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Started by dimensionX November 24, 2004 03:19 AM

14 comments, last by Jimmy Valavanis 19 years, 4 months ago

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November 25, 2004 05:18 AM

Quote:Original post by paulecoyote
Quote:Original post by snk_kid
Quote:Original post by Fruny
Imperfect C++ (Wilson)

i saw this in the bookstore the other day, it looks really good, might be my next purchase.

Quote:Original post by paulecoyote
Deitel and Deitel

i consider there books only semi-useful to some-body who has no experience in programming, otherwise there books are just the same over & over but in different languages.

Fair play, I know people whom aren't very fond of it. But it covers everything you want to know and is full of snippets illustrating lessons. It's a useful reference book to have around - explaining concepts of trees, lists, etc, and as you say is useful for some one whom has little experience and is learning the ropes too.

If you are really looking for a book from scratch that teaches good OO principles, try Dave Parsons Object-oriented development in C++

Would you say it's better than Stroustrup for learning C++?

Red Falcon

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November 25, 2004 05:21 AM

Have a look at gamedev (you are here already) on the selection books. i recommand "tricks of the windows game programming gurus" because it covers morethen just c++, is increadibly nice to read, it starts from the beginning, and gets nice and complex at the end :)

snk_kid

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November 25, 2004 05:27 AM

Quote:Original post by Red Falcon
"tricks of the windows game programming gurus"

OMG, that book is the worse place to learn c++ from, besides the point dimensionX has read Stroustrup's book he's not looking to learn c++ from the beginning he's looking for c++ books on intermediate/advance level.

Red Falcon

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November 25, 2004 05:32 AM

Quote:Original post by snk_kid
Quote:Original post by Red Falcon
"tricks of the windows game programming gurus"

OMG, that book is the worse place to learn c++ from, besides the point dimensionX as read Stroustrup he's not looking to learn c++ from the beginning he's looking for c++ books on intermediate/advanced level.

hem........... i guess i should have taken time to read the entire post, like i always do :S

Qw3r7yU10p!

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November 25, 2004 05:56 AM

A problem with the gamedev reviews is that people tend to only review books they've enjoyed. So every book has a rating of 4.5 or 5.

Also if you haven't read a lot of books, any book which expands what you know will seem good. So bad books are enjoyed by people who don't know much, even if the books are terrible.

If you've read all of the mentioned books you will have a better perspective.

Also see Unskilled and Unaware to feel really bad.

[Edited by - petewood on November 25, 2004 6:56:08 AM]

Jimmy Valavanis

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November 25, 2004 07:03 AM

My favourite C++ book is (was and will be)

Robert Lafore - Object-Oriented Programming in C++

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