I know how difficult it is to find good resources on the information sluggish highway. There's a ton of pages that have weak information, hard to understand explanations, dead links, a plethora of banner ads, and bad coloring schemes (the kind that make you wonder if your eyeballs are melting or if the room is just dancing by itself). I also know, first hand, the struggle of of beginners with a teacher who can't seem to help them. So here you have my weak solution to the problem, Neil's C++ Stuff!
Just one quick note ... there are still many good teachers out there. Most of the time you get stuck with the ones that do want to help you and make their best attempt at that. So just because your instructor piles work on you does not mean they automagically fall into the category that inspired this site.
- Articles
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I have put together several "articles" of which I have been known to call "tutorials", "references", or "sections" in the older versions. From now on, taking after other sites, I have decided to name these my "articles". In these I attempt to explain various C++ concepts in real/human terms.
They are the soul of this site, reflect my own twisted inner nature *tee hee hee HA HA HA HA HO HO HO!*, and date back as far as September 25th, 1998. Many of these are updated spasmatically, so some are broken off, others left unfinished for long periods of time. They're always on my mind and eventually they will all be finished!
- Additional Resources
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Under a main section I have "Additional Resources". Apart from my articles you can learn about C++ through the items listed here as well. It also contains information about contacting me for when you're in dire need of answers or when you want to give me money (woohoo!). Comments are also welcome.
Pages other than my articles have been thrown together in record time. So please point out any errors or inconsistancies.
- Funny Jokes
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No funny joke listings here. But if you email my friend Aiken Drum (doughels@erols.com) then you can get jokes daily. Just tell him you want to subscribe and that I (Neil) sent your sorry butt. Oops! I mean your not-so-sorry butt
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- My Resume
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Or other personal things. None of that is listed here except a little ditty about myself. You can find stuff like that on my personal homepage: Gibdon Moon.
- Web Page Services
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Those you'll have to seek out at my brother and I's web designing company page. It's still in a state of rough draft because we never find time to work on it, but for web pages that don't $uck check us out!
- Multimedia Works of Genius
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Seek out CyCLONE7 for that as well...
- Pornography
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And I bet you thought all web pages had some kind of pornography. Heh heh. No, but this word may catch some of those search engine bots, especially if I say things like Cameron Diaz nude not here! Heh heh.
.void main instead of int main. Now, there are probably "expert" C++ nuts out there looking at my page and whining about all the "non-proper" code that I may have put on here. The purpose of this code is to be portable and easy to understand, not necessarily "proper" or "stylish". You'll probably find a better way of doing things later on after you've gotten a good grasp of the language.As for the
void main, I used that because my classmates (back when I was in C++ class - not anymore) were using a really shitty book that did that all the time (and put the function prototypes inside function definitions ... ahhhhhhhhhh nooooooooo!). So rather than confuse the class more, I simply let it be. Change it? Nah, not worth it. Doesn't really matter anyway - not with the programs I'm detailing here.So for all those "experts" that are reading this, don't blow a vessel if you see something not organized to your liking. Thanx
If you're starting programming altogether and deciding to go with C++ then I suggest you first read a good book. Actually if you're only just beginning programming in general then I suggest you start with something simpler (IMHO) like QBasic or C. Its much easier to move into C++ from there than it is from no background at all.
If you're moving to C++ from one of the BASIC languages then you may have to read up on what compilers are and how to use them. Moving from C to C++ is fairly simple and this page is really not the place to be if you're an advanced C programmer
.So, a sum of what you'll need:
- you need a compiler (I have links to free compilers)
- you need to know how to write, compile, and run a very basic program like:
#include <iostream.h> main() { cout << "Hello World!" << endl; } - Knowing those should do you fine for most of my articles. Keep an open mind too!
By viewing the documents on this web site you are automatically removing any liabilities from me (Neil C. Obremski) that may or may not have been caused by the contents of this site. Any reading, typing, or licking is done out of your own free will and is not my responsibility. I also wave any responsibility for the content of links that I have listed. In downloading anything directly from my site or others you will not hold me (Neil C. Obremski) responsible for any damages caused by the material. I don't care if because of reading all this you lose your (boy)girlfriend, your wife, house, car, or bladder control; because its simply not my fault. Ha ha ha ha ha!
This page looks mighty fine in 800x600 resolution or higher. Any lower than that and there will be a horizontal scroll-bar at the bottom of your window which ain't too pretty. Any color depth is fine because you'll rarely find million-colored images here (if at all).
Linking: Adding a link to my site from yours is fine as long as the link title is "Neil's C++ Stuff" and the URL points to the main page: http://www.cyclone7.com/cpp/.
Icons & Buttons: Any icons (16x16 pixels) and buttons (27x24 pixels) are free for anyone to rip and mangle.
Other Copyrights: ICQ graphics (flowers) and conventions are copyright of Mirabilis. I also cloned graphics from the following products: Netscape Communicator, Windows98, TextPad, and Office97.
Other Art: All other and hand-drawn art is NOT public property and may not be downloaded, modified, or claimed as your own. If you wish to use any of this art please ask my express permission first. The art was drawn specifically for this site and should not be located anywhere else on the world wide web. All hand-drawn art was created by either Tarraccas Obremski or Neil C. Obremski.
Thank you for respecting the copyrights on this site!
