Book suggestions for self-teaching C++

[MrBond]

I'm going to need to learn C++ fairly quickly for work - we have some relatively simple programs that do various data logging tasks for us and I'd like to be able to work on them,

I'm looking for some suggestions on books I can pick up so I can get an understanding of the language and be able to use it. I don't have much in the way of programming experience, I've written some VBA macros in Excel but other than that I'm completely green.

I was checking Amazon and looking at reviews, but I thought I'd ask here for suggestions. I tend to pick up things pretty quickly so hopefully I can find a resource to help me learn C++ enough that I can enhance my team at work.

 

[GarfieldtheCat]

You Can Do it

You can Program in C++

Both by Francis Glassborow

The first is for someone with no programming experience, the 2nd is for someone new to C++. Both teach "modern" C++ (not C with a few C++ extra's)

Other good books would be:

Accelerated C++ by Koenig and Moo - This is probably too fast for you, it is for someone experienced in programming other languages who wants to learn C++.

C++ Primer, 4th Ed by Lippman and Moo - Another good beginner book.

Once you get the basics, reading Herb Sutter's and Scott Meyer's books are highly recommended, they go over a lot of practical "howto's" and best practices to actually use C++ fully (and correctly)

 

[Brett]

I would recommend:

C++ Primer

Was pretty helpful when I was first learning C++

 

[Sassy Rabbit]

I second Brett's recommendation. I would also suggest C++ Programming in Easy Steps. It's a bit simplified but it is easy to follow and builds up the complexity nicely.

 

[MegaVovaN]

If books don't do it for you, consider local community college.

 

[spamsk8r]

I second taking at least a basic class. In C/C++, if you don't really understand how the machine works (the stack, heap, multiple levels of indirection, byte offsets, etc.) you will probably have an extremely frustrating time without additional guidance. The C/C++ syntax also doesn't make things any more clear, as some operators do different things depending on the context (e.g. the * character can indicate a pointer, or it can be a multiplication operator).

 

[sao123]

Having Taught C++ classes beforeat a branch campus of Penn State, I generally recommend the books by one of 2 authors.

Harvey Deitel ( C++ How to Program, 6/e )
Walter Savitch ( Problem Solving with C++ - The Object of Programming, Sixth Edition )

 

[Schadenfroh]

Checkout the links in The C++ Beginners Thread.