Misleading C++ course

Question

They teach you c arrays, for example. Or srand and rand although they're deprecated because of <random>. The forum, the code section and the challenge section are good, but don't use the education section. The courses are so small and unfrequently updated that you don't learn about some strong core language tools like i.e. templates in C++ but very possibly about deprecated features.

Answer 1

Just one thing my friend. If you are serious about you learning and didn't satisfy with less than 3% of the language that they offered to us, see the following link an choose a definitive book for your next leap based on your current level. We really can't do much about their "educational standard".

[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list]

Answer 2

That's why we are here and trying to show them the difference between illusions and the reality.

Peter Norvig said something that I'm a firm believer of. He said: "It takes 10 years to learn to be a programmer." See, how deep and vast is this branch of engineering. Hopefully, newcomers to this area find the truth about the substance of programming and adapt their approaches.

Answer 3

I used to be controversial about that matter in the past. But, those who turn a deaf ears to constructive feedbacks and don't want to apply demanding materials based on new needs to their product, will see the result in the near future.
We, as learners always have the opportunity to take advantage of every source of information to our growth and development. So, there's no worry for us. ;)

Answer 4

I don't think it's wrong teaching about C arrays, they are still the base of many data structures, as long as there is a message saying that they're deprecated and map or vector should be used instead

Answer 5

That's what I did, Babak. I've already read a book and I'm reading a second one.
But beginners come here and think these courses make them a pro.

Answer 6

Yes, trying to get a mod to see this. Maybe they don't know what they're doing with these "courses". It would even help a lot if they just removed the c++ course.

Answer 7

I don't think so too but there isn't.