Cheat Engine

[Jaak]

Hello everyone. I've made attempts to learn C++ for Months and have had no success. ( lol) and have realized that what I'm lacking to grasp the concepts is experience. I have 3 cpp books that i've gotten over the months and the best that i would say is "C++ all-in-one desk reference for dummies"-7 books in1. It explains things better Well ive decide to start almost at the beginning and with that i'll need review. Thigns like strings, variables, etc. What i really need help on is ideas of what i can code to get experience. Applications small or large that will focus on key parts. (That's the only thing the book lacks) It's good at explaining things its just idk what to code that will get me better experience. If someone knows what i mean or has a reference that could help, feel free to post. My goal for the future is to become a sofware/computer engineer. To focus my interest in the coding language i would say security, working with / creating OS , creating applications.
Best regards to any help~

P.S - Question: What differentiates coding between code that is completing tasks within another program or code that is a new application in itself. Do these types of coding have names?
P.S.S- Quick noob question: What type of project would I make for when you make a black does .exe(name)- (Example: hello world in a dos window)

[clanner]

Hey, im also learning c++ and I also have that dummies all in one book. I haven't really understood it since im just reading through it and not actually "learning" it. So I was wondering if you could show me some sources that you use when learning along the way. Sources that are different from the ones in the book that is.

[Jaak]

[killersamurai]

Create a console based game. It can be an rpg or a simple card game. Instead of using a simple array, use a vector, list, stack, etc. If you're not good with pointers, create a linked list, stack, queue, etc instead of using the c++ implementation. For strings, implement your own. That way you can get good at overloading operators, templates, and you'll understand fully how string works. You could always do the same with a list,stack, queue, etc.

Here is a card dealing program I made if you need a reference. It was done in c, but you can always turn it into c++ for the experience. Even though it was done in c, it can still help you with memory allocation (c way), structures, and pointers.