Mentor exchange - Autohotkey <-> C++
Greetings everyone!
I have for quite some time meant to get into more serious programming, and upon realising that the basic programming course on my university is not available til in 6 months, I simply "must" teach myself. I know I could do this rather well, since I already have programming experience from Autohotkey (an opensource scripting & automation language) and self-learned basic PHP etc, but only following instructions from a documentation is not always inspiring.
Therefore, I would like to request/propose a mentorship/tutorship exchange - If someone can teach me the basics of C++ (say a total of 5 hours of knowledge, split up over some week or two) I will gladly lead you step by step in learning Autohotkey. I already know "kinda" most stuff (you know, variables, strings/integers, functions), so you don't have to be an excellent teacher but learning how to "think C++" would be my goal.
Briefly about why you would be interested in learning Autohotkey:
1) Autohotkey is top-of-the-line when it comes to automation tasks, QA testing (GUI etc.) and deploying changes over many computers.
2) It also has a very easy syntax, and runs/compiles directly (you just need a text editor and AHK installed to run it), meaning it's good to test concepts or make quick programs for specific tasks.
3) It is very good at making simple scripts that can either be used to remedy computer problems (such as me having a "Right button+Leftbutton=Middle button" on my laptop), aswell as performing simple tasks. I personally make a lot of little apps using Autohotkey, you can see some at my twitter (http://www.twitter.com/sumon_ahk).
I would however be really interested in getting into C++ for being able to make more advanced programs, use good libraries and also have something meriting for applying to jobs at some point.
Reply to me at twitter, send me an email (via the forum, right?) or just reply to this post if you have any questions or inquiries. (By the way, this "should" be in the beginners subforum, right? Or "Jobs" maybe? Sorry if I posted it wrong).
PS. I am a good teacher, if I may say so myself.
I have for quite some time meant to get into more serious programming, and upon realising that the basic programming course on my university is not available til in 6 months, I simply "must" teach myself. I know I could do this rather well, since I already have programming experience from Autohotkey (an opensource scripting & automation language) and self-learned basic PHP etc, but only following instructions from a documentation is not always inspiring.
Therefore, I would like to request/propose a mentorship/tutorship exchange - If someone can teach me the basics of C++ (say a total of 5 hours of knowledge, split up over some week or two) I will gladly lead you step by step in learning Autohotkey. I already know "kinda" most stuff (you know, variables, strings/integers, functions), so you don't have to be an excellent teacher but learning how to "think C++" would be my goal.
Briefly about why you would be interested in learning Autohotkey:
1) Autohotkey is top-of-the-line when it comes to automation tasks, QA testing (GUI etc.) and deploying changes over many computers.
2) It also has a very easy syntax, and runs/compiles directly (you just need a text editor and AHK installed to run it), meaning it's good to test concepts or make quick programs for specific tasks.
3) It is very good at making simple scripts that can either be used to remedy computer problems (such as me having a "Right button+Leftbutton=Middle button" on my laptop), aswell as performing simple tasks. I personally make a lot of little apps using Autohotkey, you can see some at my twitter (http://www.twitter.com/sumon_ahk).
I would however be really interested in getting into C++ for being able to make more advanced programs, use good libraries and also have something meriting for applying to jobs at some point.
Reply to me at twitter, send me an email (via the forum, right?) or just reply to this post if you have any questions or inquiries. (By the way, this "should" be in the beginners subforum, right? Or "Jobs" maybe? Sorry if I posted it wrong).
PS. I am a good teacher, if I may say so myself.
But if one is not using Autohotkey then this exchange is pretty useless isn't it :)
Or you are using this opportunity to "promote" Autohotkey this product?
Ok back to the topic, such exchange is unique! Hope someone can do the exchange with you.
Or you are using this opportunity to "promote" Autohotkey this product?
Ok back to the topic, such exchange is unique! Hope someone can do the exchange with you.
Well it is not useless if you consider it useful to have an additional language in the baggage - one that has its' clear advantages over other languages in some areas. To clarify - I could teach from 0 knowledge to some decent knowledge.
And yes, I'm always an ambassador for AHK, since that language got me into programming and the community is great. That is not the main point however, but since people don't know the language it might be good to tell what I "offer" in exchange.
Oh, and I am also interested if someone just wants to straightout teach me, and I also have some basic knowledge in web design (html, css, php, mysql) if someone is interested in that. I'm more cunning in Autohotkey though. And thanks for the luckwishes :)
Edit: I also play SC2 as a mid/high level Master player (zerg), so I bet if someone wants to learn being better at SC2 that's also an offer.
And yes, I'm always an ambassador for AHK, since that language got me into programming and the community is great. That is not the main point however, but since people don't know the language it might be good to tell what I "offer" in exchange.
Oh, and I am also interested if someone just wants to straightout teach me, and I also have some basic knowledge in web design (html, css, php, mysql) if someone is interested in that. I'm more cunning in Autohotkey though. And thanks for the luckwishes :)
Edit: I also play SC2 as a mid/high level Master player (zerg), so I bet if someone wants to learn being better at SC2 that's also an offer.
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