Is this a good website to learn programming?

[SyntheticGod]

Hey guys I've wanted to learn how to program for a while now, and this site seems easy to understand for me. I got it off of google and I want to know if it contains enough resources to get me started on my programming skills.

This is the site:
[url]http://www.intap.net/~drw/cpp/[/url]

I got the site from here:
[url]http://code.google.com/edu/languages/cpp/basics/getting-started.html[/url]

Which I got from here:
[url]http://code.google.com/edu/languages/cpp/basics/index.html[/url]

Which was sent from here:
[url]http://www.stumbleupon.com[/url]

[robmaister12]

I would recommend [url=http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/]cplusplus.com[/url]

[SyntheticGod]

I tried it but after a while I felt like it was trying to fill me in with information way too fast. It didn't really explain things well to me and I felt completely lost.

[AtomiC0l]

cplusplus.com is not a good place to start learning. It's basically wall of complicated text.

I highly suggest downloading the 3dBuzz C++ video tutorials from somewhere, it's much better to get things explained visually.

[i300]

I learned from:
[url]http://www.cppgameprogramming.com/cgi/nav.cgi?page=index[/url]

They have the basics of C++ on the site, and then get into game development. Its a great palce to start!

[robmaister12]

[QUOTE=Xion12;24933782]I tried it but after a while I felt like it was trying to fill me in with information way too fast. It didn't really explain things well to me and I felt completely lost.[/QUOTE]

Just take your time with it. If something doesn't make sense, google it to leran a little more about it. Try writing very basic programs along the way to see if you can apply what you've learned. (calculator etc.)

[SyntheticGod]

Thank you so much guys! Even though there are only a few posts in the thread I already have great advice. I knew FP was a good place to ask! :smile: I'll try some of the stuff tomorrow since it's kind of late today and I have a job interview after school. More advice is always welcome.

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Quick question, how would you describe debugging?

[esalaka]

Debugging is the process of fixing (mostly runtime) problems by the use of debugging commands such as printing intermediate values or by running the program through a debugger.

Or something like that.

[Pepin]

I hardly ever use the debugger. Does anyone find it useful?

[esalaka]

I've found GDB to be rather useful when programs suddenly throw segfaults for no apparent reason.

[ROBO_DONUT]

[QUOTE=Pepin;24934691]I hardly ever use the debugger. Does anyone find it useful?[/QUOTE]
I only ever use it to print stack traces when I get a segfault.
I know it's capable of a lot more, but I've been too lazy to learn to use GDB properly.

I've used Valgrind to find memory leaks before, which I guess classifies as a debugger.
Also, I use gprof to get a breakdown of how time is spent in my code, to aid in optimization.

[Skipcast]

[QUOTE=Pepin;24934691]I hardly ever use the debugger. Does anyone find it useful?[/QUOTE]

I do, when i accidently use uninitialized objects in csharp. :rolleyes:

[eXeC64]

[url]www.learncpp.com[/url] is the best site for learning C++ in my opinion. Explains things well and doesn't teach you stupid ways of thinking that you'll have to forget about later with the more advanced concepts.