From: "bowman" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <4Av%5.1740$Ad7 DOT 54102 AT sodalite DOT nbnet DOT nb DOT ca> Subject: Re: Struggling Programmer Lines: 35 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Message-ID: <5NB%5.146$J5.454@newsfeed.slurp.net> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:44:13 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.4.224.30 X-Trace: newsfeed.slurp.net 977201345 208.4.224.30 (Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:49:05 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:49:05 CDT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com LJ Madsen wrote in message news:4Av%5.1740$Ad7 DOT 54102 AT sodalite DOT nbnet DOT nb DOT ca... > > I am looking for some extra resources that hopefully speak down to my > beginners level. I am determined to learn C++ but I have little in the way > of programming skills. Just getting my first program to compile took me two > days. If anyone knows an "idiot proof" C++ tutorial to get me started that I > can buy, beg, borrow or steal, please let me know. I am presently > *attempting* to follow "Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours" to only minimal > gains. You could do worse than downloading Bruce Eckel's books. Price is right, at least. http://www.bruceeckel.com/ThinkingInCPP2e.html C++ is not a particulary idiot proof language, and not my first choice as a didactic language. However, if you insist, Lippmann and LaJoie's _C++ Primer_ is good, ultimately followed by Stroustrup's 3rd edition. Scott Meyer's Effective C++ books fill in some of the gaps on the thornier constructs. Much maligned, Schildt sometimes can make things understandable without going too far afield. If it says 'Jamsa' on the cover, burn it.