On Tuesday 26 June 2001 19:14, D-Man wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:06:50PM +0200, Brendon wrote: > | Does anyone know of a good site where QT/KDE programming is explained? > | And what did you start with when learning C++? > > I don't use KDE and I don't like Qt's LnF so I don't know about that > part. As for learning C++ -- it is big and complicated and the little > details will get you. I would recommend starting out with an easier > language to get the basics of programming down first. Then move into > C++ once you understand how to program. I highly recommend Python as > an easy, powerful, and clean language to learn. It also allows you to > choose the most appropriate paradigm -- you can start out procedurally > (simpler) and move into OO (class-based) when you are ready for it. > Alan Gauld has an excellent tutorial for beginners at > http://www.crosswinds.net/~agauld. Python also has bindings to Qt > (PyQt) so you can do Qt/KDE programming using Python and forget about > the headaches that C++ can give you. If you decide to try python, > check out the tutor mailing list, it is very helpful > (tutor@python.org, http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor).
i'll check it out. just another question, what advantages and disadvantages does python have over C++? Also, is C++ really that complicated to learn? In the learning process i haven't run into any problems (except understanding pointers.. kept on getting confused because of the different uses of * ). Though when looking at the source of Konverse, i was a little overwhelmed. But I presumed this was because i didnt know how to work with QT. > You may also want to try Java. It is basically C++ with pointers, > manual memory management, and freestanding functions removed. Also > the class definition conicides with the declaration (not in 2 separate > files). Its syntax is nearly identical, yet it simplifies quite a few > things. IMO Python is much better designed, much easier to use, and > more powerful (and flexible) than Java. But also awfully slow was it not? I suppose Python -> Java -> C++ would be the right order to learn, considering the apparent ease of python, demand for java and complexity of C++. Any comments? Brendon
