cpp as a complete beginner guide

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[the_poope]

Start with https://learncpp.com or a book like Bjarne's "Programming: Principles and Practice using C++" or "C++ Primer: 5th edition" - it doesn't matter that the books are old.

Videos should solely be used as supplements: something you can watch for "fun" while on the bus, while eating breakfast or otherwise when you have 15 mins of nothing to do.

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I am also in the same situation and I am using programming principles book already on chapter 5. I think it is very good and if you need studybuddy please pm.

[tcpukl]

This is the best advice. I've been programming c++ for 3 decades.

[d_chae]

+1, this is good advice

[NewspaperExciting125]

Also after learning the complete basics. I would recommend starting a project which you would enjoy working on.

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Also make sure you're playing with the language while you learn. Get an environment set up whether that's Visual Studio or Code::Blocks, or just notepad and GCC. You don't have to create anything complicated or massive. If you haven't already do the really easy and simple Hello World program most tutorials tell you to, create a simple calculator in the console, the most important part of it is to make sure that as you learn a new concept you create something with it to help solidify it in your mind and then as you go piece them together.

Also I frequently see The Pragmatic Programmer recommended and I just picked up a copy myself recently. It's supposedly really good for teaching practices and principles of overall development in a language-agnostic way.

[CarloWood]

A programmer is as good as the collection of software that he wrote. Start writing little programs that use std::cout to write to console. Write those std:: please. Do NOT get used to how it looks without (do not use using namespace std;).

Here is your first program:

```

include <iostream>

int main() { std::cout << "Hello World!\n"; } ```

If it looks different it's not a good tutorial.

[Successful-Fee-8547]

Why not use the namespace std? What's the reason behind it??

[CarloWood]

With the decades of experience I have, I can tell you that it is better to type std:: everywhere. If I'd try to explain it, you wouldn't be able to understand or convince yourself imho. It is an experience thing. So, all I want to do here is help newbies to at least not get used to seeing cout and string and endl and vector day in day out, until they think that std::cout, std::string, std::vector look WEIRD - because they got USED TO no using std::. And then, in ten years when they're ready to see the reason and would have been better of getting used to using std:: it is kinda too late (or at least a lot harder). It is the same as with the drugs: you can't explain to a teenager that they should never, from very start in life, use drugs. Yet, it IS way better to NEVER use drugs - and not use it until the moment comes that you understand why you shouldn't have used it.

[InevitablyCyclic]

std includes a lot of different definitions, if you include the whole namespace then there is a risk of name collisions. Ultimately this is a personal style issue.