Where to go from here? Please help

[miltonio94]

Okay, so am not sure if am posting this in the right place but i needed some help.
I've been alternating in-between 3 books so far to learn the beginners bit o f c++,them being 'C++ Primer Plus', 'C++ Programming for the absolute beginner' and 'C++ a beginners guide'.My current goal is to have enough knowledge of the c++ programming language to build a 2D game engine completely from scratch. My problem is, that i don't know where to go from here, what books should i use, I've looked through amazon a bit, but everything their doesn't meet my needs, its all how to use 3rd parties engines and or library, something i don't really want to do, i want to get into the nitty gritty stuff and know how to do from scratch.

[LB]

The problem with learning C++ is that there are a lot of bad books and a lot of bad professors.

You happen to have a bad book, "C++ Primer Plus", which is hindering your learning.

I recommend considering one or more of the books from this list:
http://stackoverflow.com/q/388242/1959975

[miltonio94]

Thanks. But could you expand on how its hindering my learning please. Also I've checked out the list on that site and chose the 'Accelerated C++' book

[Uk Marine]

Free PDF: http://ebooks.z0ro.com/ebooks/C_and_C%2B%2B/C%2B%2B_Through_Game_Programming.pdf

read this after you're done with the one above.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jumping-into-C-Alex-Allain/dp/0988927802

these 2 books is all you need.

[LB]

miltonio94 wrote:

Thanks. But could you expand on how its hindering my learning please.

http://accu.org/index.php?module=bookreviews&func=search&rid=1744