c++

hey just looking for some feedback

i'm taking this course in my school that teaches c++
we haven't done anything yet so i'm wondering
what is c++ good for? i defintely don't see any controls in the environment like vb ... can u program anything with it?

If you really want to get into the programming field, I believe that C++ is an essential language because you can, as Mag-Net said, program almost anything in it. Most Non-Database jobs require that you know C++.

thanks for the feedback

You don't see any controls because you need to specifically create an instance in most cases. C++ is a very non-automatic language - you have to do everything yourself. Which in a lot of cases is good.

Megatron, I've done plenty of database oriented work in C++, I'll admit that many company's main choice of development language when it comes to databases is usally Visual Basic, with the aid of ADO , but C++ is capable of anything that a programming language is meant for , just that some of the other languages, get specific tasks done quicker, in my opinion C++ is a very essential language, if yer looking to be a "Jack of All Trades" type of programmer, it helps to be a very nice part of your knowledge, at the moment I dont do much C++ in my line of work (Web Programming, VB, ActiveX, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, ASP, SQL, etc), I Was doing plenty of C++ few months back when writing a VPN ActiveX control that also accessed a Database on the Server componet.

i just did a very simple program that prints out "hello world" ... how come it's in a dos window?

That depends, what kind of project or compiler did you compile it in, if its a Win32 Console app, thats not a DOS window, it's just a console window (which looks like dos) but still runs 32bit and everything.

i'm guessing it was a console app

i'm using visual c++ 6.0 (it has its own compiler)???

Um... yea, VC++ has it's own compiler, it's a Compiler+IDE in one. and Console appz do look like they are from the DOS Console.

Actually, VC++ has a separate compiler. It's cl.exe - the linker is link.exe

The IDE is under VStudio\SharedIDE\msdev.exe (I think).

You know what I mean, the Software "Visual C++ " comes with a compiler, linker, IDE, I Didnt nessarily meant it was all into one exe.

Whoops...me getting confused :(