Where to start learning C++

[liamwazhere]

So I was wondering if anyone could suggest to me a book that would teach me C++, I had looked at some books on C++ initialy, then I realized that I had no clue what I was reading. Then decided the way to start would be to read "Beginnning Programming for Dummies". Although there is a "C++ for Dummies" I was wondering if there was any other books that you guys read/heard about that is better. Or if you guys have any better ideas how to learn C++ than just reading the book that would be great too. Thank you for any help.

[jamesmk]

My professor keeps singing the praises of "Absolute C++", but I hear the tutorials here are pretty good.
http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

[Rave]

i suggest youtube, although it is not the absolute way to learn, i find that its easier to watch some youtube tutorials, write small programs and then read a c++ book, or better cplusplus.com.

i recommend not to start at the book first because after a while you'll get bored reading, but if you watch those videos and then read the book, it will be much easier for you to go through the book and understand it better.

just my suggestion, different things work for different people.

[liamwazhere]

Cool, I will do some tutorials first then

[JoR]

"The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup is a very good book and was a great help for me to get into C++ but it's very theoretical and more like a language and standard library refernce. It won't help with things like how to compile or how to solve a specific problem or what libraries you can use for what...
For the practical part, just try things out, find small codes/open source projects on the internet you can play with etc.

[firix]

you can read a good book.Let you tell

Stanley Lippman C++ Primer