Ahh I remember being a junior in college thinking to myself, "I %&*#& hate C." I did, I hated C solely because I frequently had to use pointers in my assignments and I didn't like them. I was use to the good ol' days of Java when you couldn't even see pointers (as far as I know or care).

You can imagine my joy when...

Lesson 2 focuses on arrays, loops, and conditions. C++ is very similar to Java in regards to these concepts, so the lesson went by very quickly. I did stumble across one totally new concept to me.

for (int cnt1 = 0, int cnt2 = 9; cnt1 < 10; ++cnt1, --cnt2){     //do stuff}

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To start, I dug up a copy of Visual C++ 2008 express edition. Visual C++ was very highly recommended, so I figured it was best to listen... they are the teachers.

Lesson 1 of C++ Module I is working with the absolute basics of C++, I/O. Admittedly, I really haven't written many C++ console apps. My job usually requires that I fix...