Programming - principles and practice using C++[1] should be appropriate for beginners. It's a long book at 1000+ pages, but it is designed for novices and explains subjects such as why one needs functions, how to handle errors, GUIs, testing, etc.
The C++ Programming language (4th ed)[2] is for experienced programmers. A tour of C++ is the short version of the former.[3]
[1]: http://www.stroustrup.com/programming.html
Ohh... thnx!
Nothing changed since I graduated in 2001 ... I recollect Stroustrup since then.
It's still C++ bible.
Re:Starting a tech startup with C++
by johannes1234321 on Saturday January 02, 2016 @01:11PM
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In the language many things changed and you should look a the books which focus on C++11/14 no the old stuff.
It isn't the same edition, the language have changed a lot ;)
Re:Starting a tech startup with C++
by shepardrtc on Saturday January 02, 2016 @09:24PM
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The [1] book is exceptionally good for beginners. He completely rewrote it with C++11 and refocused beginners on some key changes to the language to make it much easier.
Re:Starting a tech startup with C++
by JabavuAdams on Sunday January 10, 2016 @10:23AM
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Stack Overflow's Definitive C++ Book Collection:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388242/the-definitive-c-b...
Re:Starting a tech startup with C++
by MattHarrington on Saturday January 02, 2016 @09:28PM
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I think the best book for complete beginners is "Jumping into C++" by Alex Allain. From there, move on to "C++ Primer Plus" by Stephen Prata.
Any other good places to start learning about C++ 11/14 for complete beginners with JS and other programming languages?
I'm very much interested to create proof-of-concept for high performance SaaS services and play with C++ as it might be useful to build Node.js extension later.