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A C++ Tutorial for Complete Beginners # 1
by Jared Devall
Language: C/C++

I wrote this tutorial for those who wish to fully understand things from the beginning. If something is not explained clearly or is incoherent, please let me know and I will try to fix it ASAP!

C++ Intro...
by Amin Patel1
Language: C/C++

This tutorial has been made to give an introduction to new c++ programmers. Unfortunately their are many great minds out there but they don't have access to free and quality c++ tutorials. So this is the first lesson.

A C++ Tutorial for Complete Beginners #2
by Jared Devall
Language: C/C++

This is the followup tutorial to "A C++ Tutorial for Complete Beginners #1". This article explains Variables!

Tutorial 3
by Amin Patel1
Language: C/C++

This tutorial has been made for new c++ programmers. Unfortunately their are many great minds out there but they don't have access to free and quality c++ tutorials.

WinSock Programming
by Jason Beighel
Language: C/C++

This article is my understanding of how to use the WinSock API. It explains how to create a socket, listen on a socket as a server, connect to a socket as a client, and how to pass information from the client to the server.

Tutorial 2
by Amin Patel1
Language: C/C++

This tutorial has been made for new c++ programmers. Unfortunately their are many great minds out there but they don't have access to free and quality c++ tutorials.

Absoulute C++ Beginner's pack
by Ian Agar.
Language: C/C++

This is a huge complete tutorial package teaching classes, variables, functions, Hello World, include files, preprocessor, comments, math operators, converting variables, and tons more in several paragraphs each lesson, going in order of difficulty. It includes an Examples folder and further references along with an introduction to C++ and a normal text and a Rich Text tutorial, so you get whatever suits you. Enjoy!

Largest and best ever C++ Tutorial
by Michael Skelton
Language: C/C++

Very comprehensive indepth tutorial, being updated so it should cover a lot more aspects soon. ENJOY!

A Funny Loop
by MArio Flores G
Language: C/C++

Yust a Little yoke...please smile :)

Award winning C++ Tutorial SEQUEL
by Michael Skelton
Language: C/C++

The sequel to my award winning C++ tutorial, this tutorial is clearer and a lot more indepth. It contains numourous code examples and links to further resources. Please vote for me to help encourage my efforts :) skelm (skelm AT hush DAWT com) AIM: skelm32 MSN: skelmirc@hotmail.com

An almost complete DLL guide!
by D Davis
Language: C/C++

+ Creating ActiveX DLL's in VB (and compatability issues),
+ Creating DLL's in C++,
+ Using ActiveX DLL's in VB apps,
+ Using Non-ActiveX DLL's in VB app and C++ apps,
+ Loading DLL's DYNAMICALLY in both VB and C++ (Good for plug-ins),
+ Calling a function by a string (Good for scripting programs).

This article was written for alot of reasons. For one, I needed to learn how to load and use DLL's and get a better understanding of doing so. Another was because ... (see entry for full description)

Write A Simple Operating System Now !
by vivek mohan
Language: C/C++

The Simple Hello World Operating System package contains a boot sector code(ASM) , boot sector writer , an exe header stripper , and a simple guide on how to build a small OS which prints a Message "Hello World !"

Playing Audio in Windows using waveOut Interface
by David Overton
Language: C/C++

This tutorial will teach you how to use the Windows waveOut multimedia functions. It also explains a little about how audio is stored in the digital form. I hope this tutorial is useful. Full source code is included as is a downloadable version wrapped in an MSVC++ project.

Write An OS (II) - OPOS
by vivek mohan
Language: C/C++

This is the second part of my previous article Write A Simple OS now ! . This time its not just Hello WOrld , but a lot more than that. I have written a very simple basic kernel coded in turbo C 2.0 . It also has a simple $hell. Just follow the instructions in readme.now...And don't forget to vote ;-).

Beginners tutorial to file handling
by Shahab Faruqi
Language: C/C++

FILE HANDLING TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS ------------------------------------ This tutorial is intended who don't not a single thing about file handling in C++, one of the most important concepts of any type of programming. I intend to present this tutorial into 2 parts, but both these parts are independent of each other and you can start from any one. This part focuses on: ->How to create files, read and write to them. ->The logic behind many commonly used objects like cout and cin [Di ... (see entry for full description)

The Legend of Zelduh (with level editor)
by Joseph Harvey
Language: C/C++

This program is a zelda clone that I made to learn how to use tilemaps. It's a very fun game! Be sure to play with the level editor! Instructions are included in a word document if you need help! Lost Side Dead!!!!!! www.lostsidedead.com

__How to Build Eliza Chatterbot - A Program that can Chat with Humans
by Amit Mathur
Language: C/C++

This article teaches you how you can create your own Chatterbot, a program that talks with human beings, just as we do. As you read this program, you will explore that this program, which falls under the domain of Artificial Intelligence, is nothing but manipulation of String and File Handling. This article aims at giving you a direction. The outcome is not a perfect program, but a minimal working skeleton. Rest you can do easily. There is practically NO LIMIT to how much input you ... (see entry for full description)

MasterX Console FTP
by Lee Trager
Language: C/C++

MasterX Console FTP. This will show you how to program MasterX Console programs and FTP API at the same time!!!

Casts Made Easy!
by Andrew Hull
Language: C/C++

A tutorial that explains and gives examples for static_cast, reinterpret_cast, const_cast, and dynamic_cast.

R00T B33R (must-see game)
by Deslock
Language: C/C++

This a game built with MasterX SDK, with cool graphics and animations its a re-creation of the old "Tapper" game. This time, you must serve r00t-beer to the clients. There is many differents customers, and the soundsFX are top notch!. Executable or source codes.

 



Newest Tutorials

Handling the command line - C - Part 1
by Wallace Ferreira
8/21/2010 6:24:37 PM

Language: C/C++

This articles covers the process of handling the command line in a C (and C++) application; It explains what is the command line, when it is used and how to use it in your C/C++ applications, just like applications such as Ping, Telnet, Netcat and others do; Some samples are included.

C++ PROJECT-PERIODIC TABLE
by Nishank
5/17/2010 4:22:46 AM

Language: C/C++

HELP on C++ project on Periodic table

Class and Struct
by Harikrishnan M
4/27/2010 8:30:54 AM

Language: C/C++

This article will show how to use pointers to access the private member of a class.And thus you would understand the power of pointers.

Using iTunesCOM Interface
by richard hanning
3/20/2010 5:41:33 PM

Language: C/C++

Easy demonstration of how to set up and use the iTunesCOM interface to retrieve playlists and print the track names in them.

Doubly Linked List with convenient macros
by Jason M. Smith
3/13/2010 2:56:25 PM

Language: C/C++

This is a doubly linked list.

Windows Registry Using C++ and Win32 API
by rahules_rahul
2/13/2010 1:42:57 PM

Language: C/C++

This article gives an introduction to functions available in Win32 API to manipulate the Windows Registry using C\C++ . This is an easy and understandable article.

Open USB drives from desktop
by lahiru chandima
11/13/2009 11:08:38 PM

Language: C/C++

This article demonstrates how to create a simple program which can open USB drives connected to the computer from the desktop.

Dyanmic Allocation of Array of Char, Int and Float
by Jugnu Thakur
10/22/2009 10:32:26 AM

Language: C/C++

Demo, how to allocate an memory block dynamically and use it as array in run time.

lower and upper the sentences
by Ahmad Tamimi F
10/18/2009 8:18:18 AM

Language: C/C++

sharing

Simple C++ Void Referencing
by Sam Giambalvo
9/7/2009 5:14:32 PM

Language: C/C++

A simple article/tutorial on C++ voids.