On to C++

One reason I have not updated this is because I was very focused on finishing the book on PHP and SQL. Very informative and I created a few basic web based apps for myself. They are very basic and still a little buggy. I also enjoyed experimenting some more with CSS but that will have to be put a little away for the time being. Another reason I haven't updated this is because...

I was in Dominican Republic for 10 days at the end of February. That was truly a culture shock and an incredibly amazing experience.

Now that I'm back I've entered the world of C++. I'm using the website www.cppinstitute.com. I finished chapter one rather quickly. The knowledge I gained from the Python book seems to have really helped. Variables, data types, Unicode, functions, etc. are all things discussed in the first lesson on the C++ website and I know about this terminology from the Python book. I'm hoping there are more similarities. I'm beginning to think many programming languages are somewhat alike in theory but differ in syntax and how easy it is to perform certain tasks.

As a compiler I'm using Xcode. I have very little experience in using different compilers and IDE's so it's hard for me to have an opinion on which would be a better avenue. I used Python's IDLE for all my Python learning and apparently that is an awful IDE based on the opinion of certain people on the internet. I have since downloaded PyCharm. I want to focus on C++ right now so I may take a break from Python. Xcode seems to be doing ok for my one simple square root program I wrote in C++ but I had to look up a youtube video to find out how to compile the code. The frustration of something not working and not knowing why is easily eclipsed by the feeling of finally figuring out how to make it work.

I'm excited to get into C++. I did some in high school but forget everything and I'm sure it's changed at least some since 2005. So I'll update this again once I learn more. I've also made a Twitter to follow other programmers and developers to share and gain more information. Who knows, if I learn enough and can get a job, maybe I can move to Dominican more permanently. Or at least for a much longer stay than 10 days.

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