What can someone accomplish?
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I want to know what can someone accomplish in two months of learning C++? I've started learning C++ on learncpp.com in the tutorial section. I've also look at the tutorial section here but wanted a deeper understanding with more examples. Also what would you prefer, tackling problems that are based on the area you are learning right now. Or just do the entire tutorial first and then start working on random problems. I know you could always go back to refer to something when your stuck. Want hear your view on this!
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> what can someone accomplish in two months of learning C++?
The C Family of Languages: Interview with Dennis Ritchie, Bjarne Stroustrup, and James Gosling
http://www.gotw.ca/publications/c_family_interview.htm
> Also what would you prefer, tackling problems that are based on the area you are learning right now.
> Or just do the entire tutorial first and then start working on random problems.
Andrew Koenig and Barabara Moo in 'Ruminations on C++'.
| Q: In your experience, how long does it take for a novice programmer to become a reasonably proficient [C/C++/Java] developer, capable of writing nontrivial production code? How long for a programmer with experience in one or more other languages? How can this time be shortened? Ritchie: I don't know the answer to this question either - my stock joke on similar ones is, "Well, I never had to learn C...." Stroustrup: That depends critically on the background of the novice, on the complexity of the task first attempted with C++, and on the teaching/learning approach. For a novice programmer, a year and a half seems appropriate; for a programmer who is a novice to C++ and the techniques it supports half a year seems more likely. Clearly, I'm talking of the time needed to really use the facilities of the language in a significant application. Learning to write "Hello world" and its cousins can obviously be done in a few minutes. ... Gosling: I know that for somebody who is a pretty talented C++ programmer, an afternoon pretty much does it for lots of folks. You'll probably spend a lot of time going through the library manual. The language itself tends to be a snap to learn; it's all the library stuff that takes the time, .... For people who have never written a program before, I don't know. ... |
The C Family of Languages: Interview with Dennis Ritchie, Bjarne Stroustrup, and James Gosling
http://www.gotw.ca/publications/c_family_interview.htm
> Also what would you prefer, tackling problems that are based on the area you are learning right now.
> Or just do the entire tutorial first and then start working on random problems.
| The most effective way to increase your knowledge is to try new problems in a controlled way. Pick one aspect of C++ that you haven't understood before and write a program that, aside from using that one aspect, uses only things that you have already mastered. Then do what it takes to understand what your program is doing - and why. |
Andrew Koenig and Barabara Moo in 'Ruminations on C++'.
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