C++ Beginner Book

[TitusRevised]

I'd like to learn C++ and from learning other languages learning from a book is the best way.

I'd like to know what a good book is for a complete C++ newb that would teach the basics up to intermediate (or at least when Im done I can make some decent programs).

From other languages i've learned, the Sams teach yourself books worked well for me, but I'd still appreciate your suggestions.

[Craige]

"Sam's teach yourself...in 21 days" books are pretty good. I have their C one now. But I recently came accrost another series that is great for beginers, and that is the "Head First..." series. When you look at the book at first, it looks like a joke, because it is filled with thousands of images; defenatly doesn't look like a programming book, but I have their Java book, and I am surprised at how easy it is to read and understand, and allot of the images are informative as to what the book is teaching. Appearantly it is because your brain takes in more of the information when it is in an image like that, as apposed to a long page of text, because it is intreaged by it and thinks it is important, where as it wouldn't think that about a long page of text.

Anyway, see if they have a C++ book. I think they do.

[CaptinChu]

At 7/27/06 07:02 PM, Craige wrote: "Sam's teach yourself...in 21 days" books are pretty good.

Since when!? :P

I use "Jumpstart C++ Programming." It's a great book because it gives you the code directly and shows you what's supposed to happen and why. It's the best way to learn; for me, atleast.

[Bioprobe]

Problem Solving with C++: The Object of Programming is a great book to learn from. It is $100 though :-/

[Craige]

At 7/27/06 07:37 PM, CaptinChu wrote:

At 7/27/06 07:02 PM, Craige wrote: "Sam's teach yourself...in 21 days" books are pretty good.

Since when!? :P

They are great at teaching what they are sapposed to, but sometmies the don't teach enough, which means you have to go get another book on the more advanced features of the language.

[CaptinChu]

At 7/27/06 08:04 PM, Craige wrote:

At 7/27/06 07:37 PM, CaptinChu wrote:

At 7/27/06 07:02 PM, Craige wrote: "Sam's teach yourself...in 21 days" books are pretty good.

Since when!? :P

They are great at teaching what they are sapposed to, but sometmies the don't teach enough, which means you have to go get another book on the more advanced features of the language.

Well, why not get one book that has all the same things as Sam's, more advanced stuff, and costs less!

Plus, I don't think you noticed the ":P" thing over there. I was sorta kidding.

[Craige]

At 7/27/06 08:22 PM, CaptinChu wrote: Well, why not get one book that has all the same things as Sam's, more advanced stuff, and costs less!

Because it's hard to find ones that are writted well.

Plus, I don't think you noticed the ":P" thing over there. I was sorta kidding.

No I didn't. I generally just block those out, because often people use them for no real reason. I see what you meant now though that you brought it to my attention.