Uses of C++
First of all, hello, this is my first post at these forums.
I am learning the C++ syntax and its OOP at the moment. It is my first non-game specific programming language. What I want to know is if my time has been invested properly into learning a substantial computing language. What can C++ do for me, exactly? The reason I started learning C++ was so that I could manipulate information stored in text files, and send information to running processes. How many uses are there for C++?
Is an API a library that offers new functions, written by the creator of that application for user modification - in that case a kind of SDK?
How would one use C++ to interact with windows - create files, folders, open files and text files, manipulate their string data, delete files, write installers and uninstallers etc. Is there an API or windows interface?
Can you use C++ to send commands through networking to a server? Or is that the functionality of another, specialized language?
How versatile is the language? Can you use it for networking, OS manipulation, game development, installers, 3D software, websites, viruses, security software etc?
I am learning the C++ syntax and its OOP at the moment. It is my first non-game specific programming language. What I want to know is if my time has been invested properly into learning a substantial computing language. What can C++ do for me, exactly? The reason I started learning C++ was so that I could manipulate information stored in text files, and send information to running processes. How many uses are there for C++?
Is an API a library that offers new functions, written by the creator of that application for user modification - in that case a kind of SDK?
How would one use C++ to interact with windows - create files, folders, open files and text files, manipulate their string data, delete files, write installers and uninstallers etc. Is there an API or windows interface?
Can you use C++ to send commands through networking to a server? Or is that the functionality of another, specialized language?
How versatile is the language? Can you use it for networking, OS manipulation, game development, installers, 3D software, websites, viruses, security software etc?
C++ can give you direct control of the processor. As such, it can be used for everything.
| How many uses are there for C++? |
Limited only by your skill and imagination.
| Is an API a library that offers new functions, written by the creator of that application for user modification - in that case a kind of SDK? |
Yes.
| How would one use C++ to interact with windows |
Microsoft offers a C++ class library called MFC which simplifies interfacing with Windows. A number of other libraries are also available.
| Can you use C++ to send commands through networking to a server? |
Libraries are readily available to do this.
| Can you use it for networking, OS manipulation, game development, installers, 3D software, websites, viruses, security software etc? |
All of the above.
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