Creating a Simple Programme
Hello guys and girls, a few months back i started reading about C++ and eventually started practicing it a little by little, i am still in Highschool so i really didnt have much time to dedicate to it , but i have managed to get a good understanding about some really basic stuff such as Loops and Functions ect. I dont have anyone to ask this, so i have to ask it here, hopefully you can enlighten my problem.
My father owns a company,we produce parquet, and i want to make use of the computer and show my father that i actually learned something, so i want to make him a small program which will Store his current quantity of parquet (for example 100 square metres of First Class, 300 square metres of Second class and so on), but to be also changeable , so that he can adjust the numbers whenever he sells something himself. Maybe im not clear enough but please do ask for more info if you need to, now what i need from you, is to tell me Is that program creatable with my current level of C++ , and what exatly do i need to learn to be able to create such a small program with just a small Interface ?
My father owns a company,we produce parquet, and i want to make use of the computer and show my father that i actually learned something, so i want to make him a small program which will Store his current quantity of parquet (for example 100 square metres of First Class, 300 square metres of Second class and so on), but to be also changeable , so that he can adjust the numbers whenever he sells something himself. Maybe im not clear enough but please do ask for more info if you need to, now what i need from you, is to tell me Is that program creatable with my current level of C++ , and what exatly do i need to learn to be able to create such a small program with just a small Interface ?
You've been a bit vague on your "current level of C++" so it's hard to give a good answer.
The back-end of such a system would be pretty simple to write, providing you're comfortable with reading from and writing to files. It shouldn't take too long to knock up a command line version without much hassle (depending on your skill level, of course).
If you wanted to create something with an interface and you don't have any experience then it'll bump the time overhead up a bit. You'd need to create something like a Windows Form application or make use of the Qt Framework. Either way, if you've had experience on neither then you'll have a little work to do.
My advice, if you're still learning, will be to get a command line version of the system working first. It would be good experience and it wouldn't be too difficult to create a version with a GUI later.
The back-end of such a system would be pretty simple to write, providing you're comfortable with reading from and writing to files. It shouldn't take too long to knock up a command line version without much hassle (depending on your skill level, of course).
If you wanted to create something with an interface and you don't have any experience then it'll bump the time overhead up a bit. You'd need to create something like a Windows Form application or make use of the Qt Framework. Either way, if you've had experience on neither then you'll have a little work to do.
My advice, if you're still learning, will be to get a command line version of the system working first. It would be good experience and it wouldn't be too difficult to create a version with a GUI later.
You can do this in a simple way by having the data stored in a file, which you will then read upon startup.
A simple menu offering options to add/remove amounts of parquet.
Save to file as required.
You need to know this: http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/
and this: http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/basic_io/
A simple menu offering options to add/remove amounts of parquet.
Save to file as required.
You need to know this: http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/
and this: http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/basic_io/
Thanks iHutch105, i really do agree with your advice, maybe its just better to go with the flow and learn more first .
Moschops,thanks for those specific links, you've given me something to study in depth for the time being. Much appreciated :)
Moschops,thanks for those specific links, you've given me something to study in depth for the time being. Much appreciated :)
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