Where to start and what to play with?

[r6racer]

Very new to programming ,just finished programming one (C++) two weeks ago and now just started programming two (C++) this week at my local community college. Though I am kind of just venturing on and exploring stuff myself to further my knowledge. Want to complete a computer science degree.

I just installed Ubuntu today so I can dual boot. Working great so far.

What should I play with next or familiarize myself with next? what should i download? about to download and try out visual studio code on here as well.

Just looking for stuff to do and play with.

[kbw]

What have you covered in Programming 1?

[r6racer]

real basic stuff loops, variables, functions, arrays, reading and writing out to text files, basic sorting algorithms and i started reading on vectors myself. Probably start reading on pointers and structs next

[r6racer]

Question - Why don't I need to install a compiler ? All I did was install CLion and everything works fine? its compiling my c++ code already. **did some googling sounds like Ubuntu comes with a couple different compilers already. thats pretty cool .

[kbw]

To really take off with C++, there are a few more concepts to learn. However, the core of CS is data structures, their implementation and use. As with all things, practice makes perfect.

I found these samples by Googling. I think it's good place to start.
https://adriann.github.io/programming_problems.html

[r6racer]

oh sweet. thanks a lot. i will def start to solve those instead, appreciate that.

[zaphraud]

check out some of the stuff I put up that uses vt100 graphics and make some new examples. I love seeing text based nostalgia.