I took a class on C++ a few months back. I just finished reading Sams "teach yourself C++ in 21 days" which took me way longer than 21 days to finish. but i feel like i have a basic understanding of the language that was presented in that book.
The Sams book left off at templates, the STL, exception handling, that kind of thing.
What would be a good direction to go to keep learning the language?
Books or just concepts etc.
More books on varied programming subjects, and just general practice apps.
I've got the C++ book from Deitel, but for some reason I'm not a huge fan of his books, they are packed with extraneous fluff and examples that are a bit more complicated than they need to be.
Looking at reviews, people either seem to say, "It's pure babbeling crap," or, "It's a masterpiece." Never read it.
Just go through your local libraries catalog and they might have a plenitude of books to look through.
We also have a list of challenges in a sticky a few post up.
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