Start-up advice, information

[TakingSIdes]

I am an enthusiastic programmer, I have been programming processes in shell (on linux). Now I intend to start learning c++ further thus I decided to join this community.


I understand how to create a basic programme, and compile it using g++ (I believe), at current my hello world programme is...

#include<iostream>
use namespace std;

main()
{
    cout << "Hello World" << EOL
}

That's kind of the furthest I have got, I was hoping for some general advice, or information that I could further research.

I best learn programming languages by building a project, I have decided to build an IRC Bot (unoriginal, but it's educational and simple too).

[z05DSL3A]

Start here: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

and get yourself a copy of C++ primer By Lippman, Lajoie, and Moo
(it may be worth waiting for the Fifth edition (updated for C++11), should be published soon)

[TakingSIdes]

Thanks for the response. Any idea on when the Fifth Edition of that book will be available?

[z05DSL3A]

Any idea on when the Fifth Edition of that book will be available?

Last time I looked it was scheduled for early August.

Edit: Amazon.com have it as 20th and amazon.co.uk has it as the 10th

The publisher just has it a August
http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/bookshop/detail.asp?item=100000000389209

[TakingSIdes]

Brilliant, thanks for the information. Very helpful :D