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

Just thought I'd mention one book that my brothers and I all used growing up. It's the C for dummies series by Dan Gookin. You can still find them on pretty much any book site. And what I like about them is it keeps the learning curve interesting. Lots of jokes and positive info, and it tries to explain things in layman's terms. I really enjoyed it. So did my brothers.

C Unleashed by Richard Heathfield and friends should cover most of what you need.

Hello.

You can also read the description of "Advanced C".

From what I have heard its a good book for all topics. Worth aleast looking at.

Thank you.

Here's another book which I am currently reading. Really an interesting book
C++ Common Knowledge: Essential Intermediate Programming By Stephen C. Dewhurst

I like C++ Demystified by Jeff Kent, It's easy (for me) to understand and it is really an introductory book and I recommend it for anyone starting programming from scratch!!!

I thought of posting some links I have found about free tutorials or free
books to download with the permission of the author.

# Optimizing C++
Optimizing C++ provides working programmers and those who intend to be working programmers with a practical, real-world approach to program optimization. Many of the optimization techniques presented are derived from my reading of academic journals that are, sadly, little known in the programming community. This book also draws on my nearly 30 years of experience as a programmer in diverse fields of application, during which I have become increasingly concerned about the amount of effort spent in reinventing optimization techniques rather than applying those already developed.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1214



# ZooLib Cookbook
ZooLib is a cross-platform application framework. What it allows you to do is to write a single set of C++ sources and compile for different operating systems and microprocessors to produce native executable applications with very little need for platform-specific client code. This is of great benefit to a developer, as it allows you to support your application on a variety of platforms without a lot of extra work developing parallel codebases. It also allows you to spend the bulk of your time developing on whatever platform you enjoy the most while delivering for the platforms your users need, even if they're not the same.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1211




# C++ Reference Guide
Extensive guide on using Standard Template Library.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1210



# Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days
Computer languages have undergone dramatic evolution since the first electronic computers were built to assist in telemetry calculations during World War II. Early on, programmers worked with the most primitive computer instructions: machine language. These instructions were represented by long strings of ones and zeroes. Soon, assemblers were invented to map machine instructions to human-readable and -manageable mnemonics, such as ADD and MOV. In time, higher-level languages evolved, such as BASIC and COBOL. These languages let people work with something approximating words and sentences, such as Let I = 100. These instructions were translated back into machine language by interpreters and compilers. An interpreter translates a program as it reads it, turning the program instructions, or code, directly into actions. A compiler translates the code into an intermediary form. This step is called compiling, and produces an object file. The compiler then invokes a linker, which turns the object file into an executable program. Because interpreters read the code as it is written and execute the code on the spot, interpreters are easy for the programmer to work with. Compilers, however, introduce the extra steps of compiling and linking the code, which is inconvenient. Compilers produce a program that is very fast each time it is run. However, the time-consuming task of translating the source code into machine language has already been accomplished. Another advantage of many compiled languages like C++ is that you can distribute the executable program to people who don't have the compiler. With an interpretive language, you must have the language to run the program.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1216

# Who's Afraid of C++?
Whether you are using this book on your own or in school, there are many good reasons to learn how to program. You may have a problem that hasn't been solved by commercial software; you may want a better understanding of how commercial programs function so you can figure out how to get around their shortcomings and peculiarities; or perhaps you're just curious about how computers perform their seemingly magical feats. Whatever the initial reason, I hope you come to appreciate the great creative possibilities opened up by this most ubiquitous of modern inventions.
http://www.steveheller.com/cppad/cppad.htm

# Programming in C: UNIX System Calls and Subroutines using C
In order to use Solaris and most other Unix Systems you will need to be familiar with the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). Before embarking on learning C with briefly introduce the main features of the CDE. Most major Unix vendors now provide the CDE as standard. Consequently, most users of the X Window system will now be exposed to the CDE. Indeed, continuing trends in the development of Motif and CDE will probably lead to a convergence of these technologies in the near future. This section highlights the key features of the CDE from a Users perspective.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1217

# Numerical Recipes in C
The new and greatly expanded second edition of the highly popular Numerical Recipes in C features over 100 new routines and upgraded versions of the original routines. The book remains the most practical, comprehensive handbook of scientific computing available today.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1218

# How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (C++)
The goal of this book is to teach you to think like a computer scientist. I like the way computer scientists think because they combine some of the best features of Mathematics, Engineering, and Natural Science. Like mathematicians, computer scientists use formal languages to denote ideas (specifically computations). Like engineers, they design things, assembling components into systems and evaluating tradeoffs among alternatives. Like scientists, they observe the behavior of complex systems, form hypotheses, and test predictions. The single most important skill for a computer scientist is problem-solving. By that I mean the ability to formulate problems, think creatively about solutions, and express a solution clearly and accurately. As it turns out, the process of learning to program is an excellent opportunity to practice problem-solving skills. That's why this chapter is called 'The way of the program.' Of course, the other goal of this book is to prepare you for the Computer Science AP Exam. We may not take the most direct approach to that goal, though. For example, there are not many exercises in this book that are similar to the AP questions. On the other hand, if you understand the concepts in this book, along with the details of programming in C++, you will have all the tools you need to do well on the exam.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1219

# Writing Bug-Free C Code
This book describes an alternate class methodology that provides complete data hiding and fault-tolerant run-time type checking of objects in C programs. With it, you will produce code that contains fewer bugs. The class methodology helps to prevent bugs by making it easier to write C code. It does this by eliminating data structures (class declarations) from include files, which makes a project easier to understand (because there is not as much global information), which makes it easier to write C code, which helps to eliminate bugs. This class methodology, which uses private class declarations, is different from C++, which uses public class declarations. The class methodology helps detect bugs by providing for both compile-time and run-time type checking of pointers (handles) to class objects. This run-time type checking catches a lot of bugs for you since invalid object handles (the cause of a lot of bugs) are automatically detected and reported. We have all, at some point in our programming careers, spent several hours or days tracking down a particularly obscure bug in our code. Have you ever stepped back and wondered how following a different programming methodology might have prevented such a bug from occurring or have automatically detected it? Or have you tracked down the same type of bug several times?
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1220

# The C Book
This is not a tutorial introduction to programming. The book is designed for programmers who already have some experience of using a modern high-level procedural programming language. As we explain later, C isn't really appropriate for complete beginners—though many have managed to use it—so the book will assume that its readers have already done battle with the notions of statements, variables, conditional execution, arrays, procedures (or subroutines) and so on. Instead of wasting your time by ploughing through tedious descriptions of how to add two numbers together and explaining that the symbol for multiplication is *, the book concentrates on the things that are special to C. In particular, it's the way that C is used which is emphasized.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1221

# Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++
This book was motivated by my experience in teaching the course E&CE 250: Algorithms and Data Structures in the Computer Engineering program at the University of Waterloo. I have observed that the advent of object-oriented methods and the emergence of object-oriented design patterns has lead to a profound change in the pedagogy of data structures and algorithms. The successful application of these techniques gives rise to a kind of cognitive unification: Ideas that are disparate and apparently unrelated seem to come together when the appropriate design patterns and abstractions are used.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1222

# C++ FAQ Lite
Frequently Asked Questions for C++.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1223

# Thinking in C++, 2nd Edition
Two volumes of Bruce Eckel's book, one of the easiest to read and most definitive titles for C++.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1224


# A library of internal sorting routines
This is a collection of sorting algorithms, in C. All the examples are thoroughly tested using random input generation and assertions, there are no known bugs. I've been using these, especially the fastest ``sedgesort'', in production code.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3695

# C++ in 2005
This extended foreword presents a perspective on 'The Design and Evolution of C++' and on C++ itself. In particular, it reflects on the use of C++ over the last decade and presents plausible directions for the next revision PDF]
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3700

# C++ Language Summary
This document provides neither a complete nor rigorous description of the C++ language. It does, however, describe the features of the language that are most useful to engineers and scientists.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3701

# Accelerated C++Practical Programming by Example
Download Free Source Code
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3702


# C and C++
Free Tutorials
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3703

# C++ Glossary
Online Free Tutorials
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3704


# Tips and tricks for using C++ I/O (input/output)
Tips and tricks for effectively using input and output in C++
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3705


# C++ Pitfalls
Many examples of code that does compile, link and run but does something unexpected.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3706

# C++ Programming Tutorials
A brief C++ Tutorial
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3707

# C++ Tip-of-the-Day
Welcome to the C++ Tip-of-the-Day. This is a compilation of information gathered from various sources.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3710



# C++
This offers C++ Programs, Source codes, compiler information
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3708


# C++ Programming Language Tutorials
These tutorials were developed as part of a series of courses on C++
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3709


# Tech Talk About C++ and C Comeau C++ and C FAQ
The intent of this page is to address questions about C++ and C that come up often, perhaps too often. However, it is exactly the frequency of these topics that is the reason for including a discussion of them below. These issues usually come up as having originated from a misleading statement commonly made, or from code shown in a book.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3711


# C++ FAQ LITE
Frequently Asked Questions In C++
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3712


# On Refactoring C++ Code
Free Tutorials
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3714

# Pointers to C++ Member Functions
A tutorial on a useful yet poorly understood language feature, useful as a cache or to enable a different sort of polymorphism.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3715


# A few notes concerning C++ integral data types
On this page, a few sides of dealing with whole numbers in C++ are described. In particular, a few notes and examples are reported that could help avoiding mistakes while using integers.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3716



# Techniques for Scientific C++
This report summarizes useful techniques for implementing scientific programs in C++, with an emphasis on using templates to improve performance.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3717


# C Categories
C Languages Code Tutorials
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3632



# C++ Code Examples
C++ Code Tutorials
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3633


# Casting in C++: Bringing Safety and Smartness to Your Programs
The new C++ standard is full of powerful additions to the language: templates, run-time type identification (RTTI), namespaces, and exceptions to name a few. Rather than talk about one of these ``major'' extensions, I will discuss one of the minor extensions: the new C++ casting operators.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3740


# Guide to Network Programming(C++)
Hey! Socket programming got you down? Is this stuff just a little too difficult to figure out from the man pages? You want to do cool Internet programming, but you don't have time to wade through a gob of structs trying to figure out if you have to call bind() before you connect(), etc.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3741


# Connecting to an Ms Access Database via ODBC with C/C++
Connecting to an MS Access Database via ODBC with C/C++ and connecting an MS Access Database to the Internet.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3743


# Pointers
Pointer Tutorial
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3744

# Using Namespaces Properly ( C++)
Namespaces are a very powerful C++ language feature. This article does not teach you the syntax of namespaces. Rather, it shows you how to use them properly.n my AP Computer Science class in a very condensed context. Here is an index of the different features of the C++ language that I will be going over.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3745


# Is Ada a better C?
This is an article which appeared in EXE magazine in May 1997, under the slightly modified title of 'Ada better than C++?', comparing C++ and Ada language facilities under DOS.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/3753


# A Beginners C++
A Beginners C++ is primarily intended for introductory Computer Science courses that use C++ as an implementation language. However, the book should be equally suited to an individual who wants to learn how to program their own personal computer.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1535


# Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++
This book was motivated by my experience in teaching the course E&CE 250: Algorithms and Data Structures in the Computer Engineering program at the University of Waterloo. I have observed that the advent of object-oriented methods and the emergence of object-oriented design patterns has lead to a profound change in the pedagogy of data structures and algorithms. The successful application of these techniques gives rise to a kind of cognitive unification: Ideas that are disparate and apparently unrelated seem to come together when the appropriate design patterns and abstractions are used.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1539


# Optimizing C++
Optimizing C++ provides working programmers and those who intend to be working programmers with a practical, real-world approach to program optimization. Many of the optimization techniques presented are derived from my reading of academic journals that are, sadly, little known in the programming community. This book also draws on my nearly 30 years of experience as a programmer in diverse fields of application, during which I have become increasingly concerned about the amount of effort spent in reinventing optimization techniques rather than applying those already developed.
http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1540



# C++: A Dialog.

http://www.bestebooksworld.com/ebook/1541


# Numerical Recipes in C
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# C Programming
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2 books I've kept over my desk for reference for the last 8 yrears:

Applications Programming in ANSI C by Johnsonbaugh and Kalin

Object-oriented Programming in C++, same authors.

Designed as course books, but with a very high hit-rate for looking things up.