C++ Course

deceit · 21-03-2014 04:49PM #1

Hi, I'm looking to do a C++ course to improve my knowledge of the language and programming in general.
I was hoping to complete the two courses below (alot of the beginner section might be a waste though as I would be able to do most of it pretty easily but will do the course in case I miss something I need)
Before I book the first course I was just wondering would their be any similar courses in Dublin that others have done that might be better than the two of these?
http://www.sct-ireland.com/cPlusBegin.php
http://www.sct-ireland.com/cPlusAdvanced.php

SionnachRoe · 24-03-2014 01:56PM

1) Do you want/need a paper qualification at the end of this?
2) Do you need a classroom environment or would online suffice?

There are a lot of free online programming courses which may or may not suit

http://vitalflux.com/7-online-developer-academies-regular-consistent-learning/

the Microsoft intro to C++ may be useful to you

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/c-a-general-purpose-language-and-library-jump-start#?fbid=Cn2BroyPBGJ

Off topic but, although it has been a while (10 years +- ) since I last worked in C++, I remember the Scott Meyer books as being very useful and the essentials probably haven't changed that much.

http://www.amazon.com/Scott-Meyers/e/B004BBEYYW/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

(I have included the Amazon link for ease of listing but I think some might be available in PDF floating around the web)

deceit · 29-03-2014 05:31PM

Thanks for the reply.
I'm not worried about a qualification at the end of it as i'm working in IT security and i'm only learning the language as I want to learn/enjoy it.

I've been reading/learning from a book called C++ how to program by deitel. I've got a full understanding of half the book (about 500 odd pages - not counting boost libraries it teaches at the end).

I was more interested in learning in a lab situation as it would be quick to get answers to questions I have and wouldnt be slowed down in learning and I could improve my knowledge in it very quickly.

I'm hoping by the end of it, I get to the stage where it gives me the transition from console apps to full applications. If after I finish this course next week I will see if I can pay someone to help me fill in the gaps to say do windows programming.

deceit · 10-04-2014 11:33AM

I have finished the course above and enjoyed it but am now looking to learn GUI development.
Would anyone on here know someone or offer themselves GUI development lessons for C++?

srsly78 · 10-04-2014 12:42PM

All you need to know on that topic = don't use c++ to make guis. C++ has no built-in functionality for stuff like guis, you need to either write your own completely from scratch - or use a framework. Some frameworks for this are things like Qt or MFC. Look for a course in Qt. It's much easier to build GUIs in a high level language like Java or C#. These days most serious projects will use multiple languages, leveraging their strengths. You might write some low-level high performance component in C++, but have a Java Gui sitting on top of it.

Finally, books and courses are pretty much useless for learning c++. Even more so than other languages, the only way to learn is to do.

Also, if you were to "roll your own" gui - you would be dependent on your operating system. A native gui on windows would be completely different from one on linux - this is why it helps to use a cross-platform framework like Qt. So, it's not a c++ problem at all, but a matter of learning the windows or linux api.

deceit · 10-04-2014 01:40PM

I worded my question really badly, what I was supposed to say was for someone to teach me how to use something like qt or mfc.
Qt was the one I had been looking into previously as its supposedly the most popular framework.
I am just looking to get the basics quickly which I would get from a course/training to start me off then I can learn the rest by doing.
I've been learning java and c# in college and would maybe look into using them for gui development at a later stage when I have more experience in programming (I didn't even know this was done

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srsly78 wrote: »

All you need to know on that topic = don't use c++ to make guis. C++ has no built-in functionality for stuff like guis, you need to either write your own completely from scratch - or use a framework. Some frameworks for this are things like Qt or MFC. Look for a course in Qt. It's much easier to build GUIs in a high level language like Java or C#. These days most serious projects will use multiple languages, leveraging their strengths. You might write some low-level high performance component in C++, but have a Java Gui sitting on top of it.

Finally, books and courses are pretty much useless for learning c++. Even more so than other languages, the only way to learn is to do.

Also, if you were to "roll your own" gui - you would be dependent on your operating system. A native gui on windows would be completely different from one on linux - this is why it helps to use a cross-platform framework like Qt. So, it's not a c++ problem at all, but a matter of learning the windows or linux api.

srsly78 · 10-04-2014 01:43PM

Just do the tutorials: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/tutorials.html

deceit · 10-04-2014 01:50PM

srsly78 wrote: »

Just do the tutorials: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/tutorials.html

I will give them a go over the weekend

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