I am nearly a complete newbie when it comes to programming. A couple years back I fiddled with VBasic and Python. It would be greatly appreciated if I could get advice with what to start with I am leaning towards C/C++, does it matter which you start out with??? And I was also wondering what books would be helpful to one as inexperienced as myself. All posts are greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance... "Where there''''s a will, there''''s a way." Newbie Programmer #304592

Definately C++.

Some will say there are easier languages to learn, but they do not have the popularity and thus the wealth of articles/tutorials/books/forums etc. that C/C++ has.

Others say learn C first, I personally see no reason to do so. C++ is not particularly complicated when compared to vanilla C, and C teaches you some bad habits you will have to unlearn when you learn C++.

I consider the following books worth the paper they are printed on:

Accelerated C++
Practical C++
The C++ Programming Language
And, believe it or not, the Dummies C++ book is not bad. It's not great, but worth a read if you're really green. (I'd skip over the more advanced topics in this one, and find answers elsewhere)


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[edited by - wild_pointer on August 9, 2002 4:39:36 AM]