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Hello,<br>
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I would say that it still all depends on what you are trying to do ( I
guess knowing what is possible is the key)<br>
Here are some links that I find useful: "C++ Beyond the Standard
Library" <a
href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/05/06/cplusplusian.html">http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/05/06/cplusplusian.html</a><br>
and this page has some usefully links: <a
href="http://www.thefreecountry.com/sourcecode/cpp.shtml">http://www.thefreecountry.com/sourcecode/cpp.shtml</a><br>
If you are interested in GUI development I would recommend Qt <a
href="http://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/index.html">http://doc.trolltech.com/3.3/index.html</a>
it is a lot more then just a GUI API, reminds me a lot of java :) with
many standard objects. Or a pure open source GUI API <a
href="http://www.wxwindows.org/">http://www.wxwindows.org/</a><br>
If you are interested in graphics there is the classic OpenGL, or game
development SDL <a href="http://www.libsdl.org/index.php">http://www.libsdl.org/index.php</a>
(these two are C API but you can use them from C++)<br>
<br>
I'm also interested to see what will other members of this list
recommend.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps,<br>
Robert<br>
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Pavao, John C. wrote:
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<p><font size="2">Since no mailing list is really complete without
the occasional idiot newbie question... :-)</font>
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<p><font size="2">I've been lurking this list for several months
because I'm trying to teach myself C++, but I certainly admit the list
is out of my league. </font></p>
<p><font size="2">As for trying to learn C++, I'm only able to get so
far when it comes to applying what I'm learning to real world
situations because I seem to be missing something important. I haven't
figured out how to know learn what to use in a given situation. I do a
lot of UNIX shell scripting, and I'll often find myself saying, "ok, if
this were a shell script, I'd use the suchandsuch command", but I don't
know what to do in C++. I haven't found a good way to learn what's in
specific libraries and how to use what's there. I've come up with a
pile of simple working programs based on examples I've seen, but when I
get to wanting to do something I don't see in an example, I'm stuck. A
lot of what I do in my work is working with text files and manipulating
text. A lot of awk, grep, sed, arrays and such. Could anyone point me
to where to look to learn what I need to know to do these kinds of
things?</font></p>
<p><font size="2">I know questions like this sometimes raise the ire
of the more advanced list members on any list. (One of my all-time
favorite posts on this or any list was when someone asked why this list
was so quiet and someone else responded "because we already know
everything".) It's not my intention to start a fire-fight or anything,
and I'm not asking for anyone to teach me anything. All I'm really
hoping for is for someone to explain to me the best way for me to teach
myself how to do this...</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Thanks in advance!</font>
<br>
<font size="2">John Pavao</font>
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