C++ and programming

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I agree with earlier statements - the very best thing way to learn to code
is by coding.  Pick a project for yourself that you are interested and
motivated in working on.  Either a new project or an existing one.  The
most important thing is that you have something that YOU want to accomplish
and are interested in seeing done.  Write a game, build a web site, create
a cd catalog, work on a sourceforge project....anything as long as it
interests you.  The more you code, the more skilled you get, the more
interesting it becomes.

Any language and project will do.

Good luck and Happy Coding

If you are interested in graphics and c/c++ try going to
http://nehe.gamedev.net, they have great tutorials on OpenGL to get you
started.



On Friday 03 January 2003 06:17, you wrote:
> I switched from M$ Windows to linux thinking I would sorta be forced to
> learn more programming. I have had two college classed in C++ but I have
> yet to learn how to really "Code" not once in either classes was any
> serious application programming taught. I need to learn to program
> desperately. But trying to sit down and page through code is very very
> boring. When I'm debugging I can spend hours in front of the terminal,
same
> with trying to hack one of my friends programs. But whenever I try to
> hack/figure out, a complex app I get frustrated because right off the bat
> the code gets very advanced or is commented in a way only a guru would
> understand.
> I have read a few c++ books but they are almost all the same, covering
the
> same thing over and over. Can someone recomend a book or a method to help
> me to break out of newbie code? I would greatly appreciate it.