Best book for self-learning C++?
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The books here are pretty good. I recommend the first one on the C++ list to start.
http://www.quantnet.com/forum/threa...uants-mfe-financial-engineering-students.535/
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Thinking in C++ by B. Eckel.
Free, edited by community, the name speaks for itself.
PDFs are on the author's web site - http://www.mindview.net/Books
Free, edited by community, the name speaks for itself.
PDFs are on the author's web site - http://www.mindview.net/Books
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link ?...
volume 1 - 814 pages
volume 2 - 832 pages
how many months/years it will take to read this book?
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What's so great about the Eckel books that people here keep recommending them? Josuttis is fine, with Prata for backup. If you're a newbie to coding, Gaddis will hold your hand.
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Im reading it and it's good and comprehensive as far as I have reached. What particularly don't you like? I just wonder if anything is wrong with this book.
without reading, what will you program?
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That meant that while reading you are only going through what the author supplies and a bit more if you play a bit. But while programming in a sense to come across problems and struggle finding a solution you gain much more understanding since such problem scopes are unlimited in contrast to what author gives in little specification.
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I liked his application-oriented approach and not just dry syntax. The initial motivation for a C++ CAD library we built at the time was based on his 1988 book.
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I just read what I need or what I think will help me to improve my current knowledge or what would correct my programming manners
I got Prata's C & C++ Primer Plus books, thought they were both fantastic and I got them for about $20 each.
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I recommend "Accelerated C++" -- http://www.acceleratedcpp.com/
(the other ones might go into stuff of "what is a variable" variety, etc. , which is unnecessary if you already know to program in general -- this one introduces you to the "C++" part of C++ programming, not just programming in general, and does it in < 400 pages, actually covering what you need -- isn't C++ simpler than Java ;] /* it's also on a very good level, one of the few books not abusing the using directive -- you know, the ones that start with "using namespace std" and teach you bad habits from the start */).
But, you should get two more: http://www.parashift.com/c -faq-lite/how-to-learn-cpp.html#faq-28.4
(the other ones might go into stuff of "what is a variable" variety, etc. , which is unnecessary if you already know to program in general -- this one introduces you to the "C++" part of C++ programming, not just programming in general, and does it in < 400 pages, actually covering what you need -- isn't C++ simpler than Java ;] /* it's also on a very good level, one of the few books not abusing the using directive -- you know, the ones that start with "using namespace std" and teach you bad habits from the start */).
But, you should get two more: http://www.parashift.com/c -faq-lite/how-to-learn-cpp.html#faq-28.4
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