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Hello all. Well, I spend most of my day sitting around answering questions in the VB forum... but now I want something new so I came here. Can someone please tell me the best place to go for a newbie (C++ newbie... not all around newbie :D) to learn C++. If it matters any to the learning process I'm advanced in Visual Basic and know a good bit of Perl. Thanks for your help. Later,
-zer0 flaw
First of all read the FAQ
http://161.58.186.97/announcement.php?s=&forumid=9
Second, stop right now thinking in VB. Believe me I was damn good in VB but C++ is a lot different. If you keep your mind set in VB while trying to learn C++ your going to run into a lot of walls.
Third, learn the basics first. Start by making console apps, then move up to windows apps using API, then learn windows app with MFC, STL, etc. Dont start by making windows apps right away, because you need to know and understand pointers, classess, arrays, math functions, etc before you start Windows apps.
I would put the STL before Windows stuff with the API. But, yes, learn the basics first. Pointers are a MUST for later stuff, but leave that until you have gotten classes down pretty well. Make sure that you can remember all the funny little symbols (&&, ||, !=, % =).
Z.
When you go into C++ windows programming you will find out that it can be a real pain in the a*s sometimes. The important thing is not to give up and ofcourse to read the MSDN. The MSDN is a must have for a C++ windows programmer.