So, I'm gonna buy the following books to start learning C++
C++ Without Fear: A Beginner's Guide That Makes You Feel Smart
by Brian Overland
The Annotated C++ Reference Manual by Margaret E. Ellis and Bjarne Stroustroup
but I hear that The Annotated C++ Reference Manual may be outdated so I might buy the following as well:
C++ All-in-One Reference for Dummies
Thanks for sharing.
I found Accelerated C++ to be a good book. Fairly short and to the point.
im going to look at those books and i hope they work out good
My school used Starting out with C++ by Gaddis, and I found it to be easy to understand and good at explaining. It's also quite thick since it covers a lot of topics.
It's almost impossible to find but I doubt there is a better book for starters than Dave Mark's Learn C++. That is how I learned it some 8 years ago.
I found it. Go to amazon and search for Learn C++ on the PC: All You Need to Start Programming in C++.
It's outdated (1994) and it's ridiculously cheap (under $1) but the basics didn't really change that much and you're after the basics right now anyway.
You definitely need The C++ Programming Language from the creator himself. You just don't get a more accurate source of information on the language.
>>9 until the next C++ revision comes out...
>>10
You mean standard.
>>11 potato, potato.
Revision of a standard.
>>13
No, new standard.
I think that Stroustrup's work will only scare >>1 away from C++. It's unnecessarily complex for a beginner... Sort of a Manifesto that is. Don't get me wrong, it is the ultimate piece of work and a must read for anyone that is serious about C++, but still not suitable for a beginner.
Steer away from Deitel books. Although they are widely accepted by the Academia, they are immensely boring, badly formatted, endless code dumps. I've had to learn three programming languages from those (C++, C#, Java)...