Where is a good spot to start?

[-Ninjex-]

The only reason I would try to make cookies with a fork is because it would make you "think outside the box" a little bit more

Nice post, I like what you said and agree with every bit of it.

I really need to pick back up on my C and C++ again.

I hate needing to have a reference hanging around xD

[ghost107]

If you're going with C and C++ 2 good Books that I found are:
Teach yourself C in 21 days http://kldp.org/files/c+in+21+days.pdf
Teach yourself C++ in 21 days http://newdata.box.sk/bx/c/

The good thing about these books are, they have a program analysis, quiz and exercises at the end of each chapter. That will help you improve your skills. Learning C and C++ will make you understand other programming languages much easier, even ASM.

After finishing Teach yourself C in 21 days"(or before classes and objects in Teach yourself C++ in 21 days) you could read about Data Structures and Algorithms(Lists, Queues, Stacks, Heaps, Graphs, Trees, Hash Tables, Sorting, Searching, Path Finding, etc).

But in some cases some languages use other languages as well:
- java has JNI, Java Native Interface, that compiles C code for speed,
- another example is GPU programming with CUDA or OpenCL that are kernels that you make in separate files and compile them thru GPU engine,
- or the script engine LUA that allows LUA scripting for your applications
- etc

[centip3de]

If you're going with C and C++ 2 good Books that I found are:
Teach yourself C in 21 days http://kldp.org/files/c+in+21+days.pdf
Teach yourself C++ in 21 days http://newdata.box.sk/bx/c/

Why not the famous K&R book for learning C? I've yet to find a better book to learn a programming language than that one.

[-Ninjex-]

I mean I can program in C and C++ just have to refer to code blocks a lot haha

I think I just need more practice and time at it. I should be good then.

Thanks for the input, I will read up on those.