what after the basic c++?
<p>i studied basics of c++ in college, we used the book object oriented programming in c++ by robert lafore.</p>

<p>i studied till pointers (almost half the book) and i still feel outdated using the console and not doing something other than that (forgive me for my ignorance) i want to do windows simple apps and knowing how to employ the little i learned.</p>

<p>the problem is when i open a win32 project  in Visual studio for example it opens a lot of stuffs and many .cpp's and .h's .</p>

<p>is there a way to comprehend that and walking on the right path?</p>

<p>the code is complicated to me and mind teasing is it suppose to be like this ?intended to be like this for beginners ?  is there a reliable tutorial to introduce me to that or do i need to learn the advanced concepts of c++ like templates and virtual functions and file i\o or they are not necessery ?</p>

<p>thank you.</p>
