Hello,

I started learning C++ a couple of weeks ago, bought Bjarne Stroustrum's book and have been working through it. The book itself doesn't seem to deal with GUIs a great deal or what I would consider the "front end" of programming. So with that in mind, I was wondering how long it might be before I can envisage myself building programs that would actually be used for practical purposes? I have a couple of projects in mind and am mindful of the fact that it will take some time before I am ready to start them, but it would be good to know what kind of path I'm on, as I am very unfamiliar with the whole programming learning process.

Thanks!