Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Want to learn C++? Here's the best way to do it

If you want to be a serious software professional, eventually you will need to learn C++ (pronounced "c plus plus"). You can avoid it and dodge it for as long as you want, but it's inevitable.

There are several good books about it, some of which I've mentioned here before. But I think the best resource today for learning or relearning C++ is the online tutorial, Learn C++

Learn C++ is an exceptional piece of work. It's easy to follow. It avoids a lot of the mess that burdens most other C++ resources.

The site is modest and uncluttered. It gets down to the business of teaching you C++, and it doesn't do anything else. And it's constantly updated. 

The craziest part about Learn C++ is that it's absolutely free. It's supported by ads and by user contributions. The ads are not obnoxious, and since the site gets a small amount of $$ every time someone clicks on an ad, I make sure to click on a few of them every time I view a new page. As far as user contributions go, it does not nag you for them, and it doesn't even advertise them. I had to dig through the site to find that information. 

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