Printable View
Hello,
I've just started to try learning c++. I've been doing some delphi programming before but because c++ is so widly used I want to learn it instead. I buyed two books at a very low cost for some month ago and i wounder witch one i should start reading to learn in the best way. The two c++ books i've got is:
Sams - Learn C++ in 21 days.
Standard C++ Bible
=)
If you own em, read em both at the same time. If one is making more sense than the other, read that one primarily - when ever you cover a new concept, go see what the other book has to say about it.
gg
I have sam C in 21 days and i thought it was an excellent in depth but not to difficult refferance...dunno about Bible but if they call it the bible it would probably be a much deeper book.
read bruce eckels "thinking in c++". It available free on the web from his site and is better than either of the two books you already have. Other than that accellerated c++ by koenig+moo and the c++ programming language by stroustup should be your mainstay texts.
I havent read either one. I have the Bjorne Stroutstrup one but either way why pay for the sams book.
http://www.quanmongmo.net/computer/c++/html/mucluc.php
LOOK HERE HERES YOUR FREE BOOK.
If your not satisfied look here. Specifecally under Languages
http://www.maththinking.com/boat/computerbooks.html
NOTE: NOthing beats actually owning a book in the long run.
excuse my spelling hehe.
You can't go wrong with Codeplug's suggestion. It's not going to take much more time to read both books. When you read a technical book, you usually can't read it like a novel... You have to read a section... think about it... re-read it... think about it some more, etc.
I have "Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days" by Jesse Liberty. Also a Sams book... maybe similar to yours. I found the "lecture" followed by questions and exercises very helpful. It really helped structure my studying. It's difficult to know if you're learning what you're supposed to learn if there is no "homework" at the end of each chapter.
I have a Sroutstup book, and I find it difficult to understand. (It is more complete than the "21 Days" book.) But, if I need to look something up, I look in "21 Days" first. If the answer is in there, it's easy to find and easy to understand.
It seems to me that anyone who recommends c++ programming language by stroustup to a beginner is pretty out of touch with what a beginner can understand. The C++ Bible and the Sam's book are terrible books and no one should waste their time with them.
Any good book on C++ for beginners has to have problems with solutions at the end of every chapter. If you're not reading and then applying what you've read, and then comparing your code to a model answer, you aren't really learning anything. The book must also be able to stand on it's own and any concepts introduced in the book must be explained in the book. There's nothing more frustrating than a code example that contains things that were never explained in the book. Read the Sam's book and you'll understand that frustration. I only know of one book that meets those criteria: Ivor Horton's Beginning C++(skip the complicated section on bitwise operators at the beginning of the book). It reqires a lot of studying and work to do the practice programs, but at the end of the book, you'll actually be able to say you know something about C++.
I bought several C++ books to start and finally hit on Ivor Horton's Beginning C++. Try it, you might like it too.
Good luck.
Thank you for all the answers =)
The book i have is Sams Teach your self C++ in 21 days by Jesse Liverty. And in the end of all the chapters in this book there is first a conclusion, then questions and answers, a test and som exercises.
If i've read what you guys have said in the right way then thats a really good thing?
Very well said,although Dr.Stroutup 's book is very detailed and informative + fully describes all the secrets of C++ but avoid reading it unless you get well experience in C++ because it is mostly better for people who have good experience of programming in C language.Quote:
It seems to me that anyone who recommends c++ programming language by stroustup to a beginner is pretty out of touch with what a beginner can understand.