How hard is Visual C++ to learn? — TWL Forum Archive

TeamWarfare Vet

2003-12-09 10:13

I'm an average coder with web based applications like php, coldfusion, d/html, xml.

Given my limited coding background, how hard would it be to learn Visual C++ ? I understand web base applications are far different than a desktop application is this true?

edit: I guess the word 'learn' is kind of the wrong word to use when talking about coding. What I meant was grasp the concepts enough to write a few basic applications.
Post edited by darkwhyte at 12/9/2003 10:18:54 AM

pheirce

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2003-12-09 10:55

The question is twofold:

a) How difficult is it to learn C++?

b) How difficult is it to learn Microsoft's IDE for writing C++ (Visual C++)?

People can learn how to make a compiled exe using Visual C++, but not really know or understand C++.

The answer is really best answered by yourself. Just get a copy, get a project and try it out. I've known Visual Basic programmers who made the transition with no problems and several other Visual Basic programmers who could never successfullly make the transition. I was never able to figure out why.

-pheirce
Post edited by pheirce at 12/9/2003 10:56:19 AM

the wierdo

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2003-12-09 18:12

i know c++ but not visual, its not too tough. just buy yourself a good guidebook (or if ur adventurous teach yourself)

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2003-12-09 18:23

It really depends how much you want to know. It's very easy to get basic programs running. Of course it gets more and more complicated as you go along..

[11W]Matt[DD]

TWL Member

2003-12-09 19:50

Visual C++ is a great development studio.

Getting Visual Studio.NET would be very good if you have that money.

It is a great IDE.

-Nacht-

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2003-12-09 21:54

not very.

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2003-12-09 21:54

o...i read the book my school district uses for it and made a 3 on the AP test.

Razer_guy

TeamWarfare Vet

2003-12-09 23:27

In my opinion, it's more meticulous than anything else. The concepts are easy to grasp if you've got an abstract mind; from there on it's just a matter of learning the syntax and memorizing functions.

Zigma

TeamWarfare VetTWL Contributor

2003-12-09 23:46

a good way to start

visual basic, get good with it then move to c++

the wierdo

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2003-12-10 00:10

Originally posted by: -Nacht-
o...i read the book my school district uses for it and made a 3 on the AP test.

i took the class for 3/4 of the year and studied on my own for the last quarter on my own and got a 5, but i imagine it would be a lot harder to learn/keep the discipline to do it on your own.

-Nacht-

Banned for Life by TotalCarnage

2003-12-10 16:33

if ur saying dhtml as in java...then they are almost identical, im taking java now...c++ is the same, except faster!