Andrew J. Kopciuch wrote: > I seriously doubt an introduction to C++ programming is going to get into > classes, objects or other such topics (inheritance, polymorphism, STL). > > The first while will be basic syntax, then data types, streams, control > structures (conditionals, loops etc), functions, maybe some simple programs. > > I'll bet a big chunk of time will be spent on learning about pointers. > > I would bet it's more like an introduction to C using a C++ compiler. > > http://www.free2code.net/plugins/articles/read.php?id=335 > http://www.roadmap.ubc.ca/cpp/html/intro_to_c__.html > http://www.gauravcreations.com/tutorials/intro1.html > > Some introductory information for you.
I agree with Andy. The JavaScript course I teach has to do the same thing as the incoming students may or may not have coding experience. So we end up having to cover coding fundamentals (and happen to use Javascript for it). In your case, if you do not know what an IF statement is, or how to use it, or the difference between a FOR and WHILE loop, then the fundamentals are where you should start. When I went back to school to learn coding (many moons ago now), I dove in and taught myself some basic C with one of those "Learn C in 24 hours" type books. (btw, that one is available online for free at http://www.techbooksforfree.com/ccpp.shtml). While I barely scratched the surface of what we covered in class, I had a better understanding of the concepts involved. You might want to do something similar. Learning a low(er) level language like C/C++ goes a long long way into understanding why/how the higher level languages work. Good Luck on the course. Shawn _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
