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dosilegecko · 7th July 2009

I agree, take a course at a local CC or something. I took a C course in college and learned the "learning process" for programming, and I taught C++ to myself with a lot of self motivation (trying to create VST plug ins is pretty daunting never having written any C++).

Then I learned MATLAB code, and lost it all hahaha.

It depends how you learn though, if you can really sit down and read a book and use the online info well, then try it. But if you get sidetracked easy or have too many distractions, a class will be better hands-down. I got a free book from the local dump's book exchange thing called "C++ for You++", and it was pretty good, and helped me when I was getting stuck. Again, motivation is a huge issue to be honest.

7th July 2009	#11
dosilegecko Gear maniac Join Date: May 2009 Location: NH Posts: 221	I agree, take a course at a local CC or something. I took a C course in college and learned the "learning process" for programming, and I taught C++ to myself with a lot of self motivation (trying to create VST plug ins is pretty daunting never having written any C++). Then I learned MATLAB code, and lost it all hahaha. It depends how you learn though, if you can really sit down and read a book and use the online info well, then try it. But if you get sidetracked easy or have too many distractions, a class will be better hands-down. I got a free book from the local dump's book exchange thing called "C++ for You++", and it was pretty good, and helped me when I was getting stuck. Again, motivation is a huge issue to be honest. __________________ I need to start buying my china cymbals in bulk, they break like eggs lately.