C++ vs. HTML

Hello all!

I've just started taking an intro to C++ course and I'd like to know if C++ is the same as HTML or not.


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Sorry, but they are not. HTML is used for designing webpages; while, C++ is used for designing programs. They also use different language because of their different purposes.

Thank you!

:rolleyes: Ok, one more question about this..is it easy to learn..and where would I use C++ in Web Development?

Thanks ( I hate to be a bother)

With HTML you can build webpages only.
With C++ you can build whole programs.

You cannot use C++ in web dvelopment. Well, you could, but that would take too much time and work for a small result easier achieved with other languages like PHP or ASP.

It's a very complex language. You can do almost everything with it, but being powerful also means being hard to master. I can't decide if it will be easy for you to learn C/C++. You will have to test that out yourself. But I can tell you that it's very rewarding.

HTML is solely formatting, not programming -- there's a world of difference. HTML is unlike any programming language because all programming languages have similarities, and markup languages are not even close to programming languages.

C++ isn't very useful in web development (although Java, which is 99% the same as C++, is). C++ is reasonably easy to learn.

If I have this right then C programming is useful...will it make it easoer to to learn Java?? I'm taking night classes to eventually led to Web Development and this was an optional course sooo...

I do appreciate you being patient with me and my silly questions. :rolleyes:

Petitmenu

If you know C++, Java is a piece of cake. There are some minor differences, mostly because Java is entirely object-oriented (C++ supports object oriented programming, but does not require that you use it). If you start off knowing C (which has no OOP capabilities) you could pick up Java in two weeks or so. Starting off knowing C++ (and knowing OOP), you could probably learn Java in a few days.

Of course, how long it takes to learn Java depends on how well you know C/C++, so it's hard to say exactly how easy/hard Java would be. If you learn how to do either C or C++ well, you can be sure that Java will be quite easy, however.

Thak you very much..you may see me here over the next couple of weeks asking for assistance :)

C/C++ can be used and is used for web programming with CGI. However, like everyone else said other languages are easier to learn and more custom tailored to the web. If you are interested in engineering or software development c/c++ is one of the best. If your main focus is web, it is probably not worth the considerable investment required to learn C++ (in my opinion). For web programmers new to programming I would reccommend starting with ASP or PHP or JavaScript as it will be the most usefull the soonest to you and if you like coding you can learn more languages later.

WOW- Thanks for the info....AS I'm already in the C programming class ( 4 more classes to go) but this does shed some light on what to take next....I'm doing this one course at a time at night.

Thanks for the input and like I said before - you will see me around with some of the oddest questions!! :p