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Anyone know any sites/tutorials/classes that help with C++?
Posted on 1/19/16 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 1/19/16 at 2:17 pm
Currently taking a Data Structures class and we're learning C++. My teacher is a Grade A jackass who tries to run people off by being extremely difficult.
Just wondering if anyone here has any suggestions on where I could find some help/practice? I'd love some practice programs I could try and then see the solutions to them maybe.
Videos/websites that maybe helped you understand concepts better. Hell even if you have old slides or something from one of your teachers, that would be great.
TIA.
Just wondering if anyone here has any suggestions on where I could find some help/practice? I'd love some practice programs I could try and then see the solutions to them maybe.
Videos/websites that maybe helped you understand concepts better. Hell even if you have old slides or something from one of your teachers, that would be great.
TIA.
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Posted on 1/19/16 at 2:49 pm to WilliamTaylor21
i think codeacademy offers C++ tutorials.
its a shame he's trying to run people off but honestly, the web has every resource you can possibly imagine to help you out with C++ if you just look around.
its a shame he's trying to run people off but honestly, the web has every resource you can possibly imagine to help you out with C++ if you just look around.
Posted on 1/19/16 at 3:04 pm to WilliamTaylor21
Posted on 1/19/16 at 4:00 pm to WilliamTaylor21
W3Schools and Khan Academy are both very good sources.
What software/compiler are you using?
What software/compiler are you using?
Posted on 1/19/16 at 4:35 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
Posted on 1/19/16 at 5:47 pm to WilliamTaylor21
Hello World
All I remember from my C++ class
All I remember from my C++ class
Posted on 1/19/16 at 11:11 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
I'm on a Mac using Xcode.
Posted on 1/19/16 at 11:31 pm to CAD703X
books are the best way to go
This post was edited on 1/19/16 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 1/20/16 at 7:53 am to WilliamTaylor21
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Just wondering if anyone here has any suggestions on where I could find some help/practice?
MIT free courses C++ Introduction
Posted on 1/20/16 at 9:29 am to WilliamTaylor21
The material is extremely difficult. I doubt anyone is trying to run anyone off.
Posted on 1/20/16 at 9:46 am to TigerRagAndrew
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The material is extremely difficult. I doubt anyone is trying to run anyone off.
This, I took a lot of C++ while in school as CS was my minor. It's difficult and some just get it better than others.
That being said, the web has come a long way since 2000 so there's a ton more online to help you out. Also, I don't think anyone would object, but ask some of us here. I'm not expert but I might be able to help. I'm sure others are better developers than even myself.
Posted on 1/20/16 at 10:01 am to WilliamTaylor21
I typically use coursera or udemy for learning new technologies or advancing knowledge of ones I already use. A quick search leads me to believe udemy would be better for C++ learning
Posted on 1/20/16 at 10:47 am to TigerRagAndrew
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The material is extremely difficult. I doubt anyone is trying to run anyone off.
1.) I'm very aware the material is extremely difficult.
2.) Neither of you know the teacher, so you don't know. This teacher is known in the CSE department to try to weed out students. The first day of the class he flat out said "This class is going to be hard, let me rephrase that, this class is going to be VERY hard. In order to become a programmer, you have to make it through my class."
His average GPA on Koofers is a 1.9 with 27 reviews.... I promise, he's horrible.
Posted on 1/20/16 at 11:11 am to WilliamTaylor21
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WilliamTaylor21
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Neither of you know the teacher, so you don't know. This teacher is known in the CSE department to try to weed out students. The first day of the class he flat out said "This class is going to be hard, let me rephrase that, this class is going to be VERY hard. In order to become a programmer, you have to make it through my class."
What's the teachers name? Sounds eerily familiar to the CS teacher I had at Bama in 2001 or so. That being said, I hate to say it but, he's right. The real world is hard as shite and competitive as shite in the programming world, in my experience.
I think it's to weed out the people that just think they can be a programmer cause that's easy money. I think you'll make it through it, it just may be painful. It was for me too. However, the fact that you're trying to find ways to learn shows your motivated and dedicated. That shite goes a long way even when compared to the smartest in the class.
Stay driven. You'll get it.
Posted on 1/20/16 at 12:28 pm to WilliamTaylor21
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2.) Neither of you know the teacher, so you don't know. This teacher is known in the CSE department to try to weed out students. The first day of the class he flat out said "This class is going to be hard, let me rephrase that, this class is going to be VERY hard. In order to become a programmer, you have to make it through my class."
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this statement.
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His average GPA on Koofers is a 1.9 with 27 reviews.... I promise, he's horrible.
There is a yearly parade of students out of the CS and EE departments at LSU into ISDS because they can't handle the course material. It shouldn't reflect negatively on the professor.
Posted on 1/20/16 at 12:39 pm to DoubleDown
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I think it's to weed out the people that just think they can be a programmer cause that's easy money.
This!
I programmed for 40 years on mainframes. It scared me to see some of the programmers that came to me for help. Some people should not be programming!
Cobol had an "alter goto" statement that would change the destination of a goto statement while executing the program. You could not look at the source code and know what your next instruction would be because of the potential to change this statement on the fly. No one used it because it was so difficult to troubleshoot. It was eventually taken out of the compiler to prevent it's use.
However, there was one guy in our office who used it extensively. And his programs never worked. And he would bring them to me to fix.
I would delete his Procedure Division and rewrite the program from scratch.
He eventually quit his programming career and became a CS teacher at a VoTech school.
It was bad enough with him writing programs but it got worse when he became a teacher and taught others how to do sloppy programming......
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