Links
An assortment of (hopefully) interesting web pages.
| Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of C++ and the greatest C++ guru | Bjarne's homepage. A number of good documents, for example C++ Style and Technique FAQ. |
| On the web: C++ books, introductions, magazines, FAQ's | From Bruce Eckel's Mindview Inc. you can download free C++ (and Java) books, for example Thinking in C++. University of Wisconsin: C++ tutorial for Java programmers (rather trivial and tiresome). TutorGig has lists of language introductions, also C++. Dr. Dobb's Journal sometimes has good C++ articles. cplusplus.com has lots of information. C++ FAQ Lite. C++ Style and Technique FAQ (Stroustrup). |
| Real printed books. Read user reviews on Amazon or on wiki. | Scott Meyers has written three very good books (Effective C++, More Effective C++, Effective STL). I haven't read his latest, Effective Modern C++, but I expect that it is equally good. |
| C++ compilers. We cannot advise on choosing or help with installation of compilers. | Compiler lists from Bruce Eckel, thefreecountry.com. |
| STL, C++ and C library documentation. | http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/Full references: cppreference.com and cplusplus.com. About the C library: also try the manpages. |
| Obfuscated C | The obfuscated Twelve Days of Christmas program shown at the first lecture: poem.c. Compile and link with gcc -o poem poem.c, run with ./poem. Also see: Reverse Engineering the Twelve Days of Christmas. |