FOCUSING TIPS

[stooper1002]

Ok, so i want to learn c++ and im trying (with almost everything i have) but i just cant seem to focus when studying c++. I tried googling tips (on focusing) and such on the internet but all i found were people talking about how you should listen to some kind of focusing music or just rid of distractions from the room such as Tv's, phones, etc. But none of them helped me and i really am struggling learning c++. So for those of you that learned the language how did you focus when studying and such and were you having the same trouble as me?

[jlb]

When I learned to program it was because I had an interesting (to me anyway) project that I wanted to accomplish. Because the project was so interesting I didn't have much problems focusing, if anything I had the opposite problem. I tended to loose track of time and spent many sleepless nights designing and writing the program.

I tried googling tips (on focusing) and such on the internet but all i found were people talking about how you should listen to some kind of focusing music or just rid of distractions from the room such as Tv's, phones, etc. But none of them helped me and i really am struggling learning c++.

So maybe you should be Googling tips on C++ instead? IMO because of the "endless" distractions of the internet sometimes it is better to disconnect oneself and work on the actual problem at hand.

[stooper1002]

Do you have any ideas for projects? (That would be interesting)

[ShiftLeft]

Have a look at http://www.cppforschool.com/. Having a specified goal and then with a solution might be something to help you keep centered.

[jlb]

Be careful about those projects. Many of them appear to be full (or almost) solutions that are quite outdated (using pre-standard headers for example).

You may want to look through this small list of projects and see if anything seems interesting:

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/78802-martyr2s-mega-project-ideas-list/