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Need to Learn C++ and BASIC

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This very funny thing happened. I'm a freshman in high school and I went to an event where students from local schools (made up of five districts) take a test in a given subject and compete. The highest test scorers get to go to the state version of this event.

The funny thing is, my computer teacher and I both made a mistake when putting me in a subject. Instead of taking a test about computer repair (which we both thought it was and I would have done very well in), the test was on computer programming! I was taking a test with 17 other people (they all seemed to be either juniors or seniors) and didn't know a thing about computer programming! I got my score back and it was a 25.5. Not too bad considering I was 2-3 years younger than everyone else, had only HTML programming experience with a tiny bit of PHP mixed in, and the highest score was a 38.

Because I was the only one who took the test in my district, however, I technically won! As a result, I get to go to the state event and take another test. I need to take some quick lessons in computer programming if I want to do well.

What are some good resources for computer programming? I don't expect to be an expert programmer in a month, but I at least want to have a good foundation in the subject if at all possible.
 
Deitel & Deitel have good books but are a little expensive if your are not going to learm more about programming: $80.

Thinking is C++ is a free alternitive since you can down load the books for free. Might be a little to advanced.

An O'reilly book for about $30 as a basic refference book might also fill the bill.
 
goto amazon.com and buy one of those "learn C++ in 24hrs" or "learn visual basic in 24hrs " books..

but prepare to spend at least exactly 24hrs on the book.
 
Originally posted by: jlbenedict
Originally posted by: kamper
BASIC? Are you sure?
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Why not? BASIC is a very powerful language if used properly.
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Alright, I'll admit I don't really know it (just a smidgen of the Q and Visual variants). Are you speaking of the family as a whole (and, as such, recommending the modern variants still in use) or something specific? It just seemed like an odd thing to be learning for a programming contest.
 
C++ isn't necessarily the place to go if you don't already have some programming experience in a procedural or object-oriented language that includes low level primitives.

I suggest either Visual Basic or C#. Both of these are supported by Microsoft's express edition of Visual Studio, which you can download for free. There are also plenty of tutorials available at msdn.microsoft.com.

Good luck.
 
The name of the event is the LSU Literary Rally. It covers subjects taught in high schools (one student can only take a test on one subject however). The tests are created by the university.
 
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