Resources for learning and using C++.

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Recommended

• Musings on Good C++ Style -- Condensed Version; Pointers, References and Values, Passing Parameters, Returning Results, and Storing Member Variables, with Musings on Good C++ Style -- Original Article; Michael D. Crawford (GoingWare); September 10, 2001, updated May 7, 2002 -- Excellent, must reading for me -- (I started "skimming" the condensed version)
• GoingWare, Inc.'s Bag of Programming Tricks -- tips from the author of the previous article, I haven't looked, but based on the previous article, these are bound to be helpful. This site is periodically (occasionally?) updated. He also publishes a newsletter, subscribe at http://www.goingware.com/newsletter/.
• (rhk) C++ FAQ LITE Frequently Asked Questions; Copyright © 1991-2002, Marshall Cline -- looks very useful

Recommended for Specific Purposes

• Setting up to compile C++ on Linux/Unix
• Re: some comments about our C++ code... -- Public/protected variables should not be used, and why. Avoid public virtual members, also.
• Overview of Polymorphism; Free sample of a ~ $100 tutorial — needs Javascript, I haven't viewed — Actually, I've now tried it, and have more comments on CppTutorialZdnetEK1777, in general the content seems useful, but some of the formatting and mechanics of presentation I don't care for.

Recommended by Others

Books

Recommended by Michael D. Crawford:

• Modern C++ Design
• Effective C++
• Exceptional C++

• C++: Slashdot book review: Practical C++ Programming, Second Edition; —

adrienlamothe writes "Practical C++ Programming is dedicated to teaching the reader how to program in the C++ programming language. The book actually has four goals: 1) Teach the reader C++. 2) Instill good programming style and practice (indeed, the book's subtitle is 'Programming Style Guidelines.') 3) Teach the programmer basic software development concepts. 4) Introduce the reader to debuggers and the make utility. 4) The author encourages the reader to use a computer to enter, run and debug the book's programming examples. I concur with this advice, though it isn't absolutely necessary." To see how well the book meets its own goals, read on for the rest of Lamothe's review

No Recommendation

• Porting MFC applications to Linux: A step-by-step guide to using wxWindows, Markus Neifer, April 2002. (Aside: I'm not sure that link will work -- you might have to navigate there from http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/?n-l-4182.) See my additional comments on WxwindowsResources.

Not Recommended

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