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Newbie0815:
for a good part I can agree there, of course it is important to learn the whole language, but before anyone can learn it all, he has to get started
if you cannot get started, because the plain mass of information to learn exceeds your learning capabilities within the first two chapters, you never make it to chapter 3, or in other words, you end up like me, giving up right after "Hello World"
how am I supposed to learn the basics, if the "Hello World" program as the simplest of all programs already uses 2/3 of the page to show alternate ways of reaching the same goal?
this effect multiplies with every further chapter, there is maybe one tiny little detail per page which is new, the entire rest the author spends on explainig how many different ways this new detail now offers in order to adchieve the same goal, or in other words, the part where I learn something new is reduced to a tiny little fraction of the time invested, the progress I make in learning is < 1% of my working time and I spend 99% of my time reaching the same goal from all possible directions
I´m not saying its wrong, I´m not saying its bad, I´m not saying its not neccessary, I´m saying this bothers me so much on start, that I never even get started because I give up before I get anywhere due lack of progress

As some wise guy once said (not sure who it was) "If you want to learn how to fly, you first have to learn how to walk"
These tutorials are teaching walk and fly simultanous

killerbot:
I also advice : Accelerated C++

Vampyre_Dark:
I never really read a C or C++ book. I learned it all by reading various things on the web, but it took me a lot longer to learn. That wasn't really a problem though, since I just mess around for fun.

sethjackson:
I read a few C++ books. They were aweful.  :lol: I learned more by reading good tutorials on the internet. :) I would reccommend one book in particular though. It is called "The C++ Programming Language" (third edition) it was written by Bjarne Stroustrup who made the language. It is thick, and can be overwhelming at times, but it is an invaluable reference. :)

Vampyre_Dark:
I have browsed through some books and I find it dissapointing at times when authors like to take the shortcuts around difficult things to explain and give you some really bad placeholder methods to do things, with some excuse like "it's beyond the scope of this book", and then never mention where to turn to find more info.  :?

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