new to the C++ community
Hi all,
My (real) name is Mario aka sloebereu.
I am a 35 year young support guy is an absolute noob when it comes to programming or scripting so i tought i would try to learn programming....after looking trough about a billion different types of programming i think C++ is prolly one of the most usefull languages on the block. (then again, what do i know huh....hehe)
.NET seems more easy to learn but i never choose the easy path.
C++ looked (looks) very confusing to me but it seems pretty readable after trying the tutorials here....thnx for writing those (someone named juan i think it was).
After reading just a part of this tutorial i just couldnt hold it anymore.....i had to write my own little program......i took something that was prolly written already by many others but i wanted to do it on my own (would be silly to just steal code without understanding it).
So i started with a program to calculate the BMR following the Harry Benidict method.
The program itself didnt take too long to write but it never seemed to run the if/else statement.....it always ran the else statement.
It took this noob another day to find out i needed to add a 'x' instead of just x in my code to fix it. (wrong declaration if i am correct)
But the reward was a fully working program altough the code is only about 50 lines i feel good and motivated now to carry on.
I understand the frustration that comes with it too but the will to fix it was bigger then myself and in the end when it all worked i knew i wanted to learn more about C++
No doubt i will gather loads of knowledge here on these forums for many years to come.
So i guess a new programmer is born :)
cyou guys (and girls) around :)
My (real) name is Mario aka sloebereu.
I am a 35 year young support guy is an absolute noob when it comes to programming or scripting so i tought i would try to learn programming....after looking trough about a billion different types of programming i think C++ is prolly one of the most usefull languages on the block. (then again, what do i know huh....hehe)
.NET seems more easy to learn but i never choose the easy path.
C++ looked (looks) very confusing to me but it seems pretty readable after trying the tutorials here....thnx for writing those (someone named juan i think it was).
After reading just a part of this tutorial i just couldnt hold it anymore.....i had to write my own little program......i took something that was prolly written already by many others but i wanted to do it on my own (would be silly to just steal code without understanding it).
So i started with a program to calculate the BMR following the Harry Benidict method.
The program itself didnt take too long to write but it never seemed to run the if/else statement.....it always ran the else statement.
It took this noob another day to find out i needed to add a 'x' instead of just x in my code to fix it. (wrong declaration if i am correct)
But the reward was a fully working program altough the code is only about 50 lines i feel good and motivated now to carry on.
I understand the frustration that comes with it too but the will to fix it was bigger then myself and in the end when it all worked i knew i wanted to learn more about C++
No doubt i will gather loads of knowledge here on these forums for many years to come.
So i guess a new programmer is born :)
cyou guys (and girls) around :)
welcome. it is never too late to learn how to program.
I recommend that you learn to use the debugger that comes with your compiler. More often than not, the debugger will tell you what's wrong, much more quickly than a forum or a live human being could.
I recommend that you learn to use the debugger that comes with your compiler. More often than not, the debugger will tell you what's wrong, much more quickly than a forum or a live human being could.
Welcome to the cplusplus community :)
Whenever programming, either when debugging, or trying to do something you've never done before, you have to break things down to a nice simmer of logic. What I mean by this:
Let's say you wanted to make a program that creates an introductory balance sheet, you don't really ever know how many assets, ect, will be inserted by the user, so you can't simply use variables, and you can't use an array...So if you ask I need to have a container that can change size, or at least hold any amount of size, a vector will most likely be the #1 suggested container to use.
So you must be wondering why I said all that? Well, I know when I started programming, I never knew how to ask questions, how to research, or really how to approach new programs. Simply using logic is really how it's done, and often people ask questions that some thinking would've saved them time.
That may have sound pointless but I know I would've found that useful when I started. Anyway, hope to see you around :)
Whenever programming, either when debugging, or trying to do something you've never done before, you have to break things down to a nice simmer of logic. What I mean by this:
Let's say you wanted to make a program that creates an introductory balance sheet, you don't really ever know how many assets, ect, will be inserted by the user, so you can't simply use variables, and you can't use an array...So if you ask I need to have a container that can change size, or at least hold any amount of size, a vector will most likely be the #1 suggested container to use.
So you must be wondering why I said all that? Well, I know when I started programming, I never knew how to ask questions, how to research, or really how to approach new programs. Simply using logic is really how it's done, and often people ask questions that some thinking would've saved them time.
That may have sound pointless but I know I would've found that useful when I started. Anyway, hope to see you around :)
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yeah the debugger and google are my friends right now :)
i'll do my best not to ask too many dumb questions tough :)
cyou guys around.
i'll do my best not to ask too many dumb questions tough :)
cyou guys around.
Welcome to the community. I guess its the joy that you get when you write valuable piece of code that makes you want to continue to program. Anyways happy coding. :)
| i'll do my best not to ask too many dumb questions tough :) |
There's no dumb questions, but there are easy ones :D
Good morning, sloebereu. Welcome to the cirque diabolique. Here you will witness terrifying sights and commit inhuman acts that will haunt you to past your death. We hope you enjoy your stay at the world's most terrifying location on the interne-
...eh? What? This forum is not a diabolic circus of geeky sadism and masochism? Oh geez... my world's falling apart... *dizzy*
-Vampire_Bat
...eh? What? This forum is not a diabolic circus of geeky sadism and masochism? Oh geez... my world's falling apart... *dizzy*
-Vampire_Bat
@Albatross,
Irrelevant to the discussion, but I just read your profile. You brought a smile to my face.
Irrelevant to the discussion, but I just read your profile. You brought a smile to my face.
LoL, Albatross, you are playing with fire - you may conjure up a "C++ troll" with that little incantation!
Welcome friend, learning C++ is very exciting. I spent years learning ActionScript, and I never got any where because it doesn't offer the programming abilities and the power that C++ has. So you took a step in the right direaction. Good luck my friend.
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