I am in the process of learning the basics of C++. Any tips on how to get started on making a program when I do master a programming language?
Tips for making a program?
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I would start with possibly making a GUI app for a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (Mac/Linux) program. Something simple, to get your feet wet.
Mastery is an interesting debate. Many would shy away from the term in most professional fields even if they are demonstrably good as there is usually so much else to learn.
Anyway the best learning projects tend to be ones you want to do.
For instance getting me to tabulate sportsball results could be a nice project from a programming perspective -- might have some nice web access, some data manipulation, maybe some database, possibly a GUI, little search and sort aspects of it, possibly an export to image option... but also none of those needing to be done all at once to even have it working. However being sportsball I would have lost the will to live long before then. Do something similar with astronomical charts, materials properties, game scores maybe ( https://towardsdatascience.com/predicting-hit-video-games-with-ml-1341bd9b86b0 ), basically something I actually like, and that is a radically different proposition even if the underlying code requirements were not.
Anyway the best learning projects tend to be ones you want to do.
For instance getting me to tabulate sportsball results could be a nice project from a programming perspective -- might have some nice web access, some data manipulation, maybe some database, possibly a GUI, little search and sort aspects of it, possibly an export to image option... but also none of those needing to be done all at once to even have it working. However being sportsball I would have lost the will to live long before then. Do something similar with astronomical charts, materials properties, game scores maybe ( https://towardsdatascience.com/predicting-hit-video-games-with-ml-1341bd9b86b0 ), basically something I actually like, and that is a radically different proposition even if the underlying code requirements were not.
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I just make random productivity tools personally. If I have a problem and can't be bothered Googling for a solution, just make one myself lol
What exactly do you mean with "any tips on how to get started"...? Are you talking about what kinds of programs to make? Or are you actually asking HOW you start coding a program...?
I would suggest starting simple. Make something you might want to use yourself. Like a simple drawing tool?
I would suggest starting simple. Make something you might want to use yourself. Like a simple drawing tool?
If you're asking this, you're already doing it wrong.
Step 1) Buy a book. The C Programming Language from the Prentice Hall Software Series by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, for example.
Step 2) READ THE BOOK from start to finish. The book that I mentioned has exercises in pretty much every little section. If you really care about programming, it will take you a good bit to finish the book, because you will have done the exercises.
DON'T GOOGLE THE DAMN ANSWERS (or examples of them).
Step 1) Buy a book. The C Programming Language from the Prentice Hall Software Series by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, for example.
Step 2) READ THE BOOK from start to finish. The book that I mentioned has exercises in pretty much every little section. If you really care about programming, it will take you a good bit to finish the book, because you will have done the exercises.
DON'T GOOGLE THE DAMN ANSWERS (or examples of them).
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