I want to learn Java and C++ programming at home. Are there downloads available for these programs online?

Any suggestions of good sites to obtain downloads, free if possible.

I want to learn Java and C++ programming at home. Are there downloads available for these programs online?
I agree that Java or C# is going to be easier to learn than C++, but I don’t think that ease is the only factor. I think you need to find out what type of programming you want to do first. Web, application, game, networking, tools etc…Then pick a language. There are plenty of step by step tutorials for C++ that will make it easy to learn the basics just like with Java.





If you go with Java I would suggest downloading Eclipse, it is a free IDE and will make it easier for you to learn. For C++, I don’t know of any free IDEs, textpad will color the syntax for you, and digital mars has a free windows compiler. Borland has a cheap C++ IDE and compiler, about $40.





www.javaranch.com is a good resource for learning Java. If you chose Java I would also recommend after you get into it for a few months reading the java language specification, JLS spec and the java virtual machine specification JVM spec. For C++ this book is the specification:


The C++ Programming Language


by Bjarne Stroustrup








Bjarne invented C++. So he knows what he talking about, however you may not find the book that accessible when you are learning. But there are probably a lot of good tutorials, I’ve always found the o’rielly book to be an excellent source to learn from.
Reply:Search for tutorials





http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/





That is a result from a yahoo search for C++ tutorial.





Hope that helps





RJ
Reply:java is easiest to get started with.
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www.pekiyi.150m.com/java.html
Reply:If this is your first time learning a programming language (which by the question, it sounds like it, no offense.) I would highly recommend starting with something like C#. You'll still learn OOP concepts but it's a newer language with better examples, and you will run into way fewer of the "gotchas" java/c++ are full of. You will be able to write just about any of the same kinds of apps you would with Java/c++. Microsoft also offers a free compiler: Visual C# Express. If you still have questions, email me.
Reply:the best website : freecomputerbooks.com u can search for tutorials and stuff...its fun