You should be really ashamed of yourself saying such a stmt.

There is no such thing as good or bad book, its only the target audience that changes. Learn C++ in 24 hrs is a good book for all those who want to know the basics of C++ so that they can move on to more advanced concepts.

And do u weigh whether a book is good or bad dependign on the graphics ? Come on man u got to be joking !!!

ok if you read it that way yah i was woundering if the book was good to start graphics programming once i am done whith the basics

(yes im still looking at the big picture BUT im not learning it YET)

sorry for the misunderstanding!

-kbcubs-

im gonna play bf2 i have had way to much for today!....

If you read it, don't assume you'll know C++ in 24 hours; I have learn C++ in 21 days sitting at home somewhere, and I don't really "know" C++. Still, I never finished the book.

But, from that I learnt enough to get a 2D playable demo (was zelda: a link to the past style, with movement, animation and table-based collision detection) up and running within about a week. But I knew quite a bit of DirectX anyway.

Learn C++ in 21 days is quite a sizeable book tho, has quite alot of reference material. I'd say reference material is more important than step-by-step guides in any case, they usually start with "Hello World".. anyway, and if you're running Visual Studio C++; it does "Hello World" for you

Look for a book that has an even amount of relevant code examples/explanations and reference material. It'll last you longer and ultimately be more helpful.

Still; learn C++ in 24hours might be the best book ever, I've never read it.

Matt

it is a good book for learning c++ and yes it covers Object Oriented concepts particularly well. What I liked about it is it also explains a little about hardware and memory and analysis and design so it is a very well rounded book giving you all you need to know from a good foundation, rather than taking you systematically through a load of syntax and leaving you to go hang yourself, which with C is all too easy.

It doesn't do graphics but that's an area in itself get a seperate book for that (beginning game programming is a good one, windows specific) as it's nothing to do with C directly anyway (graphics that is).

Hi there,
1.Google everything.
2.Be patient.
3.Concentrate.
4.Don't waste time talking non-sense.
4..................................[fill it with your own info]

A BIT unrelated but don't worry.
Good luck.

C++ Primer 5th Edition Stephan Partason
that's what u should refer.

Thanks everyone! I found the last comment most encouraging. (Untying cyber nuse, climbing down ladder, re situating self in chair to continue to explore fundamentals of C++.) There's hope for me yet!

Correction: Second to last comment *Thumbs up*