Reddit reviews C++ Programming for the Absolute Beginner

Here you go: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1598638750/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493372296&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=c%2B%2B+for+the+absolute+beginner&dpPl=1&dpID=51la46CCR8L&ref=plSrch

Also Here is the book which I learnt c++ from.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Programming-Absolute-Beginner-Mark-Lee/dp/1598638750/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417896315&sr=1-1&keywords=c%2B%2B+for+the+absolute+beginner

I had similar issues when doing my C++ course in university. I would often have a lesson where the teacher would teach some concept or C++ tool, but it would require prior knowledge of other stuff that was never mentioned in any previous lessons. Often the response was: "Well you should know about this by now if you've been practising.."

 

I would strongly recommend you looking at beginner C++ books and websites such as http://www.learncpp.com/.

I went through that whole website, and read two beginner C++ books (I read this, and this.. they are pretty old now but helped a lot back in the day). I spent as much time as I could in the evenings and weekends going through them constantly, and eventually it all started to sink in.

Quick tips I could give since they were my troubles back in uni;

• C and C++ are very different, mixing them both can make things difficult down the line. Try to stay with just writing C++ only.
  
• Theres something called the standard library which comes with a massive library of tools to make your life easier. Never make anything from scratch if the standard already has it for you. stuff like this looks like "std::".
  
              Doing something with a list, array or container? use things like std::vector< > and std::map< , >
  
              Doing anything with strings? use std::string
  
             * Manipulating data in any way? the standard has the <algorithm> header to do plenty of essentials, like sorting an array (eg: std::sort (myvector.begin(), myvector.end());
  
  
• If you arent already, then try using an IDE for coding. I use Visual Studio and it gives brilliant syntax highlighting, intellisense, autocomplete, debugging etc. Coding with this really helped me learn how the language works.