Ok, i just started myself and I started in C++ and found this tutorial:
http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html
its easy to follow, so i figured i'd post it on here (even though its already been posted before...) just to help out anyone else who is interested in starting.

thanks goosie
may i'll follow you to learn c++ but still want to know something

i just started today and after searching for tutorials that seems to be the clearest one... i made a papers scissors rock game just finished it i love my game...

I'm trying to learn c++ as well.

I followed your link. It seems to have a TON of information. but when I try to compile to first program, i get a bunch of errors.

The code is:
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout<<"HEY, you, I'm alive! Oh, and Hello World!\n";
cin.get();
}


i type in this at the terminal:
gcc f.cpp -o hello

and I get the following errors:
/tmp/ccpI2yKM.o(.text+0x19): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `std::cout'
/tmp/ccpI2yKM.o(.text+0x1e): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >& std:perator<< <std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char> >&, char const*)'
/tmp/ccpI2yKM.o(.text+0x29): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `std::cin'
/tmp/ccpI2yKM.o(.text+0x2e): In function `main':
: undefined reference to `std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >::get()'
/tmp/ccpI2yKM.o(.text+0x5a): In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0(int, int)':
: undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::Init[in-charge]()'
/tmp/ccpI2yKM.o(.text+0x89): In function `__tcf_0':
: undefined reference to `std::ios_base::Init::~Init [in-charge]()'
/tmp/ccpI2yKM.o(.eh_frame+0x11): undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status


I'm using fedora core 2, and I'm almost certain I've used gcc in the past and made it work, maybe I had to much Amaretto that night...?

Either compile like this:

gcc -lstdc++ f.cpp -o hello

or like this:

g++ f.cpp -o hello

The linking errors come from the fact that when you use gcc instead of g++ it doesn't automatically link against the standard c++ libraries and thus it can't find the iostream stuff.

WONDERFUL!!! g++ f.cpp -o hello worked great! Thanks alot.