Skip Vb and goto C++

[M_D_K]

Its the same in lua. You have to do

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x = x + 1 --God dammit

[dandymcgee]

also, in the version of VBA that i use at college, there isn't and increment operator, and that just annoys the hell out of me...

Really? Using += works in VB. As far as the line-by-line error checking I can't stand that stupid ass feature. Tell me what I did wrong during compile.. or at least don't tell me in a pop-up message box.

[jtst1]

Well my dad is ordering me a book on c++, here is the link if anyone has read it:
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Through ... pd_sim_b_3
In other new i made my first program in c++ =).
"Hello World!" lol got to love that. but of course thats nothing special, but always fun in a new language.

[deryni21]

yeah i am currently using the newest sam's c++ book which is sam's teach yourself c++ in one hour a day

I really really regret not asking round before buying this book it really is NOT VERY GOOD it does not explain why it tells you to do half the things it says nor does it explain half the code it gives you

[Arce]

I really really regret not asking round before buying this book it really is NOT VERY GOOD it does not explain why it tells you to do half the things it says nor does it explain half the code it gives you

Though you could be completely right (I have not read it) maybe you should give it more of a chance? The first few chapters of a programming book are not supposed to be fully understood--a simple "hello world" application makes use of features that you probably wouldn't understand until later in the book anyway. My advice would be to stick with it some, as it may be better than you originally thought...

[deryni21]

I really really regret not asking round before buying this book it really is NOT VERY GOOD it does not explain why it tells you to do half the things it says nor does it explain half the code it gives you

Though you could be completely right (I have not read it) maybe you should give it more of a chance? The first few chapters of a programming book are not supposed to be fully understood--a simple "hello world" application makes use of features that you probably wouldn't understand until later in the book anyway. My advice would be to stick with it some, as it may be better than you originally thought...

yeah i am going to finish the book it is obviously better then nothing but im actually on section 10 and it still is awful

[jtst1]

I really really regret not asking round before buying this book it really is NOT VERY GOOD it does not explain why it tells you to do half the things it says nor does it explain half the code it gives you

Though you could be completely right (I have not read it) maybe you should give it more of a chance? The first few chapters of a programming book are not supposed to be fully understood--a simple "hello world" application makes use of features that you probably wouldn't understand until later in the book anyway. My advice would be to stick with it some, as it may be better than you originally thought...

yeah i am going to finish the book it is obviously better then nothing but im actually on section 10 and it still is awful

I was actually thinking about buyingthe sams teach your self c++ in 21 days, but I read on the forums it's terrible so i didnt get it.

[ismetteren]

I was actually thinking about buyingthe sams teach your self c++ in 21 days, but I read on the forums it's terrible so i didnt get it.

I havent read it, but peopel on this forum says it is pretty good.

[KuramaYoko10]

yeah i am going to finish the book it is obviously better then nothing but im actually on section 10 and it still is awful

I have the "Sams teach yourself C in 21 days - Sixth Edition" and it is great in my opnion... it explains everything in a very simple way, but still show the stuff in depth. In those 21 chapters it goes through a LOT of stuff about C, and in the end it gives bonus weeks, teaching the basics of C++, C#, and Java!

I recommend this book

[Arce]

I was actually thinking about buyingthe sams teach your self c++ in 21 days, but I read on the forums it's terrible so i didnt get it.

Actually, that's my number one reccomendation for C++. It's a great, somtimes OVERLY thourough book. I learned from it successfully when I was 12.

It's great for an absolute beginner, or even an expiernced programmer wanting a reference book.

[Chaos Clown]

I was actually thinking about buyingthe sams teach your self c++ in 21 days, but I read on the forums it's terrible so i didnt get it.

Actually, that's my number one reccomendation for C++. It's a great, somtimes OVERLY thourough book. I learned from it successfully when I was 12.

It's great for an absolute beginner, or even an expiernced programmer wanting a reference book.

Yeah, it is really thorough book, I've had it months and still haven't finished it (far too lazy).

I hate VB with a passion. My personal peeve is that:

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Dim Objects(9) As New Object

Declares a bunch of null references that you then have to initialise like this:

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For index As Integer = 0 to 9
     Objects(index) = New Object
Next index

Why the hell do you have to do that!? It makes no sense! If I want an array of objects, then you damn well better give me one! Also, the intellisense crap isn't so intelligent. If I have a member of a class, and I want to stick it in a method of another class, and I start typing the function around it, VB magically gets rid of the first object, so I end up with crap like this:

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Object.Function(.member)

Then it has the cheek to complain about the errors that it created itself!
DAMN YOU MICROSOFT!!

In short, abandon VB and avoid it like the plague. C++ is infinitely better.

[jtst1]

O really? Huh I thought everyone hated that book. Well since my dad hasn't ordered the other one, i'll give sams a try. Thank you for all the input it really helps a noob like me