C++ book?

[haku776]

At the moment the only decent c++ book I have found to buy is a book from 2003. I was wondering if c++ has changed to much for that book to be of any use still or if I should search harder for a more recent book. I am hoping for and answer asap.

[PanGalactic]

What sort of book are you looking for: tutorial, reference, best practices, other?

"Thinking in C++" is still a good book and can be read on-line. My favorite book of late is "C++ Coding Standards", but its a guide to best practices. This site has a great reference section.

[haku776]

Well the book that I am looking at is C++ for dummies, it is a great value, it is 7 books for the price of 1. It is a little bit over everything, going from the very basics to the more advanced thinks. I have worked with c++ but I have only got to chapter 3 of the 12 chapters worth of PDFs on the Microsoft c++ beginners guide the link will follow ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/cc305129.aspx ). I prefer hands on books instead of computer books but if the computer book is good enough I can over look that minor detail.

[PanGalactic]

C++ for Dummies is yet another example of teaching C and then C++, rather than teaching C++ right off the bat. New C++ programmers should not have to deal with the brain damage that is pointers and arrays until well after they have mastered a few containers and some algorithms.

Stroustroup's new book, Programming, is designed to teach C++ as the language creator intended. The table of contents makes this look promising. http://www.research.att.com/~bs/programming.html

[Tevsky]

Accelerated C++ is really good book. It's compact, but teaches you quite a bit about the language, style, libraries, best practices, all that good stuff. Its not very expensive either.