couldn't find a tutorial or anything talking about that? Could someone point me in the way of something? Or can you not do that untill your more advanced? The way I've always learned things is to skim through the learning, then come up with something to do or build and learn all the details as I need them instead of learning a bunch of things I might not need for months and then forgeting them. Is there anything I should know before I get too deep? I read the Intro to C++, If statements, Loops in C++, and Functions tutorials on this site so far... I think thats all the questions I have for now... Thanks for any help!

>> can you do just about anything with c++ or is it mostly used for certain things?

Just about anything. Check up on win32 (the windows board would be a good place to look), for those pretty windows. But be warned, it would be recommended to learn some basic C/C++ beforehand. I personally don't know any GUI stuff really and am contented with that.

You can do just about anything, but there are other languages that are more specialized for certain tasks. If you want to make a windows application rather than a console application, and you want to do it quickly, then C++ might not be best for you because the code for doing windows in C++ is more complicated than in other languages.

If you want to be a programmer, then learning C++ well and all of its different abilities is probably a good idea.

Check up on win32 (the windows board would be a good place to look), for those pretty windows.

I'll look into it, to see how it looks....

Originally Posted by Daved

If you want to make a windows application rather than a console application, and you want to do it quickly, then C++ might not be best for you because the code for doing windows in C++ is more complicated than in other languages.

What would you reccommend then for making windows applications? do you know of better programs for that?

I don't do it personally, but the Microsoft .NET languages like VB.NET or C# would probably get you there faster and more easily. C++ is probably still more powerful, but for a specific need you don't always need the extra power.