How to make a start??? 1

[abrogard]

Hi...

I'm just trying to make a start on Visual C++ but I find the MSDN help very laborious, tedious and distracting - it doesn't seem to get to the point but is forever leading you off to read things that, sure, are interesting but are so deep and so many that you'll be a top guru before you get your hello world written.

So I go for tutorials and I've worked my way slowly through the Scribble thing twice now and it still won't compile error free.

When I try to debug it by matching my code with their samples I find too many differences - i.e. not covered by the tutorial text.


Questions:

1. Other folks agree about the MSDN help?
2. Where is a good place to start?
3. Is this a known fact with the Scribble thing or is it for sure me that's wrong?

regards,

abrogard.

 

[palbano]

The Scribble tutorial is old and has been modified as Visual C++ and the Windows OS has progressed. When i went through that tutorial, ummm... N years ago it went flawlessly except for my mistakes. Now some years later when things go wrong the first place I look for mistakes is in my work. For me it seems to fit the 80-20 rule or more like 9999 to 1

Also, books targeted at beginners will contain more comprehensive information that may help you progress faster than a simple online tutorial.


-pete