If you are an experienced programmer in any language, then I highly recomend starting with Accelerated C++. It teaches you the most useful, high level contructs of the language first so that you are more productive sooner. Almost always, these are the correct ways to code clean c++ as well, so you learn good habits first (the code
in the book is beautiful).

The sales pitch is "This book won''t teach you everything to know about c++. But you do have to know everything in this book."

This is completely true imho.

If you want a tutorial that flshes out other parts of the language, then I would read either the free e-book "Thinking in C++" (do a google on bruce eckel, go to his mindview page and dl th e book", or the C++ Primer (a reference and a tutorial in one).

After about 3 months with c++, I''d move onto the effective c++ books by Meyers (it won''t be useful until you have a solid grasp of the core language and oop...well it might be useful but it won''t make sense).

If you are an experienced programmer in any language, then I highly recomend starting with Accelerated C++. It teaches you the most useful, high level contructs of the language first so that you are more productive sooner. Almost always, these are the correct ways to code clean c++ as well, so you learn good habits first (the code
in the book is beautiful).

The sales pitch is "This book won''t teach you everything to know about c++. But you do have to know everything in this book."

This is completely true imho.

If you want a tutorial that flshes out other parts of the language, then I would read either the free e-book "Thinking in C++" (do a google on bruce eckel, go to his mindview page and dl th e book"), or the C++ Primer (a reference and a tutorial in one).

After about 3 months with c++, I''d move onto the effective c++ books by Meyers (it won''t be useful until you have a solid grasp of the core language and oop...well it might be useful but it won''t make sense).