Learning C++ with programming experience

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Hello guys! I have been making some games for myself using blueprints and I would like to shift to C++. I have some programming experience - C#, Python and Pascal (I know it is ancient, but we learn it at school and I think it is a pretty good way to get into programming/algorithmization).

I want to ask you, what do you think is the best way to start with C++ and use it with UE4? I found this course on Udemy, which starts with intro into C++, programming a game in pure C++ and then going into UE4. Does somebody have any experience with it?

Do you know any alternatives?

Thank you,

WannaBeGnome

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I haven’t looked at that course. There is a Battery terminal tutorial.

https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Introduction_to_UE4_Programming_-4-_Creating_a_Battery_in_C%2B%2B

For C++, it’s very similar to C#, just add pointers basically. http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/pointers/

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Epic really did good job with the C++. They even have awesome reflection (not a standard feature of C++). It does feel like C# to me in terms of ease and utility

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I have took this course and just finished it and i can 100% recommend it. He has very good projects setup for you, challenges and has quizzes to refresh your memory also the forums are very helpful on there and they reply quickly

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Are there any free courses out there? I have programmed in Lua for three years, but casts and variable types in C get me every time. Any tutorial to help me churn out workable code?

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you can have a look at this but i haven’t tried it myself so not sure if it will be good but looking through the lectures they go through all the basics https://www.udemy.com/free-learn-c-tutorial-beginners/learn/v4/overview