Learner in C++

[atee]

Hi,

I'm beginning to learn C++ (I have a good experience of several years in procedure oriented programming languages like Fortran , C ).

Can anyone direct me to some good sample code (simple one) which demonstrates object oriented feratures like classes,objects, inheritance and polymorphism?

Thanks
Atee

[laserlight]

I recommend working through Accelerated C++.

[atee]

Thanks a lot.
I went through the hyperlink for Accelerated C++.

Did you use the sampel source code? How useful did you find it..just confirming before placing the order online..

[2kaud]

You might also like to look at these sites
http://www.codeproject.com/
http://www.cplusplus.com/
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/cplusplus/index.htm
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library

For a book I would suggest considering
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Professional...sional+c%2B%2B
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Programming-...ustrup+c%2B%2B
http://www.amazon.co.uk/C-Programmin...ustrup+c%2B%2B

Have fun

[laserlight]

I went through the hyperlink for Accelerated C++.

Did you use the sampel source code? How useful did you find it..just confirming before placing the order online..

Accelerated C++ follows the pedagogical recommendation outlined by Stroustrup in his essay on Learning Standard C++ as a New Language (PDF). This generally means an approach that favours the usage of higher level abstractions such as the standard library facilities early on, rather than first going through the nitty-gritty of the C part of C++ only. Since you already have a background in C, this should especially work out to your advantage.

It does not go straight into "object oriented feratures like classes,objects, inheritance and polymorphism" (the book only starts going deep into this in chapter 9), but because it introduces standard library facilities early on, working through it chapter by chapter should give you a sense of how such features are commonly applied (or not applied, as the case may be) in C++, which is a Good Thing since you will be more likely to write idiomatic C++ and less tempted to use C++ as if it were another programming language with a different syntax.

There is a drawback in that the book was written in 2000 and to my knowledge has not been updated to reflect the 2011 version of the C++ standard, but that should not be a problem as you can always get up to speed after acquiring what is fundamental.