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[Orange Wizard]

C++17 to have modules! Hype :v

Are they in any way similar to Python modules, or is this another thing where Python calls a rabbit a smeerp?

[Putnam]

Nope, Python's modules are very much things what other languages would call modules.

[Skyrunner]

My understanding is that modules are separate bits of code that don't have to be explicitly compiled,  but can be easily included into your other code and used...

[MorleyDev]

I do like the core idea of separating declaration from implementation. But with 'proper' OOP languages like C# and Java, you  accomplish separation of the two via the declaration of interfaces. This works very nicely, so you can almost never have classes be parameters on functions in those languages because every function they'd want to call is declared on the interface that class implements (obviously ignoring PODs/POCOs/POJOs and data containers (though even data containers often become IEnumerable or similar)).

Makes the OLID of SOLID much easier and more natural to follow.

[Spehss _]

Tips for learning more about coding? My attempt at making a roguelike in C++ made me realize that I'm good enough at programming for high school/college class assignments but not anything serious. Obviously the best way to learn is to actually program stuff but it's hard to program when you don't know how some things work.

Anyone got any websites or books to recommend?

[miauw62]

Find an open source project you're interested in, code for it for a while.

[Putnam]

Yeah, I used DFHack for that.

[Uristides]

Find an open source project you're interested in, code for it for a while.

Any more tips on that? It's something I wanted to do it for a long time, but finding a project, what it needs, if I can do what it needs, and the possibility of just getting my code called potato tier and thrown straight in the bin makes it all sound really daunting.

[Gentlefish]

I'm sure it's been recommended before, but project Euler is a good site for practicing code.

and the C++ reference site has all the standard libraries for reference, for both C and C++.

Java has Javadocs, and languages like Python and Ruby have their own dedicated documentation sites. All very useful.

[Orange Wizard]

Python has some of the best documentation I've ever seen.

[Spehss _]

and the C++ reference site has all the standard libraries for reference, for both C and C++.

Only problem I've had with using the official c++ documentation is that lots of the terms and vocabulary fly right over my head. So it doesn't help that much.

[Magistrum]

Only problem I've had with using the official c++ documentation is that lots of the terms and vocabulary fly right over my head. So it doesn't help that much.

Ah, that's nothing to worry about, you'll start getting it straight in no time.
Just read over and guess what that could mean, if the thing don't compile try again:

Code: [Select]

while (!compiling)
{
   tryAgain(someOtherMethod())
}If anything is really difficult you can post here or PM me or other of the C/C++/C# coders around here.

[Reelya]

It's a good idea to pseudocode everything as comments, and leave those comments in as your documentation. That way, what your code is intended to do is documented, rather than just what it actually does. This can help other people (or yourself months later) tell bugs from deliberate features.

Only problem I've had with using the official c++ documentation is that lots of the terms and vocabulary fly right over my head. So it doesn't help that much.

Asking around or reading tutorials should solve that. The reference sites are for when you already know what you want to do, and need to check the specific function call syntax for something. Stick to c++ tutorials and roguelike programming sites.

[i2amroy]

Find an open source project you're interested in, code for it for a while.

*i2amroy looks pointedly at his signature*

[Reelya]

Also, Liberal Crime Squad.