Jumping into C++

The best book I've encountered to push you from beginner through the novice phases as a programmer;

I started this book as with a decent grasp of programming in general, and of C++ specifically, so I mostly just skimmed the first 2/3 or so. However, I'm mostly self-taught, so there are lots of random little patches missing in what I know which someone who took a more structured path will likely not have missed; in short, I've found this to be exactly what I needed to fill many of those in. I tried to use a couple other intro to C++ books for this purpose, but they were overly focused on being intro to programming books, so I had a hard time teasing out things I didn't already know. With that said, if you have a rudimentary understanding of programming (if you know what variables and functions are, for example), and you want to learn C++, I think this book is the best available. The order in which topics are introduced means that you aren't having to worry about OOP or header files or linking or other such tedium until just when you need to. And, as a bonus, you also get some exposure to data structures and other topics not always covered in language-introduction books. Read more