C++ beginner's book... Please help.

[Grrrbau]

I'm a beginner.
I'm looking for a good C++ book.
Someone told me about Lafore's "Object-Oriented Programming in C++".
What do you think?

Grrrbau

 

[osmium]

I'm a beginner.
I'm looking for a good C++ book.
Someone told me about Lafore's "Object-Oriented Programming in C++".
What do you think?

It's a great book and I would recommend it highly.

 

[Felix Sima]

I'm a beginner.
I'm looking for a good C++ book.
Someone told me about Lafore's "Object-Oriented Programming in C++".
What do you think?

Grrrbau

Take a look at "Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel. It's free.
www.bruceeckel.com

Felix

 

[jeffc]

I'm a beginner.
I'm looking for a good C++ book.
Someone told me about Lafore's "Object-Oriented Programming in C++".
What do you think?

Don't know
http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/public/reviews/0sb/beginner_s_c__.htm

 

[Jon Bell]

I'm a beginner.

A beginner to programming, or a beginner to C++ (and a non-beginner to
programming)?

I'm looking for a good C++ book.

If you already know basic programming concepts (what a variable is, etc.),
check out Koenig and Moo's "Accelerated C++."

 

[Chandra Mohan]

A beginner to programming, or a beginner to C++ (and a non-beginner to
programming)?


If you already know basic programming concepts (what a variable is, etc.),
check out Koenig and Moo's "Accelerated C++."

Hi,

I would recommend Deitel and Deitel's book on C++.
Lot of tips and notes for beginners.

Once you are throw with the basics in the book - do read "Bjarne
Stroutstrup's" Introduction to C++.

Regards,
Chandru

 

[Grrrbau]

A beginner to programming, or a beginner to C++ (and a non-beginner to
programming)?

I'm not a professional programmer...I know the basics...

If you already know basic programming concepts (what a variable is, etc.),
check out Koenig and Moo's "Accelerated C++."

Gonna give it a look...

 

[Jon Bell]

I would recommend Deitel and Deitel's book on C++.
Lot of tips and notes for beginners.

I personally would *not* recommend that book. It presents an outdated
view of C++ programming that pre-dates the current standard library with
its useful features. The more recent edition of Deitel & Deitel that I've
seen does include the standard string type, and a brief discussion of the
"STL" part of the standard library, but only in chapters at the end that
were obviously "tacked on" to the previous edition. The rest of the book
up to that point uses arrays exclusively instead of vectors, and char
arrays and char pointers instead of std::string.

Also, in the chapter on arrays, there is not a single example of reading
data into an array from a file, or from the console, as far as I can
remember. All the examples use arrays that are initialized with constants
inside the program.

I had to teach a course using Deitel & Deitel once, a couple of years ago,
when I took over a two-course sequence at the midpoint, and I found it to
be rather frustrating.

 

[ScottnDess]

im new to C++ programming as well, but have basic Programming knowledge.

i presently have this book as referance, i picked up at a used book store, and
was wondering if it was worth reading or not.

"Teach yourself C++ in 21 days" Sams book. -- for basic understanding.

i am going to be useing Visual C++ Studio 6.0 for my experements.

any and all help is appreciated.

Scott.