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Discussion / Re: I want to get some C++ books...
« on: September 18, 2007, 12:30:10 pm »
Tutorials can be great for those what if situations, but if you need to learn the concept as a whole, you're going to need a book. I looked at this thread for days, hoping that I could somehow find something in my library that inspired me.(library = I collected a little over 100 computer books since I was in HS... I have a ton, that I never even paid for that was given to me by professors or friends) A wide assortment of books does help being that no two projects rarely follow the same path.
Back on topic... alas, I still couldn't really find one that I have to share, but there has been one that I'd love to have(when it's cheaper) that really seems to cover it all:
http://www.amazon.com/C%2B%2B-How-Program-5th/dp/0131857576/ref=sr_1_8/103-6078568-8525442?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190118138&sr=8-8
There's my 2 cents... I'd definitly would try to learn a base amount in C++ before getting into specialties such as Game Development. Because of that, most game books do go over the basics(which I hate, because it leaves less room for the topic of game dev.), but the basics are so rushed, that you won't truly understand how a generic concept of structure of code, applies to other things in the world of programming. I can say, having started out in Basic and thrown right into C++, with those years in C++, I can reuse those skills into any other language, with a small learning curve. But that's because I had 5 years of the basics drilled into me.
Back on topic... alas, I still couldn't really find one that I have to share, but there has been one that I'd love to have(when it's cheaper) that really seems to cover it all:
http://www.amazon.com/C%2B%2B-How-Program-5th/dp/0131857576/ref=sr_1_8/103-6078568-8525442?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190118138&sr=8-8
There's my 2 cents... I'd definitly would try to learn a base amount in C++ before getting into specialties such as Game Development. Because of that, most game books do go over the basics(which I hate, because it leaves less room for the topic of game dev.), but the basics are so rushed, that you won't truly understand how a generic concept of structure of code, applies to other things in the world of programming. I can say, having started out in Basic and thrown right into C++, with those years in C++, I can reuse those skills into any other language, with a small learning curve. But that's because I had 5 years of the basics drilled into me.