project for a beginner

[salerep]

hi all,
can anyone recommend good written small open source c++ project for a
beginner to look into?
thanks.

 

[salerep]

Have a look on sourceforge there are plenty.

exactly.that's why I' asking. I'm not asking about any project...

 

[Jorgen Grahn]

.... but you are asking about a well-written one.

Your question is not exactly on-topic here. You may want to try an open source
newsgroup if you haven't already. Perhaps a linux application related group.

It's a question about learning C++; how can it not be on topic?
Also, Linux people generally don't know anything about C++.

Also, if you are just a beginner with C++, then I would suggest a good book with
exercises in it. Accelerated C++ comes to mind. It introduces and covers the
more useful aspects of the language.

You'll want a very solid foundation with a general programming language such as
C++ before you dive into a real open source project because most also involve
using compex libraries.

I disagree. Too many people spend too much time learning programming
without ever seeing anyone else's real, working code. I did it that
way myself.

I suggest a combination of reading books, doing example code (acutal
useful code, or with unit tests) and reading/modifying real code.

/Jorgen

 

[Jorgen Grahn]

hi all,
can anyone recommend good written small open source c++ project for a
beginner to look into?
thanks.

Normally I say "try the lftp FTP client", but this time I downloaded
the lftp source code and looked at it. It doesn't look too bad, but:
- it seems to underuse the STL containers
- most of it is completely undocumented

There's also the 'rtorrent' BitTorrent client. It looks better
and more modern (although its indentation conventions look weird to
me).

My own projects are listed at http://snipabacken.se/~grahn/comp/

Of the C++ ones, I'm reasonably happy with 'geese', 'prefer' and
'anydim'. (They are of course much smaller and less generally useful
than lftp and rtorrent, which are both excellent software.)

/Jorgen

 

[Peter Remmers]

Am 17.04.2011 10:15, schrieb cg_chas:

By the way, sourceforge has a search engine that one could quickly get a
size-reduced list from. Using keywords such as "small" "well-written" "c++"
"cpp" reduces the number greatly.

And who would add such tags to a project? The authors. And I'd say when
the authors claim that about their own project, that statement does not
have much meaning.


Peter

 

[Jorgen Grahn]

By the way, sourceforge has a search engine that one could quickly get a
size-reduced list from. Using keywords such as "small" "well-written" "c++"
"cpp" reduces the number greatly.
Since you asked.. It is not exactly a question about learning C++, it is also a
question about open source projects.

I think he asked about open source projects only because he wanted to
read and change the C++ source code.

I love it when people make unsubstantiated blanket statements. The arrogance in
doing so is surpassed only by the ignorance required to make such statements.

Quickly moving to ad hominem, I see. I've had enough of that around
here already.

/Jorgen

 

[Jorgen Grahn]

Perhaps it was hasty on my part. It is not beyond me to apologize for the
response I made, so if you feel offended by it, then please accept my apology.

Apology accepted.

Speaking truthfully, though, I have great disdain for blatant generalizations
about groups of people where there is no supporting or substantive value. There
isn't just alot of it here, its all around us if you keep your eyes and ears
open.

Consider the audience of your statement and the possibility that they are using
linux to read this very discussion. One could easily perceive the statement you
made as unduly critical.

OK, I was too brief. What I meant to say was approximately:

I don't think he'd get useful responses in a Linux (systems)
programming newsgroup, because most Linux programmers use C (or
Python, Perl ...) and many of them (e.g. Linus) are quite hostile to
C++.

See, I'm a Linux programmer myself, so it wasn't attack on the Linux
people. (Although I wish more of them would use C++, so I'd not have
to see so many homemade linked-list/hash/search tree implementations.)

/Jorgen

 

[Paul]

Apology accepted.


OK, I was too brief. What I meant to say was approximately:

I don't think he'd get useful responses in a Linux (systems)
programming newsgroup, because most Linux programmers use C (or
Python, Perl ...) and many of them (e.g. Linus) are quite hostile to
C++.

LOL this is funny.
Many of them are hostile to C++.