Quote:Original post by korsenQuote:Original post by daviangel
Do yourself a favor and get the Mike Dawson C++ book if you are new to C++ and just starting out.
I also tried learning C++ from that book before I knew any better and spent 1/2 my time trying to get the code in that book to compile.
It was written with VC++ 6 from what I remember so it doesn't even follow the new for loop scope rules.
I could go dig up my copy and look to see if I wrote down any notes on how to fix the errors but I'm eating right now.
I found these two books:
This is from 2004
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-C%2B%2B-Game-Programming-Development/dp/1592002056/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206334835&sr=1-8
This is from Dec 2005 (so basically 2006)
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Express-Programming-Absolute-Beginner/dp/159200816X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206334983&sr=1-2
would either be a good pick? if not, does anyone have excellent suggestions for something that's not anymore dry than the sahara? i really liked this book till it started giving me trouble.
I noticed the book i'm using is from 2000 :(
Yup! the first one is good. It's the same Dawson book I mentioned above.
It covers all the C++ basics you'll need as a beginner and is not dry/dull/boring like 99% of other recommended books.
[Edited by - daviangel on March 24, 2008 11:42:32 PM]