Need advice on beginner programing books

[JOHNGALT99]

I would like to learn C++, Java, and Assembly Lang.

Anyone have any recomendations on good books to learn these langauges?

I have had a undergrad C++ class but I dont remeber much.


Remember am I beginner though i have a little knowledge of object oriented langes


Thanks for the Help

 

[mundane]

For Java, I'd recommend using the Sun java Tutorial: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/.

For C++, Bruce Eckel's Thinking in C++ is available for download: http://www.mindview.net/Books/...P/ThinkingInCPP2e.html

And for assembly - may God have mercy on your soul =). Someone else with less of a phobia on this board should be able to help you.

 

[JOHNGALT99]

thanks, any one have recomendations for assembly?

 

[notfred]

Pick one language and stick with that until you get the hang of it.

And "assembly language" isn't a language. What processor do you want to learn assembly for?

 

[Nothinman]

thanks, any one have recomendations for assembly?

Don't. Actually it's not bad to know for debugging applications, but don't worry about using it in anything unless you want to do kernel development or you can really justify the non-portability you'll be sticking yourself with.

 

[JOHNGALT99]

I want to learn for how reverse engineer programs, and I heard knowing assembly would be very help.
I guess it it would be for x86 processors

Did I hear wrong?

 

[Nothinman]

IMO it's a better use of your time to work on things that you have a right to work on, like those that are already open source, but yes you would need to know assembly to be able to read the output from a decompiled binary.

 

[JOHNGALT99]

I am just starting a master in information security and assurance and I am interested in learning for to reverse engineer viruses and worms.

Thanks for the help though. This anandtech's forums are a great resource