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BYALEXO NMAY27T H,2007| LAST MO DIF IEDBYALEXO NDECEMBER11T H,2016

Welcome!

WelcometotheLearnC++tutorials!Aboveallelse,thesetutorialsaimtomakelearningC++easy.

Unlikemanyothersitesandbooks,thesetutorialsdontassumeyouhaveanypriorprogrammingexperience.Wellteach
youeverythingyouneedtoknowasyouprogress,withlotsofexamplesalongtheway.

WhetheryoureinterestedinlearningC++asahobby,orlookingtosupplementyourunderstandingofmaterialfroma
collegelevelcourse,youreintherightplace!

Tutorialstructure

ThetutorialsinthisintroductorychapterareaimedatgivingyousomecontextaroundwhatC++is,howitcameabout,how
programswork,andwhatsoftwareyouneedtoinstalltocreateyourownprograms.Youllevenwriteyourownfirstprogram.
FurtherchapterswillexploredifferentpartsoftheC++language.Inthefirstchapter(chapter1),youllgetabroadbut
shallowoverviewofmanyfundamentalC++concepts.Furtherchapterswillexplorethoseconceptsindepth,orintroduce
newconcepts.

Eachchapterhasageneraltheme,withallofthesectionsunderneathitbeingrelatedtothattheme.Thereisnosuggested
amountoftimethatyoushouldspendwitheachlessonorchapterprogressthroughthematerialatapacethatis
comfortableforyou.Sincetheconceptsfromeachsectiontendtobuildonthosefromprevioussections,itisagoodideato
ensureyouroughlyunderstandeachsectionbeforeyoumoveon.

Ifyoudontunderstandsomething,readthroughthecomments.Otherreadersmayhaveencounteredsimilarchallenges.If
yousimplycantfiguresomethingout,moveon,andcomebacktoitlater.Itmaymakemoresenseonceyouhaveseen
moreexamples.

Goals

Beforewegetstarted,letshitonacoupleofimportantgoalsofthesetutorials:

CoverprogrammingtopicsaswellasC++.Traditionaltextbooksdoaprettygoodjobofteachingthebasicsofa
givenprogramminglanguage,buttheyoftendonotcoverrelevantprogrammingtopicsthatareincidentaltothe
language.Forexample,bookswillomitsectionsonprogrammingstyle,commonpitfalls,debugging,good/bad
programmingpractices,andtesting.Consequently,bythetimeyoufinishthebook,youunderstandhowtoprogramin
alanguage,butyouhaveatonofbadhabitsthatwillcomebacktobiteyoulater!Oneofthegoalsofthesetutorials
istomakesurethatalloftheseincidentaltopicsarecoveredalongtheway,inthesectionswhereitnaturallymakes
sensetodiscussthem.Whenyoufinish,youwillnotonlyknowhowtoprograminC++,youwillknowhowNOTto
programinC++,whichisarguablyasimportant.

Providealotofexamples.Mostpeoplelearnasmuchormorefromfollowingtheexamplesastheydofrom
readingthetext.Thistutorialwillendeavortoprovideplentyofclear,conciseexamplestoshowhowtoapplythe
conceptsyouarelearning.Wewillalsoavoid(asmuchaspossible)thetwinevils:themagichandwave(alsoknown
as),whereintheinterestofspacepartofanexampleisomitted,andtheunexplainednewconcept,whereanew
conceptthatisintegraltotheexampleisintroducedwithoutanymentionofwhatitisorhowitworks.Bothofthese
tendtoleadtogettingstuck.

Providepracticeprograms.Theendofmanylessonsandsectionswillcontainsomeexercisesthatyoucan
attempttoansweronyourown,alongwithsolutions.Youcancompareyoursolutionagainstourstoseewhatwedid
differently,or,ifyougetstuck,howwesolvedtheproblem.Thenyoucangobackandrefocusontheareasyouneed
moreworkon.

Mostimportantly:havefun.Programmingcanbealotoffun,andifyourenotgenerallyhavingfun,yourenotin
therightmindsettobeprogramming.Tiredorunhappyprogrammersmakemistakes,anddebuggingcodetendsto
takemuchlongerthanwritingitcorrectlyinthefirstplace!Oftenyoucansaveyourselfsometimebygoingtobed,
gettingagoodnightssleep,andcomingbacktoaprobleminthemorning.

Gettingthemostoutofthesetutorials

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Asyougothroughthesetutorials,werecommendanumberofpracticestomaximizeyourlearningexperience:

Typeintheexamplesbyhandandcompilethemyourself.Donotcopyandpastethem!Thiswillhelpyoulearn
whereyoucommonlymakeerrors,aswellasbecomingfamiliarwithcompilerwarningsanderrors.Asyoutypeinthe
examples,thinkaboutwhyeachofthethingsyouaretypinginmakesense.

Asyoumakemistakesorfindbugsinyourprogram,fixthem.Trytosolveyourownproblemsbeforeasking
othersforhelp.

Experimentwiththeexamples.Changenumbersandtexttoseewhathappens.Modifytheprogramstodo
additionalthings(e.g.ifaprogramaddstwonumbers,makeitaddthreenumbers).Trytofinddifferentwaystobreak
theprograms(ifaprogramasksforuserinput,tryavarietyofdifferentinputs).Youlllearnasmuchfrommodifying
theexamplesasyouwillbyfollowingthem.

Writeyourownshortprogramsusingtheconceptsyouhavelearned.Nothingisbetterthanpractice.

Learntodebugyourprogramswhentheydontwork.Wellhavemoreinformationonhowtodothisinafuture
lesson.

Note:Themajorityoftheexamplesinthetutorialsarefullprogramsthatyoucancompileandrunyourself.However,
occasionallytheexampleswillbesnippetsofcodethataredesignedtoquicklyillustrateaconcept.Becausethesearent
fullprograms,theywontcompilewithoutsomeadditionalwork.Youcanturntheseintofullprogramsyourself,ifyoudesire.

IsthereaPDFversionofthissite?

Unfortunately,thereisnot.Thesiteisabletostayfreeforeveryonebecausewereadsponsoredthatmodelsimply
doesntworkinPDFformat.YouarewelcometoconvertpagesfromthiswebsiteintoPDFformatforyourownprivateuse
solongasyoudonotdistributethem.

WherecanIgowhenIhavequestions?

Asyouprogressthroughthematerial,youllundoubtedlyhavequestionsorrunintounexpectedproblems.Thebestand
fastestplacetogetanswerstoyourquestionsisonasitedesignedforprogrammingquestionsandanswers,likeStack
Overflow.

Thesetutorialswerewrittenin2007.Aretheystillrelevant?

Yes,absolutely.C++doesntchangeveryoften,andthesetutorialshavebeenlargelykeptuptodate.

WhatshouldIdoifIgetstuck?

First,readthecomments.Second,useGoogletoseeifyourquestionhasbeenansweredelsewhere.Third,askfor
clarificationinthecommentsectionhere.Finally,ifallelsefails,skipthematerialyoudontunderstand,andcomebacktoit
whenneeded.Youmayfindthatsomethingthatwashardtounderstandiseasierwiththeadditionalknowledgeandcontext
providedbyotherarticles.

Alright,letsgetonwithit!

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Automation
March24,2017at3:23amReply

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March11,2017at12:05pmReply

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Matheus
March7,2017at9:36amReply

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Mydearc++Teacher,
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GeorgesTheodosiou
February18,2017at6:07amReply

Mydearc++Teacher,
PleaseletmesaythatIhaveseenthatmymessagefewminutesagoisacceptedbyyourserver,soI
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designedforprogrammingquestionsandanswers,likeStackOverflow.".
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primarilyopinionbased.
IndeedtwoGentlemenansweredandtwootherscommentedit.
Then,doyousuggestmecontinueaskthemquestions?
Withregardsandfriendship.

Alex
February19,2017at12:58pmReply

Yes,aslongasthequestionsfollowtheirrulesandguidelines.

Jason
February16,2017at12:55amReply

Ithinkitisrightplacetostartlearningc++againaftermanyyears.Thanks

Stephane
February15,2017at8:14amReply

IamaprogrammerbecauseIsawthiswebsite.

Lalit
February12,2017at9:01amReply

Beautifullyexplainedandwritten.Thebestapproachtolearnc++ihaveseensofar,simpleandpowerful.I
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February12,2017at7:38amReply

ExcellentsitethankyousomuchforthisGoingtostarttoday
BTWIdontseeanyadsonthiswebsitebuyitsaysthatitsadsponsered??

Alex
February3,2017at12:23pmReply

Keepreading.FreeC++programsarecoveredlaterinthischapter.

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January26,2017at6:42amReply

IloveitsomuchthatIhavetobuyit

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A+jobAlex.BrandnewtoC++.WhenIlearnedPython,IstrictlyusedIDLEformyGUI.Whatdoyou
recommendforC++?

mrcdog
January25,2017at5:29pmReply

Nevermind.Youcoverit.(Ishouldhaveknown!)

Alex
January25,2017at6:13pmReply

IcoverIDEsinafewmorelessons.Keepreading.

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January6,2017at4:41amReply

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January5,2017at12:05amReply

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January4,2017at8:37pmReply

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December22,2016at12:17amReply

Imgonastartwithoutanypriorknowledgeaboutcodinglanguagehopethishelps

PhilipDempster
December20,2016at1:04amReply

Imustsaythisfirstarticleisveryinspiring!ImtakinganintroductoryprogrammingclassinC++next
semesterandImabitnervous,butIhavefaiththatthesetutorialswillhelppullmethroughThankyou
somuch!

VikasJaat
December17,2016at11:40amReply

Iwanttolearnit.

Wanttoprogramsomesoftwaresformyownwebprojects.

Leander
November27,2016at10:44amReply

Thisseemsalmosttoogoodtobetrue.Itslikeyoureadmymindregardingthefrustrationsofusingregular
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November18,2016at11:22amReply

Hmm,itlookslikeIjusthitthemotherlodeofC++tutorials.Yay!

Gorador
November16,2016at5:31pmReply

Imgonnamakeagame

GeorgesTheodosiou
November10,2016at2:16amReply

MydearTeacher,
PleaseletmesayIcantunderstandwhatismovedandwherefrom1.4c,1.4dand1.8a.
Withregardsandfriendship.

Alex
November10,2016at12:41pmReply

Iflippedtheorderof1cand1d.

Imovedthecontentaboutthestdnamespaceoutof1.3ato1.8a.
Imovedthecontentaboutusingstatementsoutof1.3ato4.3c.

Youshouldntneedtogobackandrereadanythingyouvealreadyread.

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November8,2016at7:30amReply

verygoodsiteireallyappreciate,itgiveusopportunitiestobeagoodprogrammer.

Vai
October24,2016at2:27pmReply

LookslikeagoodguideforsomeonewhowantstolearnhowtoprograminC++andlearngoodtechniques
alongtheway.Thanksforthetutorial.Hopetofinishitallin56months!

GeorgesTheodosiou
October12,2016at3:44amReply

MrAlex,
PleaseletmeagainexpressmysinceregratitudeforyourC++tutorial,andmakeacomment.
Inthetopic"Goals">"Mostimportantly",youstate"tobeprogramming".Becauseenglishismysecondlanguage,
andbesideslearningcpp,Iminterestedtoimprovemyenglish,pleasepermitmesaythataccordingtomyenglish,you
shouldwriteeither"tobeprogrammer"or"todoprogramming".
Regards.

LayneHarris
October27,2016at12:19amReply

Firstandforemost,IwanttosaythatIamnotaprofessionallinguistinanyform,soifsomeone
morequalifiedcangiveabetterexplanation,pleasedo.

Thatbeingsaid,OPs(Alex)grammariscorrect.Inthecontextthatitisbeingused("Programmingcanbealotof
fun,andifyourenotgenerallyhavingfun,yourenotintherightmindsettobeprogramming")"programming"isa
verbinthepresenttense.Itissimilartootherpresenttenseverbssuchasto"tobedriving"or"tobe
jumping."Otheracceptablewaystophraseitwouldbe"toprogram,""todrive"or"tojump."Inthosecases,
thewordinquestion(program,drive,jump)isbeingusedasanouninsteadofaverb.

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LikeIsaid,thisisprobablynotthemostcomprehensiveexplanation,butIjustthoughIshouldtryandhelp.Good
luck

GeorgesTheodosiou
October27,2016at1:29pmReply

MrLayneHarris,
Pleaseacceptmymanythanksforyourepliedmycommentandmanymoreforyourhelpful
linguisticinformation.Itreallyimprovesmyenglish.
Withregardsandfriendship.
P.S.ImGreeklivinginFrance.G.T.

dontletmegetme
October2,2016at1:41amReply

Illseeifitworks,butitlooksverypromising.

Bm
September30,2016at7:43amReply

Greattutorialsbutalittlehardtoread.Iwouldlovetoseeacolourchangeoradarkthemeintroduced.

Vedansh
September30,2016at1:01amReply

SeemsIntresting!Illstartrightaway!

Ashoka
September21,2016at8:41pmReply

ThanksAlexforthiswonderfulsite,NowIamrestartingtoreadandpracticeexercisesindetail

uay
September21,2016at4:54pmReply

thanksforthissite..iwillstart!

UKImperium
September11,2016at3:39amReply

Greatintroduction.Imreallylookingforwardtogettingintocoding.Ihaveabrotherwholearnedhimself
howtocodeC/C++.HesbeendoingitforafewyearsnowsoluckyformeIllhavesomehelp.

Nick
September8,2016at12:10pmReply

Thanxforthistutorial,buticantunderstandwhyyoudontuse"usingnamespacestd"?Itmakesthecode
shorterandincreasethespeedofcoding.Isntit?

Kelly_Lok
August28,2016at9:00amReply

good

Sammi
August27,2016at11:50amReply

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HeyAlex!

Iveseenalotofpeoplecommentingonhowthisisgreatforbeginners,butwhataboutpeoplewhohave
takenafewc++programmingclassesincollegebutdidntquitelearneverything?

Alex
August29,2016at3:05pmReply

Thetutorialseriesshoulddefinitelybegoodforthosekindsofuserstoo.Iguaranteeyoulllearn
somethingnew.Youcanskimthestuffyoualreadyknowwell,andfocusinonthetopicsyoure
weakeron.

Tsubaki
August15,2016at5:47pmReply

HiAlex,
Isthistutorialuptodate?Imeanasabeginner,canIuseittolearnC++fromscratch,consideringthat
wereinAugust2016?
BecausesomepeopletoldmetobecarefulaboutwhereIstarttolearnC++from,sincealotoftutorialsareobsoleteand
C++ischangingeveryday!

Alex
August17,2016at3:00pmReply

Yes,itslargelyuptodate.ImstillintheprocessofintegratingsomeadditionalC++11/14stuffinto
chapters12andbeyond,butthatshouldntimpedeyourprogressorwasteyourtimeasthestuff
thatsthereisstillrelevant.

MalJones
June28,2016at2:21amReply

HiAlex,

Doyouhaveanyplantoreleasea"paidfor"versionofthetutorialthatcouldbeusedoffline?

Alex
June28,2016at4:32pmReply

Notatthistime.Thecontentofthissitegetsupdatedseveraltimesaweek,soanofflineversion
wouldgostaleprettyquickly.

SAAZ
June21,2016at5:59amReply

hiAlex,afteramthroughwithyourtutorials,howdoiimplementitinwritingwindowsprograms?

Alex
June21,2016at12:46pmReply

Afteryouarethroughwiththesetutorials,inordertocreateWindowsprograms,youllwanttopick
anappropriateGUIframeworkandleveragethat.Theframeworkwillassistwithcreatingwindows
andformelements,andthecodeyoulearnherewillprovidethelogicthatglueseverythingtogether.Which
frameworkyouchooseisentirelyyourchoice.

SAAZ
June9,2016at12:18amReply

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Hialex,isthereanyneedformetowriteanycertificationexaminationasameanstoshowthatiam
versatileinc++.

Alex
June9,2016at6:29pmReply

Imnotsurewhatyoumean.Canyourestatewhatyoureasking?

Ryan
September4,2016at4:06amReply

HiAlex,Thinkwhathestryingtoaskis,Willheneedtowriteandpassanexamsothathe
canshowhesacertifiedC++programmerlikeJavaandtheSunexam.

Alex
September4,2016at7:11pmReply

Thatdependsonhisemployersrequirements.Someemployersliketoseethatkindof
thing,especiallyifyouhavenoworkhistoryorcollegedegree.Otherwise,howdothey
knowhowwellyouunderstandthisstuff?

easybtc
June8,2016at8:05amReply

Excellent..iwasjustthinkinginthemorningtolearnthisprogrametocodesomecoinrelatedgamesandif
possibletodevelopacoins..excellent..nowigotagoodbeginning

NikoGill
June1,2016at3:29pmReply

Thiswebsiteisgreat!Ilovehowmuchdetailwasputintoitandthatitdoesnotrequirebackground
knowledgeofotherprogramminglanguagestounderstand.Thankyou!

Alex
June1,2016at9:53pmReply

Thatsthepointofthesite!ToexplainC++inawaythatdoesntrequirepriorknowledgeofanything
excepttheEnglishlanguageandbasiclogic.

tzkang
September26,2016at2:52amReply

Haha,"Eecepttheenglishlanguage",Iagreewithit,becauseiamaChinese,myenglishis
poor.ButIthinkthiswebsiteisgreat.
IhavelearnedsomethingaboutC++from"C++Primer(5thEdition)"butInotgoodatC++yet.
IhopethiswebsitecanhelpmetoimporvemyC++skilaswellasmyenglishskill.

Sarah
May24,2016at11:21amReply

HeyAlex
IstartedC++courseamonthagoandIvebeenattendingtheseclasses,theteacherjustlectureusabout
differentstuffandprogramsandbarelyaskustowritethingsandthengivesussomehomework.

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IcantdothosehomeworksatallbecauseIveneverdoneprogramming,andIhavenoideawhatsgoingon.Your
tutorialisamazingbutitcanthelpmesinceIcantspendmuchtimeonit.

Whatdoyousuggest?HowcanIlearnthis?

P.S:I"mveryfrustratedatthemoment

Alex
May24,2016at12:19pmReply

Givenyourtimeconstraint,Isuggestyoureadthelessonsrelatedtothetopicsyourprofessoris
coveringtoreinforceyourknowledge.

Outsideofthat,maybegetatutorwhocanworkwithyou1:1tomaximizeyourtimeinvestmenttooutputratio.

EarnestAchayo
May23,2016at10:32amReply

Helloeveryone,amafreshbeginnerinlearningprogrammingandamlookingforaprogrammingfriendwhoi
canalwaysasksomeprogrammingissueswhenigetstucksomewhereinbetweenthecodinglinesplease
dropmeamail@earnytech@live.comifyouareoneplease.Iwillhighlyappreciate.
thanks

Fruqo
May18,2016at12:47pmReply

HeyAlex!YoureAwesome!Imverygladtofinishthistutorialandveryhelpfullthankyouforalot!! i
haveaquestion,Canitranslatethistutorialtomynativelanguage,withyourpermission? Thankyou
somuchagain.

Brandon
April27,2016at1:32pmReply

Alex,
Youareascholarandagent.WhatissadisIhavegonetocollege(abadone,butacollege),purchase
Udemyclasses,paidtutors,andnothinghasbeenashelpfulasyoursitefortheonefactor,youbreakitdownasthough
achildwaslearningthis,providetangibleandpracticalexamples.Yousir,arealightinourdarktimesofoverpriced
education.Thankyouforyourgenerosityandforgivingbacktothecommunity.

Irshan
March28,2016at5:05amReply

Thankyoududeforthisgreatsite..ItishelpingmealotIsthereanyoptiontomakeadonation?

Alex
March28,2016at9:16amReply

Ifyoudliketohelpsupportthesite,therearedonationlinksintheabout/contactsection.Thanksfor
visiting!

Michael
March18,2016at2:38pmReply

Thankyouforthissite.Ihavebeenworkingthroughthelessonsanditishelpingmealot.

igor
March14,2016at6:53pmReply

Veryclearandunderstandablecontent.Thankyouforagreatjob!

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jeff
March8,2016at3:09amReply

yousiteisveryusefulThankstotheteamwhobroughtupthewholeidea

Trebor
March8,2016at2:40amReply

Thankyouforthisawesometutorial.WiththehelpofthistutorialIllbeabletodomyfirstprogram.Itwill
beabletounderstandhumanlanguage,program,andultimatelygetovertheworld.

DrYitMat
March1,2016at3:52pmReply

Thankyouforcreatingthissiteandthesewonderfultutorials!

LebiTheCoder
February26,2016at9:03amReply

Tomyfellowreaders/studentsonthiswonderfultutorial:Canwehaveatleastdedicatehalfanhour(if
possible,morethanhalfanhour)tojustclickthoseADSrepeatedly?Justyouknow,closethewindows
thatpopupafterwards.Inthislittleway(educatemeifthisiswrong)wecanhelpAlexinmaintainingthisawesomesite.
IbelieveeveryclickonthoseADSgeneratesomerevenue.Thankyoufolks!(Justdeletethiscommentifthisisnota
goodidea)PS:IdontknowifbyclickingthoseADS,youencountermalwareordangerouswhatsoever.

Alex
February28,2016at2:38pmReply

Pleasedontspamclicktheads. However,ifyouseeanadthatlooksinteresting,byallmeans,
goexplore.

GeorgesTheodosiou
March9,2017at6:26amReply

Mydearc++Teacher,
PleaseforgivemeforIdidclickadsrepeatedly.Iwasnotawareofyoursuggestion.Irespectit
andstopclickonads,for,tosaytrue,Idonotseeanyonethatlooksinterestingbyanymeans.
Withregardsandfriendship.

selty
February12,2016at2:16amReply

itshelpsmealot

IshtmeetSingh
January27,2016at8:23amReply

HelloSirAlex,
IvebeenbrowsingontoyourtutorialsforfewhoursandIamgladthatIfoundyourwebsite,andreading
theseappreciationcommentsmademeuseONLYyourtutorialstostudyC++,andIvestoppedusingAdBlocksforabit
now,asIwillonlybebrowsinginternettoreadyourtutorials,thatmighthelpmepayforyoureffort,abit.But,Ihavefew
questionsinmymind,Ihopeyouwouldanswermewheneveryouhavethetimetodoso:
1.IamsemibeginnerinC++,meansIhavebasicunderstandingofthislanguage.Iwanttoknow,ifIstartreadingthese

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tutorialsindetail,willIhaveanyproblemsunderstandingthecodesinthelatersections?
2.Attheendofthesetutorials,willIbeabletowritealmostanyprograminC++?
3.Arethesetutorialsmeantforbeginners(Peoplehavingnoknowledgeaboutthislanguage),ortheoneswhohaveabit
understandingaboutanyotherprogramminglanguagelikeC?
4.IsC++linkedwithC?Means,doIhavetolearnsimpleClanguagebeforestartingC++?
Thatsitsir.Iknowthesequestionsmaybesilly,butIwouldcallthem"DOUBTS".
Thanksinadvance,andonceagainAMAZINGwork,Alex!

Alex
January27,2016at3:19pmReply

1)Thetutorialsaresetupsoyoulearneverythingyouneedtoknowinorder.Ifyouskipsections,
youmayrunacrossconceptsthatyouskipped.Ifyoureadtheminorder,youshouldhaveno
problems(assumingyouunderstandthematerial)
2)No,notanyprogram.ThistutorialteachestheC++corelanguagefunctionality.Theresstillotherthingsyoull
probablywanttoknowabout:theclassesinthestandardlibrary,datastructuresandalgorithms,userinterfaces,
etc
3)Thesetutorialsaremeantforboth.Thetutorialsarewrittenassumingyouhavenobackgroundinprogramming
however,ifyoudo,youllfindthematerialeasier.AndIalmostguaranteeyoulllearnsomethingsyoudidnt
know.
4)C++islinkedtoC,inthatC++branchedfromCatsomepointinthepast.YoudonotneedtolearnCbefore
C++,andIwouldnotrecommenddoingso.

JatinSharma
February7,2016at2:46amReply

HeyAlexmynameisJatinSharma.IwanttoknowhowwouldC++helpmeandwhatkinda
applicationsarethere?

Alex
February8,2016at6:14pmReply

C++wouldhelpyouifyouwanttolearntowritehighperformance,memoryintensive,
and/orrealtimeapplications.C++isgreatforvideogamesandsimulations,andisused
infinance,engineering,transportation,physics,andmanyotherindustries.

IfyourenotsurewhetherC++isrightforyou,thatsokay.IsuggestGoogling,WhatisC++goodat?
andreadingsomemoreaboutwhatitcando.

PradeepPanchariya
January19,2016at11:00amReply

thanxAlex,thisisagreatsite.

//keepcoding
#include<iostream>
usingnamespacestd
intmain()
{
if(cout<<"helloworldtobyebyeworld(begineertoexpert:)")
return0
}

Sharaf
January18,2016at10:41amReply

firstofallithankalexforhiswonderfulworkevenihavenotcompletedthetutorialsbuttheyarereally
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1 #include<iostream>
2 int main()
3 {
4 std::cout<<"THANK YOU";
5 return 0;
6 }

ThePlumBOB179
January8,2016at6:43amReply

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Goatflakes
January7,2016at7:07pmReply

Thanks!Youshouldtryandgetthispublishedasapaperandebookthroughapublisher!

Onesmallbonetopickthough.Ihavebeenprogrammingfordecades,soImoverthe"wedontassumeyouhaveany
previousprogrammingknowledge"approach.Itmakesittedioustoquicklygetuptospeedwithanewlanguageor
framework.

IpersonallywaslookingforawayofgettingfromtheoldstyleC++withtemplatestothenewerC++01/07/11/14wayof
doingthings.SoImkindofsickofseeinghowtodoifstatementsButnotyourfault,youhaveyourtargetaudience,
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Maybesomethinglike"Ifyouhavehadpreviousprogrammingexperience,clickhere.Ifyouhavesomeexperiencewith
C++clickhere.IfyouhavepreviousexperiencewithC++andunderstandtheSTL,clickhere.Ifyouwanttounderstand
thedifferencebetweenC++01andC++07clickhere"wouldhelp?

Alex
January9,2016at2:57pmReply

Yep,yourejustnotthetargetaudienceforthistutorial.Isupposeitmightmakesensetohavean
indexlinkingtopageswherethingshavechangedinC++11/14.Illaddittomytodotoinvestigate.

Raman
January7,2016at5:45amReply

Pleasewritesometutorialsonhowtocreateguiapplicationinc++

Alex
January7,2016at1:13pmReply

Imightinthefuture,butitsworthnotingthatC++doesntincludeanyGUIfunctionalityaspartof
thecoreC++language.Thatmeanswehavetoturnto3rdpartylibrariesforthisfunctionalityand
therearemanyofthose,eachwiththeirownstrengthsandweaknesses.

Goatflakes
January7,2016at7:16pmReply

Yeah,IkindofwishthatBjarneStroustrupwouldputadecentframeworkintotheC++
standard,butIreallydounderstandwhyhedoesnt.GUIsare_still_rapidlydiverging,c.30
yearsafterwhatseemedatthetimetobethecanonicalapproach(WIMP)waswellunderstood.Also,itsa
verypoliticalthingtodo.

PS:AlsoWTFBjarneStroustrupsdayjobisamanagingdirectoratMorganStanley.IfoundthiswhenI
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Alex
January7,2016at1:12pmReply

YoucoulddefinitelywritesomethingsimilartoNested,thoughwithC++youdbebetteroffdoingso
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way).
Somyquestionis,"Canyoumakea"game"similartoNestedbyOrteilwithC++?"Withthenewuniverseeachtime
thingandtheresaninfiniteamountofthingsinit?
Also,beingabeginner,ImhavingtroubleimagininghowsomethinglikeNestedcanbeprogrammedandIhopethissite
givesmethetoolstobeabletomakeexactlywhatIwant.
Cheers!

Alex
October8,2015at3:34pmReply

ItlookslikeNestedwaswritteninJavascript.See:http://orteil.dashnet.org//nestedscript.js

YoucouldcertainlycreateaclientversionofthisinC++,butifyouwantedittobewebaccessibleyoudprobably
bebetteroffusinganotherlanguage.

Dastan
October6,2015at2:26amReply

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October5,2015at9:20amReply

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Alex
October5,2015at1:19pmReply

Thatverymuchdependsonhowquicklyyoureadandabsorbtheinformation.Myadvicewouldbe
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Alex
August31,2015at4:40pmReply

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August14,2015at12:56pmReply

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August12,2015at9:09pmReply

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2
3 using namespace std;
4
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6 cout<<"Hello World!"<<endl;
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August12,2015at12:25amReply

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Haveagreatday,andasalways,thanksforthewonderfultutorials!

Alex
August2,2015at7:43amReply

Nope.Idontknowanyofthoseotherlanguageswellenoughtoteachthem.Idliketoeventuallydo
programmingagnostictopics,suchasalgorithmsanddatastructures.

Mikel
July25,2015at3:37amReply

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July4,2015at9:51amReply

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June24,2015at8:08amReply

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June19,2015at4:10amReply

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June18,2015at1:05amReply

isthereanywaytodownloadallofthesetutorialssametimeasa.pdffilemaybecuzprintingthemwilltake
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SM.link99
June12,2015at6:56pmReply

HiAlex,

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Iamgratefulthatthesiteisfree.Thanksaton.

Thorax
June10,2015at6:50amReply

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ItendtotilemybrowserandIDEvertically,butduetotheaddontherightitmakesitprettyawkwardasitcompresses
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youveputintothis.Cantthankyouenough!

jakobd
June4,2015at1:53pmReply

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June3,2015at6:50pmReply

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Wow!ImustadmitthatthisisafantasticsiteforthebeginnerstolearnC++.Thoughimnotabeginner.i
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April19,2015at2:52amReply

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April13,2015at11:05pmReply

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ivan
December12,2016at10:07amReply

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April1,2015at6:57pmReply

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March27,2015at10:28pmReply

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March20,2015at11:26pmReply

fantastic,Ilikethiswebsite.ThisisthebestwebsitetolearnC++butthereanyversionofthiswebpagefor
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March18,2015at6:00pmReply

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Thanks!

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Alex
March19,2015at11:38amReply

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January29,2015at12:51amReply

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January19,2015at2:50amReply

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iftekhar
May17,2013at10:19pmReply

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January25,2013at7:24amReply

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December30,2014at5:44pmReply

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March31,2012at1:27pmReply

Alex,

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inthissite!

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February24,2012at8:51pmReply

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learningC++withthistutorialiseasyandeffective.BesttutorialoutthereforC++(possiblyforanylanguage ).
Thanks!!!

nimadv
January14,2012at3:28amReply

ThankyousomuchAlexforallthetutorialshere,veryveryhelpfulandconstructive.

Butjustonething
youhavebeenusedHungarianNotationalmosteverywhereandthatsquitepainfulfornewbieslikemetoreadyour
code,C++isveryhardtoreadandlearnbyitself,HNjustmakeitmoreworstandIpreferredtoignoreitatallcost.
ComingfromPythonbackgroundandIlearntocodeinahumanreadableway,AlsoC++11isallaboutmakingC++fun
again,easiertolearn,useandteach.IbelieveHungarianNotationisexactoppositetothisultimategoalandImnotthe
onlyoneagainstthisobsoletestyleofcoding.

Thisisonlymypersonalopinion,thankyouagainandpleasekeepitupAlex!
Regards
ND

haziq
December17,2011at9:50amReply

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May25,2011at4:52amReply

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March30,2011at12:09pmReply

[code]
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#include
voidmain()
{
cout<<"Thnxforthesetutorials"
getch()
}

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September30,2010at5:24amReply

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willrewriteanothercomment.
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July26,2010at2:51pmReply

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June22,2010at3:09pmReply

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slier
June17,2010at5:19pmReply

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2 using std::cout;
3
4 int main()
5 {
6 cout << "THANKS FOR THE GREAT TUTORIAL";
7 return 0;
8 }

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February16,2010at6:05amReply

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December24,2009at2:12pmReply

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December10,2009at10:01pmReply

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December7,2009at12:47amReply

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November15,2009at6:08amReply

Ineedananswertoabasicquestion.Eachtimewegetexamplecodetotestandlearndoweopenanew
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HelloWorldDidImisssomething?

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November10,2009at7:18pmReply

thiswebsiteisgoodforme,Ihavealitleexperienceinc++butmidleoneinVB,Ineedmorebasic
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mp777
November5,2009at10:25amReply

Thissiteisgreat!Thanksforalltheworkyouputintoit.
DoyouknowofanyresourceswhereIcouldfindthesourcecodeforacompleteprogram?

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December8,2010at2:12pmReply

JustlookupOpenSourceandFreeSoftware(Freeasinfreedom/libre)(makesuretoreadthe
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csvan
October21,2009at5:20amReply

Alex,

Iapologizeifthisismorefitfortheforum,butIjustwantedtoask:

Iguessyouintendedthistutorialtobedonefrombeginningtoend,togetherwithworkingoffthepracticequestionsatthe
endofeachchapter,butisitequallyoktogothroughthematerialhoweveronewantsto?IamaskingbecauseIwould
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movingon.Atthesametime,Idontwanttodisrespectyoubyusingthematerialinawayyoudidnotintend,soitwould
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October3,2009at8:53amReply

IamjustbeginningtolearnC++language.Ihavevisitedotherwebsiteswiththeaimofgettingthe
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September24,2009at9:08amReply

1 very useful site...this is what i have been looking for..thanks a looot alex..

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July29,2009at10:59pmReply

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July8,2009at5:00amReply

ExcellentTutorial/GuideimjuststartingoutinC++andfounditveryhelpfull.

isitavailableasaPDFbyanychance?Nointernetaccessonmylaptopandwouldliketokeepreadingasitravel

Me
June27,2015at11:59amReply

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July5,2009at1:18amReply

Thisisawonderfultutorialbutonething,Iwishyoucouldaddsomemoreextensiveexercisestopractice
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July1,2009at2:04pmReply

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May15,2009at8:28amReply

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April28,2009at3:29pmReply

IamabeginnerwhojustfinishedatutorialinpythonandthisisexactlywhatIwaslookingfortotrynext.

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April16,2009at1:16amReply

Mycommendationstoyou,Alex,forthissite,itistrulyagreatwork.Irecommendedittomyformer
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Thanksyousomuchforyourrichcontributiontodevelopers.

Alex
May1,2009at9:24pmReply

Thissitegetslinkedtoalotasareferenceforprogrammingclasses.Toallfuturedevelopers,enjoy,
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April12,2009at12:17amReply

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May1,2009at9:21pmReply

Nope,nobookformyet.Youllhavetocomevisitthewebsitefornow.

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March11,2009at1:39pmReply

ilikethissiteandiloveit.andihopeiwillgetmuchknowledgefromthiswebsite.

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February26,2009at8:43amReply

1 this is a great website Alex,the tutorials are awesome and easy to read and learn from!!!

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February5,2009at2:35amReply

Ihopethisworksout,sofarsogood.

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January29,2009at3:51amReply

1 will try.. Hope to learn from here!...thanks! =)

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January23,2009at6:37pmReply

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January12,2009at1:35amReply

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November26,2008at1:30amReply

Verygoodwebsite

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October21,2008at9:15pmReply

WhatsupAlex!ItsBryan!ImtryingtobrushuponC++soIcanlearnhowtodosomeworkwithgaming
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Alex
October25,2008at9:54amReply

HeyBryan!

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September28,2008at11:49pmReply

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August12,2008at11:27pmReply

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July18,2008at12:53amReply

Pagemakesanexcellentreference,topnotch.However,Idofinditalittleboringasalearningmethod.P
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June24,2008at8:47pmReply

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June14,2008at10:26amReply

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March31,2008at12:46amReply

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March2,2008at6:26pmReply

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December22,2007at1:41amReply

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December1,2016at9:41amReply

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December4,2007at11:56amReply

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November30,2007at12:13pmReply

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January20,2017at12:51pmReply

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