Learning C++
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I know NOTHING about C++. Haven't touched it since college 20 years ago. Now I need to learn it. Can anyone recommend a good ENTRY LEVEL book or tutorial?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I know NOTHING about C++. Haven't touched it since college 20 years ago. Now I need to learn it. Can anyone recommend a good ENTRY LEVEL book or tutorial?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Check the list here too: Useful Reference Books[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I know NOTHING about C++. Haven't touched it since college 20 years ago. Now I need to learn it. Can anyone recommend a good ENTRY LEVEL book or tutorial?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I know NOTHING about C++. Haven't touched it since college 20 years ago. Now I need to learn it. Can anyone recommend a good ENTRY LEVEL book or tutorial?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
IMHO the Lippman book is very boring. I warmly recommend this book, it is lucid and highly readable: Thinking in C++ Free PDF is available from these dowloade links: Bruce Eckel's MindView, Inc: Book Download Sites[^] Some links (e.g. the first one) are broken, others good. But if you like it, but the paper version, really worth it.
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I know NOTHING about C++. Haven't touched it since college 20 years ago. Now I need to learn it. Can anyone recommend a good ENTRY LEVEL book or tutorial?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I know NOTHING about C++. Haven't touched it since college 20 years ago. Now I need to learn it. Can anyone recommend a good ENTRY LEVEL book or tutorial?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I know NOTHING about C++. Haven't touched it since college 20 years ago. Now I need to learn it. Can anyone recommend a good ENTRY LEVEL book or tutorial?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Well, the books *I* learned C++ from were C++ Faqs: Cline Marshall P. Lomow Greg A.[^] Effective C++ Scott Meyers[^] Both are browsable lists of short essays. The FAQs book has about 600. Meyers has 65. When I was learning C++, you also needed a book of syntax like The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition: Bjarne Stroustrup[^] but in the modern world, I wonder if the existance of www.cppreference.com and www.cplusplus.com makes this book less necessary for learning.
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Well, the books *I* learned C++ from were C++ Faqs: Cline Marshall P. Lomow Greg A.[^] Effective C++ Scott Meyers[^] Both are browsable lists of short essays. The FAQs book has about 600. Meyers has 65. When I was learning C++, you also needed a book of syntax like The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition: Bjarne Stroustrup[^] but in the modern world, I wonder if the existance of www.cppreference.com and www.cplusplus.com makes this book less necessary for learning.
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I know NOTHING about C++. Haven't touched it since college 20 years ago. Now I need to learn it. Can anyone recommend a good ENTRY LEVEL book or tutorial?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
Have you been programming in any other languages all these years from college? Generally , the book "Thinking in C++" from Eckel has good reviews in amazon, and you can find it free on line from the authors website. I have not read it yet but it seems a good and free choice. I have read most of Lafores book of 2003 edition , and also I have read most of the book "A complete guide to programming in C++" by Prinz, from 2001. I found them both good introductory books. But if you have been programming in some language all these years , then maybe you could use "Professional C++ , 3rd edition" , a book of 2014 , so you will be current with C++14. And since you are not a novice , the new edition of Lipman's book "C++ primer , 2012 edition" would still be OK for you , I do not think you will have a hard time to follow it, although it may be a little boring.
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Scott Meyers' Effective C++ Series of books are a must reads for those who will do a lot of C++ programming, but not until after you've mastered the fundamentals. They cover a lot of things that will eventually bite you in the ass.
I happen to disagre with @svella. While you do need some reference to pick up the syntax, if you already know C (like I did), the syntax is very natural. Learning C++ syntax is easy. Learning object oriented programming is hard. Learning templates, exceptions, and containers is hard.
