Good places to self teach C++
I'm looking to teach myself C++, and I'm looking for some free online resources to help me on my way. Any good youtube series/websites will do :)
I've created a few basic programs like Hello World, and am now getting around to learning about the user inputs and operations etc..
Thanks in advance :)
I've created a few basic programs like Hello World, and am now getting around to learning about the user inputs and operations etc..
Thanks in advance :)
| Any good youtube series/websites will do :) |
IMO, youtube is probably the worst way to try to learn programming. Invest in a good book, or better yet several good books, you'll be better served.
https://www.micc.unifi.it/bertini/download/programmazione/TICPP-2nd-ed-Vol-one-printed.pdf
This one is a bit challenging...
But for an easy start...
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
This one is a bit challenging...
But for an easy start...
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
Like @jlb, I'd prefer books to YouTube videos any day. (The only YouTube video I have ever found remotely "useful" - as opposed to entertaining - was a manufacturer's video on how to replace the door on a particular washing machine: c++ can do many things, but not that - yet).
So, books:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list/388282#388282
Choose a book that has coverage of C++11 at least.
Practice by writing code - depends what your background is, but if you are a university student in maths, science or engineering there are plenty of examples.
Once you are writing code, you will need a reference:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/
https://en.cppreference.com/w/
Look at other people's code ... e.g. in this forum.
Strangely, I found it useful to consider ... I can do this in programming language X, how do I do it in C++? Obviously requires previous programming experience in some language.
So, books:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-book-guide-and-list/388282#388282
Choose a book that has coverage of C++11 at least.
Practice by writing code - depends what your background is, but if you are a university student in maths, science or engineering there are plenty of examples.
Once you are writing code, you will need a reference:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/
https://en.cppreference.com/w/
Look at other people's code ... e.g. in this forum.
Strangely, I found it useful to consider ... I can do this in programming language X, how do I do it in C++? Obviously requires previous programming experience in some language.
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If you want to learn on-line, a decent from-the-ground-up site is:
https://www.learncpp.com/
https://www.learncpp.com/
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| Look at other people's code ... e.g. in this forum. |
I spend a lot of time reading others' questions and seeing the code people provide to help. Many people provide code examples that I first scratch my head over, then I test it out. While looking at references that give more depth to the algorithm or language feature. Lots more samples to test.
Eventually I get my brain wrapped around the concept.
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If reading and learning from books is your thing, here's a somewhat out-dated list of the types of books you should look at buying:
https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/how-to-learn-cpp#buy-several-books
https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/how-to-learn-cpp#buy-several-books
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A few minutes ago I saw this news item in my Visual Studio Developer's news section:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2018/09/25/books-on-c17/
C++17 books. I can't say if they are good or not, but there are books out now.
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2018/09/25/books-on-c17/
C++17 books. I can't say if they are good or not, but there are books out now.
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