Advice for a Beginner at Programming & C++

[mdguy410]

Hello everyone, as the title indicates, I'm just starting out learning C. I have already searched the forums for other threads for beginners, but I figured I would get my first post in on here to get a feel for the site and the members.

I'm definitely new to the world of programming. I hear others claiming Python is better to learn first as it "eases" the learning curve some have stated.

Do any of you agree/disagree with that on this forum? All opinions welcome!

I plan on learning multiple languages and I suffered a pretty bad injury and have all the time in the world to dedicate myself.

Sorry for the novel instead of the question.

Any suggestions, tips, resources, advice on how I should approach my start into programming would be much appreciated.

Thanks, and a good evening to you all

[weaknessforcats]

C is not that hard. What's hard is understanding what it is you are doing. Say you need to paint your house blue. Not a problem, just use the house with a can of blue paint and you are done. However, when you proceed to to paint the house blue by using the address of the house with the paint everyone's eyes roll back in their heads.

A lot of C is using addresses. Go to location 12345 and change the value there to 14.

I recommend using a textbook you can read. Start at the beginning and read the entire thing. Solve all the problems using your computer and C compiler and verify your results are the same as the book's.

When you have finished the book, put it on a shelf and get another textbook. Repeat the process. It will probably take you three or four textbooks to get comfortable with C.

You might also consider where you will be programming. If it's Windows machines, you would use C# or Windows Forms. Nobody there uses Python. Maybe C++. Maybe C.

Like learning a language, it will take a couple of years before you can comnverse comfortably.

[mdguy410]

Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. I just recently started learning about pointers and arrays and "pointer arithmetic" so I think I understand what you mean when you refer to the house.

Look forward to being apart of the community here. Take care!