It's easy, code, fail, stack overflow - repeat. Remember to keep code/failing and learn to like it. We never stop code/failing, it's called learning.

Man I didn’t know Ed Sheeran knew C++

"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." Stephen King

Your advice is actually on spot, a lot of beginner programmers (including me) struggle with what to do next after learning a language and frankly no one ever feels to even address this problem. Great Content, Great tutor keep it up The Cherno !

This is amazing advice! I've been doing this subconsciously for other languages and always wondered why my skill in them overtook the first language I ever learnt. I'm definitely doing this for C++

Awesome! I was in the middle of watching your c++ series and you uploaded this while I was watching it. I have wanted to apply my c++ skills outside of the text book, but found it frustrating because I never knew where to start. Thank you!

in a nutshell: Use С++, don't just learn it

The answer is the same as it's always been in programming: find something you want to build but currently have no idea how, build it, then find another project that's different enough to push your skills more.

Dude, you are the best programming content creator I've ever watched on KZfaq. Keep up the awesome work!

I was watching your older videos to revise some basics of C++, you've put on some weight. you're the best, please keep the videos coming!!

Thank you man, I have been struggling with this for quite a while now. It's good to know what my next step should be.

This might be just the thing I wanted to hear Today to get me motivated and have a new approach to learning C++ and Java. Thank you :)

This is the first time you've come up in my feed since your old game dev tutorials. Glad you're looking healthy. Thanks for the videos.

In simpler terms, you have to actually USE it to become fluent with it. I got through my OOP class at my university without too much problem, but I didn't come out of there actually knowing how to program. I learned that a semester or two later when I actually had to design and implement my own systems and class hierarchy for a project.

This is truly an underrated channel. Finding it makes me feel fortunate.

I was looking for something like that and KZfaq recommended this precious information. Thank you for help our dev community evaluates!

this advice of looking at other people's codes was so needed!!!! i wanted to see more of the language but didn't now how or where. thankssss

something that helped me was just doing it. I just went all in and did something way out of my league and learned a lot.

Went into C# knowing nothing on a friday and then spent the whole weekend (objectively was supposed to be C++ but didnt turn out so) to work on a "launcher" that i've wanted to make for some time, incredibly hard as i knew nothing what arguments i were supposed to use and what not. I took up a incredibly challenging task and ended up doing what i wanted to do and i ended up learning a big portion of C#. It all leans to doing something you find interesting thats challenging at the same time, best way to learn and then being in a small chat with a few people who love to just code stuff where we talk about coding and add ideas to what we could do better or how u could code it easier. By far best way of learning for me. Obviously if i were to go into basics it would be far more easier and it would save me time and would be the way to go. But thats the fun part TLDR work on something u want to do and find people u can talk about coding who's also encaustic

my phone doesn't have an option for displaying language "C++"

Maybe I’m biased because C++ was the first language I learned but... I feel like C++ is one of a rare OG language that you can “read” as a language... it focuses on programming through explicitly governing the logical operations within the computer. I can look at a C++ file and understand exactly what logic the computer is being programmed to perform. It’s verbose but it’s precise.

The book" Ultra learning" by scott young. This guy completed the whole mit computer science degree in a year.math programming everything on his own. The book is amazing and has helped me tremendously. He has also used his technique to learn to speak fluent in other language's in a matter of months.

Alternative title: How to learn basically anything

He still continuing this series after 3 years Thanx

I think I have an invisible Cherno fairy by my side. This is exactly what I was wondering nowadays after watched your 90+ C++ tutorials! Thank you so much!

The one piece of advice no one ever gave me, I had to discover it on my own. The only advice I would ever receive from people is: start coding, it's the only way to learn a programming language. And I would simply find myself asking myself, how do I f*** do that! In any case, the point being made is that only when I began reading real life source code did I truly transition from simply knowing the syntax of a programming language to actually using the language. This is good advice.

Rather than starting with Hello World, I started learning C++ by jumping into open source stuff, before I even knew how to code it. I chose open source games and simulators that I actually played/used. It's easy to decipher and learn code when you know how the end product works. Then it was just a matter of adding the syntax. Functions are functions, variables are variables. Jumping into the deep end revealed how much I could figure out on my own, and what I needed to look up and learn more about. Starting with the basics doesn't challenge you to learn, it only teaches you to recite progressively complex code. Cheers!

I just passed my C++ exam with a very good result! Thank you for this great series :)

I really don’t understand when many people say “do projects, something simple like a Mario game.” I feel this type of advice is more for people who have a almost intermediate knowledge in c++. You can’t expect someone who knows nothing about c++ or programming in general to know exactly where to start just by doing projects. If I do a project like that to learn, I’ll feel as if I’m just copying and pasting and not really learning anything that way and wasting a lot of time. I’m not sure. This is coming from someone who has no clue where to start and only has the most basic stuff down on c++.

I needed to hear this. Thank you!

Keep up creating great learning content! If someone is really interested in a topic, they will learn through daily practice. In the end, this is the only way. Nobody CAN TEACH you anything, but you CAN LEARN from all possible sources.

Thank you, needed this

I think we need an objective when learning programming... I first touched c++ when i was 13, but i don't knew what to do with it on my life activities (i regret not continuing, anyway, i learned other things)... After i began to mess with music, i learned that "music is math", so i decided to learn programming, and when i was learning i really WANTED to do music out of it... That is when it really began to flow from me... When you have an objective in your mind, that your really really want, YOU DO IT! Don't just program for the "sake of it", program because you WANT IT... Then, chasing your dreams will naturally make you find solutions to your problems... And it being a dream, it is something you won't surrender (at least, that is what i hope from you)...

So, it definitely helps having an experienced professional C++ developer friend nearby.

That's a really good advice. At one point I thought I could write a small fluid simulation in C++ ... and then I saw OpenFOAM and how crazy the code was. Due to my studies I went towards Python and didn't have time to come back to C++ , but it definitely was a humbling experience.

Leaving your comfort zone is the hardest thing to do. This applies not only to learning.

this makes Soo much sense. i am almost ashamed i didnt think of doing this. thanks for bringing up this topic

All your videos are good and helpful but this is one of the most important ones.🎉 Thank you for this.

Great advice, no matter what language you're interested in. Too many people descend into tutorial/courses purgatory and never make it out.

What tips do you have when first looking at a new Open Source project that you're unfamiliar with? Should we start by reading the docs / wiki? Open issues? Dependencies? Preprocessor statements? Main function? What's your general approach to familiarizing yourself with a new code base?

Thanks Cherno, You' re the best at giving examples

Great job! I learned a lot from your videos. Thanks!

You helped a lot! Thanks man

Old follower here (before your C++ series started).. when I first started programming I wanted to dive into C++ and build my own physics engine. Yeah... maybe a wee bit too ambitious! I ended up going into web development instead because it's a lower barrier to entry (Much easier to learn and much faster to start getting paid for). Anyway, I still learned a tremendous amount from your C++ series, and it made learning Web Development/Other languages WAY easier, and I'm eternally grateful. Second point is, I will hopefully soon be getting back into the C++ game soon.. and watching this brought back so many awesome memories. Your content is simply priceless. Such clear explanations and great emphasis on what really matters when it comes to programming. You're definitely one of the best programming educators out there. Thank you so much! I'll be sure to become a Patron ASAP! P.S. I'm extremely proud of what you've done with your youtube channel beginning with the start your C++ series. It's really impressive/inspiring!!!

A great video, I think. Uh as a c plus plus beginner, I didn't know how to learn C plus plus before watching your video. But now I understand how to learn C plus plus in a better way. Thank you.

The most important video you've ever made. Well done!

I already have learned the basics and can read the fundamentals of any code I see, though when adding things such as other libraries and going past iostream and cmath, I didn’t have a clue, thanks for the advice and I will be sure to try it to expand my knowledge more into the field of c++ I want to take a closer look into!

Great video! I love how you related natural languages (German, Japanese) to programming. Really cool.

Cherno : "whtever level tht is" Me : Legendary

Very informative video. Thanks!!

that was so beautifully explained!

Thank you, you helped me a lot, finally I find out the right path of my journey.

I’m learning Python and this is an amazing advice. Thanks

Thanks friend, very useful advices!

Such a nice piece of advice dude. have always been learning that way too. Immersion is a key to learn anything.

New viewer here! This video instantly gave me lots of hope. You earned yourself a subscriber.

thanks it really helped widen my perspective now i might be able to learn cpp in a better way i m starting today with first lecture (as a beginner) wish me luck!!

I'm not c++ dev I only code python and at a really novice level but IMO a good way to improve at coding or learning things in general is to learn through personal projects which really motivates you ! I 1st learned python during my IT technician course and I was a total trash at it because it was explained through mathematical / algorithmical concepts and it honestly was boring / felt hard to learn. then ... a few years after I needed to upgrade some python coded 3d modeling software's plugins of one of my favorite games of my childhood. I then took the scripts and relearn python through upgrading those tools and managed to upgrade the whole shit and make it display something on screen. This made me learn A REAL LOT of things about Python programming / hexadecimal files formatting / reverse engineering / 3d models concepts such as vertex positions vertex textcoords ...etc and I'd say python is probably my favorite programming (scripting :) ) language today ! Learn through your own projects ! You'll get more motivation / self reward by doing so

Thanks a lot you are always inspiring me to keep on with C++

Very much needed video.

Superb, just like always.

Its sounds so technically! Thank🙏🙏 cherno

Cherno, Can you do a video on the Stringizing operator (for the preprocessor), or a more in depth look at preprocessor statements?

"you are not expected to know everything upon being hired" - oh boy

I have become over the years a professional c# coder and I never EVER needed to be "Tough how" so to say I was only set off with the basics. These are like variables classes... but. After that I was left pretty much alone in the topic. As it turns out it is only ever going to benefit you coding if the first programming language you do you are really only nudged along but defiantly not though. There is a much more of a beauty to it because your mind feels more compelled to do it if you set off on mini projects. It takes away the stress of it being homework or you must do it. If you can' t keep this constant interest up then coding is not for you. Though after a while it becomes addicting. I personally started on a calculator. Now lets talk about why would these tutorials actually help. It is because if you seen one language you seen it all. After you are in that coder mindset It is just learning the syntax and a little more depending on the langue but with one of these 4 hour courses after your first language these are worth it to learn one in whole. So to sum up the title above says it all "really learn c++".

Trying to learn both C++ and English watching your videos, thank you

Hi, Cherno! I really love your videos, they are great. I would really love to see video about copy elision and NRVO. Those thing can really mess up with understanding of your code if you haven't heard about them. Cheers.

I really like the part where you said to immerse yourself into the language. I'm trying to learn spanish and I changed all me devices over to spanish a week ago

first time visiting the channel and found my solution . again wanna say thanks. keep doing the good work bro... :) _____________from Bangladesh

Thanks a lot, really helpful.

The Cherno is such a good resource to anyone on the coding journey, so much valuable information

For me, it makes sense to do what he said but later. First, learn some data structures. Then learn the abstract data types that the structures are suppose to be, implementations off of ADTs. Find out why each implementation is chosen. Then move on to learn different paradigms. I've learned Object Oriented programming first and now I'm studying functional programming. Next up is concurrency and parallelism that functional programming excels at. Then move on to procedural programming with data bases. Boom, I have all of my go to tools for my skill set. Now it's time to for open source projects along with some of my projects. This with some free lance jobs, you'll be right on track for a proper career change.

Just transferred to a school where I have to lean C++ and I have 5 hours a week. All of my classmates have been doing this for 2 years or more already and I feel so behind because I am. Just found this channel and you seem like a good teacher, hope this will help me become better at it.

you are my mentor sir!!!! Not my boring professor's

Today, actually, I've done a small homework for a class at uni, no big deal, but it was about litterly googling a sorting algorithm and then writing it in pseudocode, extremely basic stuff right, but the site I found it on I didn't understand the written description at all, but then I read the c++ code and was like "ohh, that's it? Ok that makes sense"... on the class itself tho, we're supposed to start learning c and c++ in a few weeks so that's exciting... will have to go watch some tutorials tho so I could go to those classes like ducks through water haha

Really helpful and inspiring videos.

Thank you man!

I just started diving into ROS Nav2, which is used for robot navigation. I am going really really slow. But I am glad that Cherno approves of this method.

Whether it's programming or foreign languages, I'm becoming an advocate for learning through output as soon as possible. In programming, I've been writing my own practical GUI Windows tool (basically a mod organizer that organizes something other than mods) to solve a problem that gets on my nerves. I've been done with the main portion for a while and have used it many times already, and I'll probably finish up on the bells and whistles tonight, provided that I don't run into another bug. Whenever something doesn't work as intended, I come out of the fix with a better understanding of how C++ and programming works and more knowledge of potential pitfalls and where to look when something isn't working. Same with when I come up with and actually implement a new idea for my program. On the other hand, I spent years studying Japanese by reading VNs, and while I haven't taken the test, I know that I'm not a JLPT N1 listener, and I may or may not be a JLPT N1 reader. Meanwhile, every time I communicate with Japanese people online, I internalize something new about the language. If I had put myself on a program of daily communication with Japanese people, I'd probably have aced that test a long time ago. I don't feel like a bilingual person who's ready to translate professionally, but I do feel like a programmer who's ready to ask for money for his programming services without feeling like a fraud for doing so.

I've been learning c++ for the last few months. I have never programmed before....... I kept following tutorial after tutorial. The repetition of the tutorials didn't teach me much. Instead I started to write down some simple ideas I would like to do and started coding it myself. If I was stuck I'd do a quick google to point myself in the right direction. The tutorials are great to 'point you in the right direction' but you will never learn this way. I mean 'really' learn. Who knows how many years it will be until I have a solid grasp on c++.. but I have learned more just doing something myself with a help from google here and there then a tutorial telling me something. You only really understand and learn when applying the knowledge yourself. Keep typing, keep hitting the compile button..make a sh*t ton of mistakes and you will learn.

This is good man. Thanks

Great tip, thanks!

I learned game programming in the 90's and early 2k's. Your first 90 seconds haven't existed in like 15 years. They really DO ask you how to implement vectors and stuff. You must be lucky and have contracting or otherwise people who know you can code. I have 10 years of code owned by major companies that I can't transfer anywhere, so outside of the few friends that needed my skills, I'm CONSTANTLY asked to know everything and implement algorithms. I get along better with retired coders since they're the last generation that seemed to learn how to code without importing thousands of dependencies. Side note, I'm a mobile dev. I've worked on Bejeweled, Xbox, as well as enterprise meeting room stuff. I'm not a systems programmer, and my last time using C++ on-the-job was Cocos2d. I actually created the code they use for the scroll view in the C++ version (after converting it from paging). Seriously who makes a "scroll view" that's just paging... I learned to organize code by a combo of LaMothe and Multiplayer game philosophy, while rewriting map editors.

I do have a decent exposure to C++ so far and actually really enjoy the language, even though at times some of its concepts are obscure and there are too many! I got involved in an open-source project a few years back and got to a level where I am now struggling with speed issues so, naturally, the next frontier I wanted to explore was GPU programming with C++ Cuda. However, I find the learning curve still quite steep from classic c++ to Cuda, and it is frustrating to me. Any suggestions? thank you!

I found out that the best way to learn a language is to first learn to code. The syntax and the nick nacks of the language are something you can learn while writing the code. So for me, I'm just starting to learn C++, I'll spend a few days studying the basics and the syntax. Then I have a project in mind that is going to be quite big. I think I will end up with atleast 10 000 lines of code in the end. It won't be the most elegant thing to exist, but it will have a lot of different problems that need to be answered with a good solution. When I'm done, I will recode the worst parts of it and maybe do some restructuring. When I'm finally finished in 6-8 weeks, I'll know how to code in C++. There's always something new to learn, sure, but I'll be confident enough that I can start using the language in my other projects.

I learned C++ by using Frameworks. I also learned similar languages like Java, Javascript, C#, and PHP. And thus, when I got to C++ it was literally all the SAME THING!! In working with C++, it felt like I was still working in Java, etc.

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This is super informative.

This is what I wanted!

One of the greatest advice videos on computer science I've ever seen, thank you.

Very useful guideline

great video!

I just got a C in introduction to programming in C++.My professor didn’t teach us really well, she doesn’t have a good teaching style, she just read the PowerPoint the entire semester. So this entire semester I was looking to learn by my own. I needed to do my little project with help because I couldn’t do it by my own, so it was frustrating because I couldn’t understand. During this vacation, I will dedicate to learn C++ and practice more. It is really shitty that you are paying for classes, but the college hires mediocres professors that shouldn’t be teaching.

Really awesome and motivating video, thanks! Would you mind telling me about the song in the background? Can it be found or is it a private piece? :)

That's a really good advice. thanks

Good video! One tip: can you lower the background music volume a little?

As someone who is learning both C++ and Japanese I'll take your advice to heart

I'm 26 and want to get back into coding. Life took over some years ago and it fell to the wayside. Not sure if it's ridiculous to do. It's the only thing I've ever had a passion for since I was 12 years old. I'm not crazy experienced, but I always have it in the back of my head - it never goes away. It's the only thing I've ever felt happy doing. I don't care about making lots of money, just being self-sufficient.

And finally here I am at the end of the course. Well i know there is a new video with binary operators ¡great!. I think it's been the first time in my life that i've ended a youtube course completely!!! From now on the journey is on my own. Thank you "The Cherno" but this is probably the best course on internet.

Hey Cherno, how about making some serious in-depth series about C++11/14 ? That would be great ! :)