New to learn Cpp

[lokeshjoshi]

Hello everyone i am in the First Year of my engineering and new to learn Cpp Programming language, can anyone please suggest me the best books/tutorials and also the best Cpp IDE to run the C++ program?

Thank You

[seeplus]

The best on-line learning resource is:
https://www.learncpp.com/

What os are you using?

For Windows, the best IDE is Microsoft Visual Studio (the community version is free)
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/

For a book, I'd suggest:
Ivor Horton's Beginning C++20: From Novice to Professional
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-C-20-Novice-Professional/dp/1484258835/ref=sr_1_18

[Geckoo]

Hello. There are many books about C++ learning - and many are bad. A few are really interesting. My first attempt to study C++ was using a tutorial series, not with books, but videos. For a few bucks, I bought access to tutorials on Udemy. I did this by learning in French language. So I cannot recommend it to you. Take a look at this one which seems to me really interesting in English. I wish you the best ++

https://www.udemy.com/course/the-modern-cpp-20-masterclass/

However if you really want to read something in order to learn C++, I would like to recommend some books from Bjarne Stroustrup or Charles Petzold. Do you have any skill with coding? Maybe Python or something else?

PS : on Udemy, wait a few days. One/two times in a month, there is a promo...

[seeplus]

Charles Petzold

Seriously - for C++ ??????????? I don't think so.

[George P]

@Geckoo, have you even looked at Petzold's list of books, they ain't strict C++ by a long shot. Windows programming is his specialty.

http://www.charlespetzold.com/books.html

@lokeshjoshi, your choice of compilers/IDEs is based on your OS. What is your OS?

Visual Studio is for Windows, with a Mac flavor variant that is missing some key features. Linux is right out.

Visual Studio Code is a possibility.

[George P]

@lokeshjoshi, your OS kinda determines what compiler/IDE you can use. For Windows there's Visual Studio.

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/

Mac has a version of VS available, but there are key features not available:

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/mac/

There is available for Win, Mac and Linux an IDE available, Visual Studio Code:

https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

VS Code is not the same as Visual Studio.

A non-MS C++ IDE is Code::Blocks:

http://www.codeblocks.org/

For learning C++ there are FREE online resources, a tutorial here at CPlusPlus. It is years out of date so you won't learn any of the newer features of C++.

Another online tutorial is Learn C++: https://www.learncpp.com/

Learn C++ I really do recommend since it is being updated quite frequently.

A not-for-learning-C++ resource, it is a site designed as a reference: https://en.cppreference.com/w/

There is no real need to pay for resources to learn C++, there are free sites available.

[George P]

@lokeshjoshi, should you decide to install Visual Studio (Community) be forewarned the C++ workload is NOT installed by default, it has to be manually selected. Either during the initial install or later by modifying the install.

[Geckoo]

You are right. Charles Petzold cannot help our friend learning C++.
Not relevant for this specific task. Forget him :)

For French people who want to read something "dans la langue de Molière", Claude Delannoy is a good author...

I like this site for beginners :
https://www.w3schools.com/cpp/default.asp

[CodeChaser]

My first book was a Sam's Teach Yourself & I love that book. The previous version C++14/17 has 4.5/5 ratings on Amazon and you will get the same material from a college course. If you want an easy to understand book & you want to quickly dive in, this is the book for you...a great beginner book in my opinion to get your feet wet.

https://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-One-Hour/dp/0137334680/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=sams+teach+yourself+c%2B%2B&qid=1659772943&sr=8-4


My second book was based on recommendations on here, Ivor Horton's Beginning C++20: From Novice to Professional, & they were right on. This one is chock full of info & you will need more time & practice to digest it all. So it depends on how far & fast you want to go? Do you want to quickly start writing code & learn less about the behind the scenes or vice-versa? I would recommend you get both really as they are cheap enough. For me, both of these will be in my library forever.


Here is a really good tutorial as a recap of just basic/core topics, but honestly you get A LOT more from just the Sam's book than any of the tutorials combined that are out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MKhigIml3E&list=PLmpc3xvYSk4wDCP5zjt2QQXe8-JGHa4Kt