Comments on: c++ http://www.coriolinus.net/2008/06/08/c/ read, and be entertained Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:31:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anonymous http://www.coriolinus.net/2008/06/08/c/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 Anonymous Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:43:27 +0000 http://www.coriolinus.net/?p=2150#comment-1511 (Can't resist: Eclipse is more than a <i>little</i> more multi-platform friendly because MSVS is downright xenophobic. Windows, Windows, all the way. Since I know you have a strong fondness for FreeBSD, it might be a mistake to get too comfortable with a Windows-only IDE.) I learned C++ reading Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language." I can't claim that's the best C++ intro book out there because I haven't read others, but you might be surprised at how readable it is. I do still use it as a reference. However -- my strongest possible recommendation -- beyond your intro book of choice, read everything you can get your hands on by Scott Meyers: Effective C++, More Effective C++, Effective STL, anything since then. By forewarning you of many glitches, gotchas and WTFs, Meyers will save you major time starting right away. Moreover, his readable, informative analysis of every such situation gives you a deep understanding of the language and its foibles. Absolutely indispensable. (Can’t resist: Eclipse is more than a little more multi-platform friendly because MSVS is downright xenophobic. Windows, Windows, all the way. Since I know you have a strong fondness for FreeBSD, it might be a mistake to get too comfortable with a Windows-only IDE.)

I learned C++ reading Stroustrup’s “The C++ Programming Language.” I can’t claim that’s the best C++ intro book out there because I haven’t read others, but you might be surprised at how readable it is. I do still use it as a reference.

However — my strongest possible recommendation — beyond your intro book of choice, read everything you can get your hands on by Scott Meyers: Effective C++, More Effective C++, Effective STL, anything since then. By forewarning you of many glitches, gotchas and WTFs, Meyers will save you major time starting right away. Moreover, his readable, informative analysis of every such situation gives you a deep understanding of the language and its foibles. Absolutely indispensable.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.coriolinus.net/2008/06/08/c/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Kevin Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:23:54 +0000 http://www.coriolinus.net/?p=2150#comment-1510 Read Thinking in C++ By Bruce Eckel. Its a great book, one I still use as a reference. It really shows you whats going on under the hood w/ C++. The only thing you may not like about it is that it makes some assumptions that you are coming from a C background in areas. I LOVE VS. Its debugging tools are great. Eclipse is a little more multi-platform friendly, but I find the debugging tools in VS are much better than Eclipse. The interface also makes more sense to me, one wrong move in eclipse and you can be in some bizarre viewing mode that takes awhile to reset. I have used Eclipse for about a year now, and still have this problem. I have never had the need to "read the manual" with VS like I have w/ Eclipse. Read Thinking in C++ By Bruce Eckel. Its a great book, one I still use as a reference. It really shows you whats going on under the hood w/ C++. The only thing you may not like about it is that it makes some assumptions that you are coming from a C background in areas.

I LOVE VS. Its debugging tools are great. Eclipse is a little more multi-platform friendly, but I find the debugging tools in VS are much better than Eclipse. The interface also makes more sense to me, one wrong move in eclipse and you can be in some bizarre viewing mode that takes awhile to reset. I have used Eclipse for about a year now, and still have this problem. I have never had the need to “read the manual” with VS like I have w/ Eclipse.

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