Learning TV

Last updated 1995.01.29


If you are still learning C++, the learning curve that comes with the choice of TV as an application framework can be steep. There are a few good books that will demonstrate C++ for you. However, a book will never teach you a language. That comes by examining working code and through trial and error.

Studying the source code for TV, if it is available, is a good way to understand the processes that give it life. But you must first understand C++.

The examples that come with TV are a good platform to try out some of the features this framework offers, but they are not real world examples. The source code examples that can be found on the Internet are good ways to see the good (and bad) ways of writing C++, and the presentation of it.

The discussion list will provide you with a means to try ideas out on one one another. No one will laugh at your suggestions or queries. In fact the List can be your most powerful ally in the resolving of problems or bugs in your code.

The best way to learn TV and C++ is to write code. People learn by doing. Once you overcome the initial hurdles of the language extensions and continue to expand your directions, the use of TV is almost formula.