Hey guys i need help.The problem is learning C++ .I found some Video Tutorials on http://seangreasley.com/ in the c++ section, i also have a book that has alot about C++ (classes...) "Ivo Hortons Begining Visual C++ 2005" but i dont wanna read 1200 pages so i found those video tutorials If i buy the bulk pakage from the site i will get : Hello World - Learned already Variables -Learned already If Statements- Learned already While Loops and Logic Gates For Loops -Learned already Arithmetic Escape Codes Arrays Switch Statement Goto Command 2D Arrays Defining Procedures Procedures and Parameters Constants and #Define Parameter Arrays in the book "Begging C++ by IVO HORTON" i get all of this and more but it has 1200 pages!!!!!! which should i choose by the way i already have a ebook copy of Begging C++ by IVO HORTON and the video tutorial costs £13.00
I cannot comment directly on the choices you are facing. I like books. I keep the Borland C++ Complete Reference handy for C and C++ function calls and some other books for their example programs. However, I have been using them less because I find that web searches are yielding adequate results and examples when I need to look something up quickly. If you are starting out, you should check out http://www.thefreecountry.com/ It has a list of free compilers, along with links to online books and other documentation, which can help you learn. Good luck.
IMO, it depends on your learning style and what you already know. Personally, I think video tutorials on pieces of a programming language would be useless. For people who are more visual than I, it might make perfect sense. It sounds to me as though this is the first programming language you're really tackling on your own. I think you'd probably be best off looking up those topics on google, spending a lot of time reading (not posting to!) comp.lang.c++, and coming up with sample programs that exercise each new topic. And then writing those programs...the only way to really learn a programming language is to use it. Everything else is just details. Even the 1200 page book will probably be quicker and easier. But it will be (in the long run) more valuable to really get these basic concepts under your belt than to rush through them now. BTW (and I know a lot of people here disagree with me on this), that book's 1200 pages long because C++ is a huge, complicated language that's hard to learn. It's definitely worth learning, sure. But it's a booger. Good luck!
Tutorial books are not novels that you have to read from page 1 and continue all the way to the end in page 1200. Usually their characters stink, the plot is weak and the narrative is boring. However, when you have a "how do I..." question you can jump straight to the section in the book and follow the examples. I'd go for the book.