Question

http://ideone.com/9XEZk C++ keywords

The last few keywords are all 'equivalent' to the logical or bitwise operators, but should I use them over the old C ones (for example, use and instead of && or or instead of ||)

Answer 1

No, I'm a C++ programmer and I didn't even understand your question at first...

It's normal to use && and || for C++

bool isValid = condition1 && condition2;

Answer 2

if you are new to C++ I recommended these items for your "Read about this later":
- CMake (for generating Makefiles)
- gtest and gmock (Google unit testing)
- Boost (large open source library that aim to have code good enough to put in the C++ standard)
- Eclipse CDT (software)
- Qt for GUI

Answer 3

I was hoping to eventually learn Qt, after I learn the win32 API

Answer 4

as well as Boost

Answer 5

Both Qt and Boost is cross platform, so I would drop the win32 API and learn about it later if it's needed :) Both Qt and Boost is quite large and include a lot of misc features.

Btw, check out this site for great video tutorials: http://www.voidrealms.com/tutorials.aspx?filter=cpp and http://www.voidrealms.com/tutorials.aspx?filter=qt

There you'll see that Qt has high level classes for networking and such, which will increase your productivity