I'm going to attempt to learn C++ (Again)

[cottonvibes]

if you goto university, sometimes they offer cds with Visual studio on it for free.
(if you're taking a computer class)

they also give out free copies of windows xp and stuff

[Xtreme2damax]

Originally Posted by cottonvibes

if you goto university, sometimes they offer cds with Visual studio on it for free.
(if you're taking a computer class)

they also give out free copies of windows xp and stuff

I was going to a community college, however they never had Visual Studio or copies of Windows, closest I got was Visual Basic.net.

I would however get a Student Discount going to Staples if I were a Student and showed my ID, sadly while Staples does supply Operating Systems they don't carry anything programming related such as Visual Studio etc...

[SCHUMI-4-EVA]

Originally Posted by cottonvibes

but you said so yourself that you never can get past ch.4 lol
so i'm assuming its pretty boring as well

No it's not cuz they are boring...it's just that there are cheaper thrills out there than programming...like watching anime or playing games...and once or twice my exams have interefered aswell as I had to stop and study for them instead.

[Xtreme2damax]

Does anyone know any C#, C++ tutorial for dummies or basic stuff with fun projects/samples.

I get confused as **** when it comes to this. My mind was boggled trying to follow a tutorial to create a simple web browser using C#.

I got errors upon trying to compile, I was able to fix a couple simple errors due to prior knowledge.

I'd really like to learn programming as I've been interested in it for a while but it is so difficult and mind boggling.

[Shendo]

You can check out this one.

[Mad]

Xtreme2damax i got VC# Express 2008, and i did the web browser tutorial.

I was getting one error about "Uri" not being correct, although giga tried and it compiled fine for him. The problem i was inputing the url w/out the "http://".

If you are following that same tutorial that shows up on the start page, you can post the errors, so we can try to figure it out.

I can attach my source code here if you want also.

[Xtreme2damax]

These are the errors I got:

Error 1 Expected class, delegate, enum, interface, or struct C:\Documentsand Settings\Ken\MyDocuments\VisualStudio2005\Projects\WindowsApplication1\WindowsApplication1\Form1.cs 30 17 WindowsApplication1

The errors start with this line of code (I'll bold the errors that were underlined in red):

private void goBackToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
}
      

        private void gobutton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            private void goButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    webBrowser1.Navigate(new Uri(comboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString()));
}

        private void homeToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
        private void homeToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    webBrowser1.GoHome();
}

        private void goBackToolStripMenuItem_Click_1(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
        private void goBackToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    webBrowser1.GoBack();
        }
{

        private void goForwardToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
        private void goForwardToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{

As you can see "Void in the "Private Void" function/whatever cause it to error out on compile.

If you need me to post any more code for review to see where it went wrong please let me know.

Thank You.

[mudlord]

Does anyone know any C#, C++ tutorial for dummies or basic stuff with fun projects/samples.

Yes, get on MSN. I got loads of ebooks about C++, OpenGL, GDI, Direct3D....

[Xtreme2damax]

Originally Posted by mudlord

Yes, get on MSN. I got loads of ebooks about C++, OpenGL, GDI, Direct3D....

I probably will a bit later, just to let you know I'm not a big IM'er because of being more accustomed to posting on forums.

Not to mention I'm a bit slow at typing so I may lose track of what I'm replying to. I've had a few members here wtf'ing because I was replying to something they said a few paragraphs back on MSN.

I am doing something at the moment, and don't have MSN installed so I will be on a bit later once I reinstall it.

[blueshogun96]

Originally Posted by cottonvibes

the problem with books for me, is that they're usually boring.

like my Java book i got for university, spends the 500 pages talking about class BankAccount, and how to modify its functions.

it was boring as hell, so i barely read it.

but theres probably books out there that are more entertaining.
i've seen some that are like "learn game programming in C++"
that might be more interesting.

Yeah, I agree. Most general programming books are indeed boring as hell. The game and graphics programming books are much more fun to read because not only do they focus on what you're interested in programming, but it usually does have a little bit of humor on the side. Either way a programming book is a programming book. Mine are mostly on games (I have books that cover every version of DirectX, lol I'm old) but I do have a few that are on general purpose stuff.

Speaking of general purpose programming, I need to start learning how to program for linux again. I'm a spoiled MSVC coder N.S. Kutti wrote a good book on C programming for Unix, but I need to find that book again and actually buy it because I just rented it from the library.

[Xtreme2damax]

Haha Yay, I finally figured it out, debugged and got it working properly while referencing the tutorial to ensure I was doing it correctly.

It may not be pretty but it took me a while to get it properly compiled and working properly.

I present you with a screen shot of my and the tutorials work:

Also I've attached the compiled browser if anyone wants to take a look for quirks/problems.

I get an unhandled exception if I type any other url into the box I didn't specify when making the browser and trying to navigate to it.

How can I make it so I can type in and navigate to any url as well as minimize and maximize the Window properly?

[Mad]

Hum i got the same problem, cant input any url besides the ones ive specified, just got a call stack:

>	Web Browser.exe!Web_Browser.Form1.button1_Click(object sender = {Text = "Go"}, System.EventArgs e = {X = 37 Y = 11 Button = Left}) Line 42	C#
 	Web Browser.exe!Web_Browser.Program.Main() Line 18 + 0x1a bytes	C#

But the maximize and minimize buttons work fine here.
But now im back to win32 console apps, need to learn the basic before GUI stuff.

Heres mine web browser. Do i need that .pdb file along the .exe?

[Xtreme2damax]

Nah, no need to worry about posting the .pdb (Debugging file me thinks), this was only for my fun and leisure to learn how to code/debug.

I want to expand on this a bit more and add features to it, such as being able to type in and navigate to any URL I choose.

I was going to mention that the minimize buttons work but they don't maximize the window/browser properly.

Any way to make it use the Mozilla rendering engine besides the Internet Explorer engine?

It took me nearly two hours to go through and correct my errors to be able to compile and use it properly and that was with a tutorial in front of me to reference, I don't even want to think how I could do it without any help or a tutorial.

Man this is confusing as heck, I was so overrun with anxiety while doing this simple program I was glad to finish it.

[Mad]

The only problem was, i had to figure it needs the "http://".
But gigaherz told me it worked fine for him w/out it.

I wanted to add a status bar, that would show the progress of the loading page, but thats for later. And i did it pretty quick, im just too lazy to read more

[cottonvibes]

Originally Posted by Shendo

You can check out this one.

hey, thats the same one i've been reading
i'm still on the chapter about pointers.
so far, thats the most confusing thing in C++ for me.
in other languages like Java and VB, you don't need to know too much about pointers. but it seems that pointers in C++ are used extensively.

[mudlord]

so far, thats the most confusing thing in C++ for me.

Wait till you get to OO concepts like polymorphism and inheritance, which set C++ apart from C

Though, once you get pointers downpat, they are extremely useful...

[emwearz]

Xtreme2damax, now add buttons for everything, make the browser resize with the window, etc. Add as much as you can to it, after reading through that tut I added heaps of stuff that takes little or no more extra skill then is required to make what you all ready have.

[cottonvibes]

Originally Posted by mudlord

Wait till you get to OO concepts like polymorphism and inheritance, which set C++ apart from C

Though, once you get pointers downpat, they are extremely useful...

well in Java i've already learned about that, but maybe its more complex in C++... since everything seems to be