What would be a good book for C++ starters?
I'm just new to this particular language, not to programming itself. Any idea of what to start with to make almost an expert (part of it is a joke :). At this point only the depth of knowledge and time, time (meaning days) matters. I am certain most of you, people like Ancient Dragon, Narue, etc can give me their expertise on this subject. Appreciate your help.
Red Horse 0 Newbie Poster
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
you can start by reading the Read Me threads that have lots of suggestions. One thread is even devoted to c++ books.
invisal 381 Search and Destroy
Learning is very easy, understanding is moderately easy, applying is quite difficult.
rajatC -1 Junior Poster
practice is also necessary...keep practicing small problems on the topic you have just read...it will give you better understanding...
simply reading from a book is not sufficient...
ithelp 757 Posting Virtuoso Banned
Thinking in C++ is available online, you can buy Stroustrup's book as well.
Narue 5,707 Bad Cop Team Colleague
>What would be a good book for C++ starters?
In order of usefulness as you learn C++:
Accelerated C++ by Koenig and Moo will get you started (beginner).
The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup will keep you going for quite a while (intermediate).
The C++ standard will blow you away with details (expert).
That's just for the language. For using C++, I could recommend dozens of books to enhance your depth of knowledge, but until you're comfortable with the language, you might not find them useful.
phalaris_trip 5 Junior Poster in Training
TC++PL is also floating around on pdf, but you didn't hear it from me..
Narue 5,707 Bad Cop Team Colleague
>TC++PL is also floating around on pdf
Not legally, so let's just avoid that topic altogether.
invisal 381 Search and Destroy
I would suggest you to get 2 books: learning book and reference book. Reference book is using for checking quick syntax, and learning book is using for learning purpose, sometimes can be act like reference book.
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