Learning C++ / Experience with C++ All-in-one Desk Reference for Dummies?

Question

I am learning C++, and I currently own C++ All-in-one desk reference For Dummies. Any tips on books, websites, or anything of the like?

Answer 1

My favroite site is www.cplusplus.com

Practice is far more important than reading books. Its important to be trying every bit of code you see until you understand it in and out. Books are good when you need a reference and some theory.

As for software, for an absolute beginer I really recomend Microsoft's Visual C++ because it makes it easy to do lots of trial and error which is really important part of early stages of learning to program. It also has a good detailed reference.

Free version available here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/

Keep in mind though there are other compilers and not all are compatable with ANSI Standard C++. g++ is very popular compiler on LINUX. Borland and Devshed are others for windows. But I have yet to see the user friendliness of Visual Studio in any other software for C++.