C++ Programming for the Absolute Beginner [With CDROM]

This book was the most useful, informative, easiest, greatest reference for learning C++ in the world until it got into the chapters on directX programming. The book used directX7 while the world has moved on to DirectX 9 (and in the very near future DirectX 10). I wholeheartedly reccommend the book to the beginning c++ programmer as a tool to teach you all the basics up to basic WINAPI programming. After that though, you will need a different book.

This book is a decent beginners book, but I feel that it isn't exactly for the absolute beginner. The challenges at the end of each chapter could be a lot better, they don't completely test comprehension of all concepts in the chapter. If you are already familiar with another programming language, this is a good book to get you started with C++.

This book is one of my favorite C++ books. Now this book will only confuse you if your not in a C++ programming class. When I was taking a C++ class I found out it really helped out when taken with the class. Some of the other reviewers are right in the part where they say some examples have concepts not yet introduced. However, I found out that if you read over the concept after your teacher has gone over it in class it helps give you a clearer understanding. I would give this book between 4 and 4 1/4 stars if possible, mainly because the text does contain a couple of errors. However, since this book helped me out so much I'll give it a 5. This book even has an introduction to windows programming. Although it just goes over message boxes in dept it does give you some motivation for learning the Windows 32 API.

I am a beginner to c++. I am currently inroled in a c++ class in college and I read this book along with the course book. It's a great help. When reading the book I can now understand what the teacher is talking about in lecture. It's also nice to be able to help others in lab. Most of the programs in the book are games. This is nice for someone who want to get into the game industry(like me). This is a nice book for a beginner.