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RKCole:
I hope that this is not just taking up space.  I wanted to write (I just joined this evening) and say thank you for this wonderful program.  On my income there is no way I could afford Visual C++ (even the student edition as I am a college student).  I also tried Dev-C++, which worked but had some problems on my PC.

I am a legally blind user, and I am still somewhat new to C++.  I passed my C++ courses at the college I attend with high grades, but unfortunately the professor did not know much about C++...thus I do not know much even after two quarters of hard work.

The fact that this program is cross-platform is very wonderful.  I have a goal, eventually, to try to begin programming a magnification program (something with universal scrolling) for Linux and Windows as for a commercial application the price is near $600.

I want to thank the makers of this program for the hard work; I am very impressed with what Code::Blocks has to offer.  I also gave my uncle a link to this program.  He was looking for a reason to leave MS Visual C++, and since obtaining Code::Blocks, he has found his reason.

Now that I have the program...I need to learn to program...in both wxWidgets and C++...Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks again for this great package, and keep up the good work!

Take care.

PS: At the risk of sounding ignorant, how would I go about downloading/installing wxSmith?  I had read about it awhile ago, and it grabbed my interest.

killerbot:
download one of the nightly builds --> wxSmith is included in it, no need to install; it's just there.

Good books about c++ : :
- "effetive c++" and "more effective c++" and "effective stl" from Scott Meyers
- "Exceptional c++" and "More Exceptional c++" and "Exceptional c++ style" from Herb Sutter
- "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference" from Josuttis

These are not that difficult, later on you can switch to books of Andrei Alexandrescu, but that's a little bit more complicated (but also very good)

Enjoy,
Lieven

Michael:
Hello,

Before beginning with wxWidgets, it would be better (IMHO) to begin with a good C++ book. I would like to add to the list of killerbot's books (which are good suggestions):


* The C++ Standard : Incorporating Technical Corrigendum No. 1
* Bjarne Stroustrup, "The C++ Programming Language"
Naturally, if you have a strong interested in C++, these two other books are worth to be bought:


* Bjarne Stroustrup, "The Design and Evolution of C++"
* Margaret A. Ellis and Bjarne Stroustrup, "The Annotated C++ Reference Manual"
Once you have the basis, you can switch to advanced books as:

Andrei Alexandrescu, "Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied" (I think it is this one that killerbot suggested you).

You can find all these books in www.Amazon.com and usually you can go inside a book and see how it is.

I would also advice this link which is full of useful info:

http://public.research.att.com/~bs/homepage.html

Concerning wxWidgets, you will find this book a good one:

Cross-Platform GUI Programming with wxWidgets
 
and without forgetting the website www.wxWidgets.org

Anyway, a lot of info, articles, tutorials, examples and so on can be found in Internet by using www.google.com

Best wishes,
Michael

sethjackson:

--- Quote from: Michael on January 13, 2006, 02:06:09 pm ---Hello,

Before beginning with wxWidgets, it would be better (IMHO) to begin with a good C++ book. I would like to add to the list of killerbot's books (which are good suggestions):


* The C++ Standard : Incorporating Technical Corrigendum No. 1
* Bjarne Stroustrup, "The C++ Programming Language"
--- End quote ---

The second one by Bjarne Stroustrup is very good. I find it hard to understand at times. Seeing that I am teaching myself C++ as I go along. :)

killerbot:
other good c++ books (they rather start from know knowledge whatsoever) and teach from the start also STL, for example strings , f*** char*  ;-)
Essential c++ from Stanley Lippman
Accelerated c++ from Koenig-Moo

and to get a good hang of templates :
c++ templates from Josuttis/Van de Voorde

Also the books from Stephen Dewhurst are nice, but Meyers' books are better.

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