One of the biggest problems with C++ books older than 1999/2000 is that they do not recognise alot of modern Standard C++ content. A problem commonly found with "revised" books after 1999/2000 (Books which were originally published long before C++ was standardised, but have been updated) is that the Standard C++ content has very much been added as an afterthought, with little or no reflection upon the rest of the book. So many books suffer from this lack of exertion on the part of the author, that these books end up being very unhelpful to someone learning modern C++

C++ really took a whole new direction since the Standard was finalised, and any book which has ignored the progress made by the ISO committee really isn't worth buying for someone who is new to C++.
The comparitively small number of books (sic*) which do follow the direction of C++ are generally found reviewed and rated "Recommended" or "Highly Recommended" at the ACCU website.


*Compared with the vast number of truly awful ones

thanks guys for yours affort

i found this cool place called http://www.vtc.com it has about every tutorial for anytype of program.

Hi, i go to a class that teaches C++ but since the class isn't taught in my first language(english) and i can't find cheap C++ books here i decided to look for online tutorials. i found two sites that helped me with me ace( or B) my exam. here they are. i use one when the other just doesnt explain fully:

http://cplus.about.com/od/beginnerct...blcplustut.htm
this one is an online tutorial. since i dont have internet in my place, all i do is copy the pages into a text or msword file and take it to my home pc. (kindda troublesome cuz you have to copy about 30 chapters)

http://www.thefreecountry.com/docume...nlinecpp.shtml
this one has a list of C++ books and sites take your pick. i used "A Beginners C++" (link below).

http://www.uow.edu.au/~nabg/ABC/ABC.html
you can download the chapters in pdf form( you'll need acrobat reader. just incase you didn't know)

Just my two cents.

I'm using sam's teach yourself in 21 days and I agree it's really detailed and all around a good book with lots of examples. My only complaint though is that there aren't as many exercises to cover all the material presented, plus the examples are pretty mediocre, I don't think I'm gonna ever need to make a program about cats but I guess the point he's trying to make is to get the student to understand what the code does. Personally I'd like to see how to implement everything in a real-world application, but maybe that's for the more advanced stuff .

"c++ primer "is also ok!

I am using deitel and deitels : C/C++ ....

so its so nice..

Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in C" is an audio-visual primer (similar to a university lecture) that explores the major features of C, designed to prepare the audience for further studies in Java and/or C++. The material is still in development (Beta 3 at the time of this post) and unfortunately there are there are some minor issues such as voice overs. Occasionally Chuck Allison gets too close to the microphone and becomes difficult to hear. That being said, the material is very well laid out and explained. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter. Solutions are provided and dissected. I would not recommend this to a complete beginner with no prior programming experience because the material goes by fairly quickly. If you are self-studying as I am, you would most likely find it helpful to have some sort of reference handy or another text handy as a supplement. It can be a pain to rewind constantly and listen to a paragraph numerous times and I find it's easier to just learn from the book and go back to the slides later) Both "Thinking in C" and "Thinking in C++" are available on www.mindview.net and can be downloaded free of charge, though a hardcopy of the latter be purchased.

Despite this book's title, it's actually aimed more at "intermediate" beginners if you know what I mean. It teaches C++ very throughly, but can be a bit steep for newbies. (The back of the book says level is "Beginning to Intermediate".) However, I would recommend this book to anyone who already knows basic C++ and is ready to learn the entire language.

You can get it directly from the publisher:
http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTi...764526448.html

No, i think the books with "beginner to intermediate" are actually for total newbies coz i have seen them and they really explain the topic in a manner which can be easily understood by everyone. Of course without putting in effort from your own side it is not possible for any student to learn anything new so many newbies blame the book for their lack of effort.

For beginners Deitel's "Beginning C++" is really a nice book with concepts from ground up for total newbies to programming language.
For advanced C++ and OOPS i would recommend, C++ programming language by the inventor of C++.

Hope it helped, bye