--- title: Learning C++ | daily.dev description: A developer shares their early journey learning C++, coming from a C background and using only books and Vim as their tools. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/learning-c--fnufhbcon twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Learning C++ | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares their early journey learning C++, coming from a C background and using only books and Vim as their tools. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/learning-c--fnufhbcon og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fNUfhBcOn.png og:image:alt: Learning C++ og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Learning C++ **[James mkangala](https://daily.dev/sources/btewcume33xg2kaburm4s)** · [@jamesmkangala](https://daily.dev/jamesmkangala) · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares their early journey learning C++, coming from a C background and using only books and Vim as their tools. ## Content Am learning C++, I am looking forward to getting comfortable with it. I started out with C , I love C.But I only use books and vim. --- Tags: [#c](https://daily.dev/tags/c), [#c++](https://daily.dev/tags/c++), [#vim](https://daily.dev/tags/vim) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/learning-c--fnufhbcon) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/learning-c--fnufhbcon","headline":"Learning C++","text":"A developer shares their early journey learning C++, coming from a C background and using only books and Vim as their tools.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/learning-c--fnufhbcon","datePublished":"2026-08-08T12:25:29.099Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:02:34.650Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"James mkangala","url":"https://daily.dev/jamesmkangala","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VJGJhkjE--/f_auto/v1760974991/avatars/avatar_bTeWcuME33xg2kaBURm4s?_a=BAMAK+ZW0","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":160}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--RUTl5YZS--/f_auto/v1786191929/posts/fNUfhBcOn?_a=BAMAMicg0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/btewcume33xg2kaburm4s","name":"James mkangala"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"James mkangala","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/btewcume33xg2kaburm4s"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Learning C++"}]} ```