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[elfshadow14]

Does anyone know any good beginers books on C++.I have C++ for dummies and it's not for dummies LOL.But have been in waldens and there was a really good book that was huge but I can't remember it's name.

[TcM]

Hmm Yeah I agree with the title C++ is REALLY hard I cant understand a $hit!

[Saint]

Classes were the hardest part of C++ for me! I was very confused when learning them but once I used them it was all gravy! A good book is
Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days although I had the earlier version. Are you just wanting to learn ANSI C++ or some sort of GUI C++ like Visual C++?

[WingedPanther]

Teach yourself C++ in 21 days is very good to start with, but has a number holes in it. Any book that tries to talk about C first, should be put back on the shelf. The biggest key to learning C++ is: type in EVERY example by hand and run it. Then do EVERY excercise.

C++ is more of a mindset than anything else... and yes, it can be hard.

[elfshadow14]

I remeber now it was Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 days LOL.Thanks for reminding me:D

[falco85]

Funny, that is one of the first books I began reading/doing. I never finished it either though.

[Lop]

languages are hard to understand when reading but once you start doing it they become simple.

[WingedPanther]

There's nothing like forgetting the & on the parameters of a scanf() a few times in C to learn their importance. You will never get that knowledge without getting a few really strange errors.

[Void]

WingedPanther said:

There's nothing like forgetting the & on the parameters of a scanf() a few times in C to learn their importance. You will never get that knowledge without getting a few really strange errors.

Oh yeah, getting odd errors and learning how to fix them is the best path to "never forgetting". I've certainly been there before.

[Sionofdarkness]

I guess that makes sense, because then you really have to go over the code.