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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: newbie question about C++ and KDE development
From:       Dirk Stoecker <kde () dstoecker ! de>
Date:       2006-07-12 7:52:00
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0607120943520.14021 () daneel ! site
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On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Alex Nedelcu wrote:

> But the problem is ... I do not know C++.
> I also do not like learning C++ ... something about it that doesn't feel 
> right.
> I often tell myself what a complete looser I am for not being able to 
> learn C++.
> And not that I cannot, it's just that I find it hard to learn things I 
> do not like, things that don't feel /right/.

If you know Java and thus object orientation and C and thus the syntax of 
C++ I do not see any problem in coding C++ for KDE. You will learn all the 
missing things on the fly during coding and looking at already written 
code.

Try to use same style as the code you modify already uses. Pick some 
bugs or wishlist items from the BugTracker and fix them. This helps 
learning a lot. And you would please lots of people.

I myself started with C and now probably coded in 10 or more different 
languages all of them learning on the fly. Only the general concepts are 
really important, the syntax is a matter of coding practice.

BTW: A good book for C++ might by handy, but I can't recommend one myself. 
"Bjarne Stroustroup's: The C++ Programming Language" is not one of my 
favourites (much different to K&R: Programming in C which is really a fine 
piece ow work). Still searching a good C++ Reference.

Ciao
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