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12.22.23

i have started of this challenge by learning C++ through MIT's open course Introduction to C++ found here, where i studied the first lecture and read through the second. this course is designed to be completed in a 4 week term, but depending on my availability, it may stretch as i take breaks from it specifically, and then circle back on coursework to retain information learned. we shall see

#include

using namespace std;

.

int main(){

.....cout<<"Hello, world!\n";

.....return 0;

}

Updated 12.22.23

name: Oberon

pronouns: they/he

occupation: CS student, gamedev hobbiest

misc about: 20 y.o, neurodivergent, transmasc, midwesterner, witch

what this blog is for: documenting my gamedev journey, as a form of both self discipline and fun. if i post about it: then it exists. otherwise: it lives in my head rent free. also sharing and saving queer videogame projects

what im passionate about: stories revolving around faeries, pirates, witchcraft, and otherwise fantastical and/or fictionalized elements. amplifying and creating stories by and about queer people.

programming details: primarily studying and using C++, Python, and Godot. currently a CS minor, will be a first-year CS major next year. general free-program and open-source enthusiast, and user of Krita, Pixelorama, Blender, Twine, and more to be added and/or discovered.

interests: worldbuilding, traditional art forms, fiber arts, videogames, psychology

tagging system: WIP

#kingsoriginal : posts made by yours truly, to seperate from reblogs

#kingsreblogs : vice versa of above

#kingsdesign : posts about design progress and processes, may post sketches and wips on occasion

#kingscode : posts about coding stuff im learning about or am writing

blog disclaimer:

1.11.24

Hello again. After that hiatus due to again life, I am once again jumping ship from a resource as I found this nifty little note in the documentation of Exercism's C++ course:

If you are brand new to the C++ language, you should spend time learning the basics of the language first.

UGH. I just want a simple learning course that's free and avail- Oh. learncpp.com exists. And Exercism recommends it right under that above note. Isn't that just simple as shit. Thus, here we are, starting over for (hopefully) the last time. I won't say I'm not frustrated, because I am, but at least I've found what looks like a good final destination. While I do have a tendency to over-complicate, it's hard not to when I'm interacting with intermediate resources with hardly a beginners knowledge. My mistake.

This is not all a downer, though, as 1.0 of this resource goes through very basics of C++ including!! How to set up an IDE using Visual Studio as its first example, so now I know how to use it! Actually helpful basics! Woo! Unfortunately for me however, going through 1.0-1.1 took an hour, so I will just have to return tomorrow to get to the good stuff :) [putting a gun to my adhd head]

#include

int main()

{

.....std::cout << "Hello, world!";

.....return 0;

1.16.24

today school started up again, and hot diggitiy damn is it going to be a rough semester so c++ may take a stronger backburner than i was anticipating, but i can still do this challenge by studying Java with my Computer Science I course so! for it i downloaded the eclipse IDE (which i already had the c++ version on my laptop, whoopie me), and thats all as i dont have any assignments until next week. i still wanted to hit a 2 minute goal post for c++, though, so i studied Sololearn's short loop section, which went over while and do-while loops, and different ways to have increments in c++ to avoid infinite loops

int num = 5;

.

while(num > 0) {

.....cout << num << endl;

.....num--;

1.12.24

wooo im building a proper streak again! lets goooooo, it might get broken by this weekend cause i work, but i hope not. also i just realized i talked all formal and shit last post, and im pretty sure it was because i popped by work in the morning and then was volunteering for a lot of my day lol so i didnt even notice. /shrug

anywho, thank you to @ryuji-terix for suggesting Sololearn, as I will now be using some of my 1 hr goal time to do that alongside learncpp.com! im doing the 20min/30day set up, so hopefully ill be able to keep it consistent, and having a website track that will be good encouragement B)

as im working through it, im seeing different practices such as the difference between 'endl' and '\n', where Sololearn has just taught me in a lesson to use the former and others have taught the latter, which is neat! it shows the flexibility of coding languages, which is a cool aspect of programming. no two peoples code will be exactly the same, even with implementing best practices, because their experiences and learning history will lend them to do different things.

today i finished the basic concepts section of Sololearn, and on learncpp.com i went through the first two sections of the basics chapter, leaving off on the third as my attention started waning. the difference in depth between what is considered basics is definitely steep, but both have their values

// this is a non functioning piece of code

// if you compiled this shit the compiler would go oops!

// nothing here!

// but! still considered code thus neheheheh

// f i l l e r

// fr tho im becoming a master (/hj) at this "basics of c++" shit

// its wild how many things ive started cause good lord

12.27.23

yesterday i started a new job, and in adjusting to the new sleep schedule required, i was unable to focus on c++, so i let it slide by as i knew id be able to pick it up today- shit happens

today i continued going through W3schools's C++ tutorial, finishing it and the function sections. unlike the MIT course, this course doesnt have proper assignments throughout, so i am concerned over retention. it has exercises which you can do outside of where theyre built in, all in a long list, but those are short and dont train for real usage. tomorrow when i go through the classes sections and finish up exercises, i will see about coding small projects to practice, and seek out another educational resource to continue learning c++.

int sum(int x) {

.....if (x > 0) {

..........return x + sum(x - 1);

.....} else {

..........return 0;

.....}

}

int main() {

.....int result = sum(10);

.....cout << result;

.....return 0;

1.20.24

back to c++, yippee!! i studied for a while yesterday on java, and have come down with something due to the stress of school starting + my mom picking something up from a business trip, so im going easy today and doing the for loop section from Sololearn. one notable thing learned was the ability to use continue and break as learned about from switch cases, which is pretty cool. i also did the section quiz, which was a culmination of the different conditional and loop sections, which i did pretty alright on! it was nice to see im retaining things from Sololearn well, as im still very early on in learning from learncpp.com and havent gotten to these sections yet

for( int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {

.....cout << i << endl;

1.15.24

fingers crossed this will be the start of a good streak. work broke it, but ive been reading atomic habits by james clear, so im going to start implementing those practices into c++!

a part of this process involves starting habits small, so im going to drop the 1 hr requirement of studying, for sake of my attention span and tracking that i study at all instead of not marking anything if i dont hit that goal point (like i did yesterday), so today i studied 1.3, variables and objects, and learned about the basics of these concepts including how theyre called without assignments of details.

int a, double b; //wrong (compiler error)

int a; double b; //correct (but not recommended)

.

//correct and recommended

int a;