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I would like to have set the foundation of programming fundamentals via C/C++ one month from now. Any help is very appreciated!

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When I was learning C++ in school this was the book we used. It's pretty comprehensive but not necessarily a step by step tutorial - the Standard C++ Bilbe

http://www.amazon.com/Standard-C-Bible-Al-Stevens/dp/0764546...

Since C++ has been around a while you might best be served by going to the library and taking home a few books, trying to figure out the best one to start with. Once you get more comfortable you may want to buy the book above. I would have to look around to find a decent online C++ resource.

It's going to take longer than 1 month. You'll have some basics down, like variable scope, declaring var types, functions, etc. You might start to touch on objects.

However what are you learning C++ for? A job? A personal project? A contributor to open source software? I probably should have specified that. For a serious C++ job it'll take more than 4 months full time to be competent enough to talk your way through an interview.

Gosh... I guess I really want to create my own programs rather than rely on whatever new project google or microsoft cooks up. I suppose you could say it's a personal project. Also, I would like to set up a basic knowledge of coding so I can begin to use scripts within my games. Currently I'm getting by in Blender without using Python, but my AI is severely limited.

One month is not enough. But for C, try CS4e

http://www.computerscienceforeveryone.com/

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