C++ info please help!!

[JoeRicard]

Where can I obtain C++ begginer videos to view at home? I start a C++ class in the fall and want to get a huge head start on it.

thanks in advance,

Joe

 

[Armitage]

Videos???
I don't really see the point of a video to learn a programming language.

IMHO, the best way to learn a language is to pick up a good book on it, and then start writing code. Pick some project you want to do, and do it in the new language. The class will help you fill in the stuff that your project doesn't touch, and it may give you a better big-picture view of the language.
You'll be way ahead though, cuz the rest of the class will spend the first wek trying to figure out their IDE and get Hello World to compile.

 

[thornc]

Book....A good site to get one... It's "Thinking in C++" 2/e!

 

[PowerYoga]

i agree with ergeorge and thornc. You can't learn anything in programming by looking. It takes a bit to train your mind to think in the ways that the coding does, and simply watching a video won't just cut it... you have to train yourself with the code to become familiar with it, and being familiar with the code is the only thing that'll help you program stuff that works. Get a book, see if you can get a textbook that your class uses, and start up on the reading. Heck, you may even tackle one or 2 of the projects before class

besides, videos are for excercise machines...

 

[JoeRicard]

Thanks a bunch fellas.

-Joe

 

[MGMorden]

I don't know guys, a video with a book that goes with it might be helpful (not that I know of one). People learn different ways (visual, auditory, hands-on, forget #4, and all that). I know I often can't quite grasp how a bit of code (or just some abstract concept) works until I see a teacher do it on the display unit (or just show some overhead slides explaining something).