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  1. #1
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    Thumbs up Can Someone Recommend a GOOD C++ Book for beginners ?

    Hey Everyone....


    Can anyone recommend a good book on C++ for me perhaps ? there seems to be so frickin' many I can't tell which is a good one.

    I need one that starts from the beginning. However I am a good problem solver, I understand electronics very well, and I am good with HTML and a little PHP so....
    not tooooooo beginner either.

    any insight on a good book would be greatly appreciated.


    cheers.

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    Re: Can Someone Recommend a GOOD C++ Book for beginners ?

    I like accelerated c++. It wont teach you how to use a compiler or debug but it will teach you a lot about C++.
    Another decent book is thinking in c++ which is freely available as 2 ebooks from the author's site here.
    Get Microsoft Visual C++ Express here or CodeBlocks here.
    Get STLFilt here to radically improve error messages when using the STL.
    Get these two can't live without C++ libraries, BOOST here and Loki here.
    Check your code with the Comeau Compiler and FlexeLint for standards compliance and some subtle errors.
    Always use [code] code tags [/code] to make code legible and preserve indentation.
    Do not ask for help writing destructive software such as viruses, gamehacks, keyloggers and the suchlike.

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    Re: Can Someone Recommend a GOOD C++ Book for beginners ?

    hey thanks Russco ! cheers.

    any other suggestions are welcome too.

    : )

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    Re: Can Someone Recommend a GOOD C++ Book for beginners ?

    My top 4 books are not really for beginners but I will recommend you to read them as soon as you cover the C++ basics.

    1. The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 1986 (1st edition), 1991 (2nd edition), 1997 (3rd edition), 2000 (special edition).
    2. Effective C++ by Scott Meyers.
    3. Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
    4. Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu

    Anyway you can find more good C++ books (also for beginners) in the following link:
    http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=231039

    Enjoy
    Doron Moraz
    Last edited by Doron Moraz; February 14th, 2009 at 06:05 AM.

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