I am interested in learning how to program in C++ . My friend told me a good book to use is Charles Petzold "Programming Windows 5th Edition", is this a good book to use, or is there a better one to get? Any replies will be appreciated.
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Books on programming C++
I am interested in learning how to program in C++ . My friend told me a good book to use is Charles Petzold "Programming Windows 5th Edition", is this a good book to use, or is there a better one to get? Any replies will be appreciated.
Thank You
Petzolds is a fine book for learning the Win32 API. It is not a good choice for learning the language.
Search the board, there are numerous threads on this subject.
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Here let me help.
http://www.maththinking.com/boat/computerbooks.html
go under languages and you will see several free books to read for c++.
also
here is a website that helps in reviewing books.
http://www.accu.org./bookreviews/pub.../0sb/index.htm
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accu.org needs to updated. They have many older versions of books but none of the new ones.
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yeah but it still gives you a brief view of the authors never to touch and the books that are ok.
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I like the Deitel & Deitel C++ How to program, it's a good book to learn C++... It takes you from the ground up to some advanced issues in C++, and ofcourse it follows the ANSI/ISO standards...
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yea, I agree with Deitel & Deitel.
It's a really good beginner's book.
I'm using Beginning Visual C++ 6 by Ivor Horton. Anyone know if thats a something I should be reading?
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Been a while since I looked at it. It was a pretty good book if I recall, especially for an intro to Windows programming. The two complaints that I had were: it skips or goes rather lightly over some powerful features, and is too dependent upon MSVC++ and its IDE.Originally posted by ZakkWylde969
I'm using Beginning Visual C++ 6 by Ivor Horton. Anyone know if thats a something I should be reading?
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But isn't it teaching Visual Studio programming?Originally posted by Zach L.
Been a while since I looked at it. It was a pretty good book if I recall, especially for an intro to Windows programming. The two complaints that I had were: it skips or goes rather lightly over some powerful features, and is too dependent upon MSVC++ and its IDE.
"When I die I want to pass peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather did, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car."
Yeah. Nothing wrong with that, its just more specialized than most books. Overall, I'd say its a good book though.
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I think you should learn the language iteslf first.Originally posted by ZakkWylde969
I'm using Beginning Visual C++ 6 by Ivor Horton. Anyone know if thats a something I should be reading?
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Yeppp....You should learn the language yourself first
"Programming Windows 5th Edition" is a good book, when you know enough about C++ programming, then you can read the book to start windows programming (winapi....)
The standard book is:
"C++ The Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroutstrup
or
"C The Programming Language" by Dennis Ritchie
search the board for more book threads, there are a lot (I'm sure, that you find some good book reviews...)
I would not recomend the Stroustrup book to a beginner, it is great once you have an idea about the language and want to know what goes on under the hood, but is to detailed for a starter text.
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It's split into half. The first half teaches strictly C++ then it moves onto the specific programming using Visual Studio. So basically I can use a different compiler and still learn C++ with the book. It's a 1054 page book so it has enough room to teach C++.Originally posted by ammar
I think you should learn the language iteslf first.
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