My Learn C++ Review

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I finally did all the (current as of 12/11/18) material in the Learn C++ course and I’ll give it a B++
It was great for knocking the rust off the old C++ brain.
Like learning most new languages it starts you off with the basics. Hello World!
A couple projects got a bit repetitive in terms of the typing(or copy and pasting in my case) but that is probably a good thing for the true beginner to really practice things.
I thought the Sorting Hat and Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock project were pretty fun. I’d love to add more questions to Sorting Hat and I kind of want to wrap the RPSLS in a loop to keep playing. Used a nested switch for that one mostly because I can’t remember ever doing it back in college.

  switch (user) {
    case 1: //Human chooses Rock
      switch (computer) {
        case 1: //Computer chooses Rock
          std::cout << "You tie! You both chose rock!\n";
          break;
        case 2: //Computer chooses Paper
          std::cout << "Computer wins! Paper covers Rock!\n";
          break;
        case 3: //Computer chooses Scissors
          std::cout << "You win! Rock crushes scissors!\n";
          break;
        case 4: //Computer chooses Lizard
          std::cout << "You win! Rock crushes Lizard!\n";
          break;
        case 5: //Computer chooses Spock
          std::cout << "Computer wins! Spock vaporizes Rock!\n";
          break;
        default: //Something went wrong with rand
          std::cout << "Computer tried to cheat!?!\n";
          break;
      }
      break;

The Dec 6th LiveStream(which I didn’t get to watch live :frowning: ) by @sonnynomnom was great. He has a great sense of humor which I like in a teacher and explains things very well. It was also a relief to see him make a couple typos.
Can’t wait for more content. Thank you codecademy!!!

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There will be an update next Monday, December 17th also! Stay tuned for it! Nice that you enjoyed it!

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@matthatters incredible feedback! and thank u :slight_smile:

so just looking at these 3 modules alone, what changes can we make to bring it from a B++ to an A++?

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Wow, absolutely. I don’t know if you can pull the code from my work page but I also put it here: https://github.com/matthatters/rock_paper_scissors

-Matt H

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I think it needs more lessons, but I know that more will come on Monday and later on. So I will wait. My current rating is A- I think. As more coming come out, my rating would probably go up :slightly_smiling_face:

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Far be it from me to criticize you guys. I think you all are brilliant and clearly know what you’re doing but I think I would have just liked to see more on string and char under the Variables section.

Also, did you edit part of the Sorting Hat? Something seems more magical.

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I started the Sorting Hat with this if-else:

if (gryffindor >= hufflepuff) {
  max = gryffindor;
  house = "Gryffindor";
}else{
  max = hufflepuff;
  house = "Hufflepuff";
}
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So far so good! I’m a true beginner in programming and I learned a lot from these 3 modules. I wished there was more info on running .cpp files locally and using c++ locally in general. Although I did appreciate the video walk-through!

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I personally though the course should be a A because it isn’t everywhere you can find a C++ course. With the update, maybe I would even rate it a A+

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oh wow thank u :slight_smile: also, module 4 coming tomorrow (monday) and livestream plus a mini-lesson coming on thursday!

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Wait, more material on Thursday?! I didn’t see that on the update thing :grinning:

Thank you for telling us!

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yep just updated it!

and check this out everyone:

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Thank you for the new update!

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I do not believe this should be a part of the get help section of the forum, it isn’t actually asking for help and is just a C++ Review, maybe post it somewhere else?

Your Criticism is still welcome of course, and it is a good and in depth review that really will help the community.

  • Jeff

PS:Serious post, don’t delete, this really shouldn’t be here.

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Thank you for telling us this! I changed it to General where it should belong since it is just a review like you said.

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i did edit it :slight_smile:

and yes, i’m going to add another exercise in variables for string and char!

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can you make a pull request here? https://github.com/sonnynomnom/Codecademy-Learn-C-Plus-Plus

and add your code for rock paper scissors inside the rock paper scissors folder?

and then i can add a link in the course.

feel free to add a fun fact comment about yourself (or where u are from) at the top of the program!

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I’m confused :confused:

Then @sonnynomnom said this:

So who actually edited it?

Anyways, nice update!

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oh i was talking the course. i edited the harry potter sorting hat quiz :slight_smile:

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I edited it @icetomeetyou. Sonny Li just edited the course.

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