Recommended books/tutorials for learning C++

[GeekDog]

OK all,

we get a lot of posts here asking (repeatedly) for book recommendations. So, this is intended to be a thread for people to post their recommendations for books/tutorials etc. It may be of use as a reference, and save us from posting the same things over and over again.

My recommendation is Bruce Eckel's Thinking in C++. It, along with helpful members of this forum, taught me almost everything I know about C++. Not that I have a great deal of knowledge, but I get by

This particular book has the added advantage that you can download the full text of both books (it's in two volumes) quite legally from the author's website.

For general reference, see DannyBoy's link to CppReference.com below. If what you're looking for isn't there, I sometimes find this site useful for the STL: SGI: STL programmer's guide. Note that this is not exactly the same as the standard library that ships with most compilers, but everything I've looked up on it so far has worked!

People, please post your suggestions. Admins/mods, if you think this thread looks useful and you have the power, please sticky it!

(edited for prettifying + added SGI link)

[DannyBoy]

My recommendations for reference books:

• C++: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt
• The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference by Nicolai M. Josuttis

As for websites, I have found C++ Reference helpful for general reference and Numerical Recipes in C very useful for the mathematical side of programming.

[jlou]

(highly recommended in bold, essential underlined)

Websites:
C++ FAQ Lite
comp.lang.c++.moderated

Books:
C++ In-Depth Box Set by several authors... most books in the set are included below.
Accelerated C++ by Koenig & Moo
The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup
C++ Coding Standards by Sutter & Alexandrescu
Design Patterns by Gamma, Helm, Johnson, & Vlissides
Effective C++ by Meyers
More Effective C++ by Meyers
Exceptional C++ by Sutter
More Exceptional C++ by Sutter
Effective STL by Meyers
Modern C++ Design by Alexandrescu
The C++ Standard Library by Josuttis
Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4 by Sedgewick
Algorithms in C++, Part 5 by Sedgewick

[Emery]

http://www.fredosaurus.com/notes-cpp
http://nehe.gamedev.net
http://gametutorials.com
http://ultimategameprogramming.com

[t i l e x]

The OpenGL Redbook has helped me a lot to understand OpenGL.

[Guest]

Back to the topic:
For people with no programming experience, a very good choice is C++ How to Program by the Deitels.

For people who are more advanced The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup is very good too.

If you don't know any C++, don't get Effective C++ by Meyers because the book wasn't written for that purpose. A very good book but after you learn how to program in C++.

[t i l e x]

Stroustrup's book is very good. It's not begginer-friendly though. When you just start out and you see his code, full of templates and STL containers, you freak out

[Wizard]

Dev-CPP - a free and very useful C++ compiler
(a little off the topic of tutorials and books, but still good information)

[GeekDog]

I've been using Code::Blocks of late. In some respects it's better than Dev-C++ (primarily in that it doesn't give me strange and nonsensical linker errors on my current project!)

[Wizard]

Another good read, "How Not to Program in C++"
Collection of broken programs and humourous anecdotes from someone who's been in the industry long enough to see more than his fair share of poor programming practices.

[deepbluegeek]

I recommend this for beginners...
"Object-Oriented Programming in C++" by Robert Lafore

along with the...
"C++ How to Program" by the Deitels. (although this one is fairly expensive)

Both of these books are really helping me through the basics and especially pointers, which I have a hard time wrapping my head around.

[dynamicmasterc]

DannyBoy has hit the nail right on the head.

C++: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt

The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference by Nicolai M. Josuttis

I own both of these and find them to be quite useful. These books were $50 US when I got them. For anyone not familiar with Schildt, he is a well respected programmer and was on the committee that standardized C++. With a name like Schildt, it's gotta be good...

[jlou]

For anyone not familiar with Schildt, he is a well respected programmer and was on the committee that standardized C++.

That's debatable. He is infamous for mistakes in his books and for teaching poor programming practice. See the ACCU reviews of his books for an example of what I'm talking about.

[appu]

I don't know if someone has mentioned it or not.

C++ Templates By Vandevoorde & Josuttis

[Lawand]

http://www.cplusplus.com/ has -among other stuff-,
-a great tutorial: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
-a solid C++ Library Reference: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/