ot c++ help

Wow I bet even the Georgia Tech message boards don't make C++ posts. I've never programmed in C# before but C++ is probably similar. I'm assuming you guy are doing object oriented programming. Ill have to dig up som old sites I used in high school and Eng 101. What kinds of programs are yall writing?

C# is a bit closer to java in actuality, I think. Syntactically you'll be mostly be ok, but there are some "gotcha"s in C/C++ that are really just bonkers (off the top of my head, pointers to member functions. templates can make for headaches too). As for references, eh. Most of the textbooks I had in school were rubbish. Definitely learn how to use pointers. edit: No, seriously. Learn how to use pointers. And other stuff.

i generally refer to http://www.cplusplus.com/ for everything unfortunately, i can only recommend many books to avoid :( STL is my favorite thing about C# -> C++ good luck!

I've got about 3-4 years experience writing experimental control software in C#, C++, and (just a little) C. In case you're wondering, I design and construct experimental apparatus for a surgical device research company. In terms of speed, C# is not appreciably slower than C++ (for most applications). The fact that it compiles on demand means it can actually match C++ in terms of performance on a system-by-system basis, since the compiler effectively optimizes the code each time it is run. C++ can beat C# (and often does), but it usually requires hours upon hours of optimization (and really only makes sense for huge projects wherein speed in crucial). Anyway, I taught myself C++ and C# through web resources (mainly just googling) and by convincing an older co-worker to let me have copies of his source code from the past 10 years. Simply having properly written code that you can reference for syntactical tips is a huge plus. Since you're (presumably) already comfortable with the OO paradigm, make heavy use of it in the C++ environment and encapsulate like crazy. I found that making a huge library of custom classes that spanned across projects was helpful (not having to re-write code to detect and configure DAQs was a big time saver). At any rate, I can't think of any really useful books. For the most part (as I'm sure you're aware), learning a programming language is mostly about just doing it and learning as you go. That's what I would recommend doing: create simple projects with a pre-determined goal of learning perhaps 1 or 2 specific new skills. Also, learn to love pointers. You could very easily program many hundreds of thousands of lines of code in C# without touching pointers...not so much in C++. Especially if you ever need a dynamically scalable array (and big projects usually need something like this).

One of the profs I took my C++ classes with has a book: http://www.amazon.com/ADTs-Data-Structures-Problem-Solving/dp/013140909… I'd recommend it as it was fairly helpful throughout the class (more than most textbooks I've had), and it seemed to be pretty complete.

I have a pdf copy of 'The C++ Programming Language' 3rd edition by Bjarne Stroustrup (creator of c++). I thought it was a good reference and was very detailed. I have it on my desktop, so I can email you a copy when I get home from work today if you're interested. [email protected] [edit: Most of the time I just use cplusplus.com though.]

Seriously... you'll reference this book a LOT while you're becoming comfortable with C++ and it's written by the father of the language, Bjarne Stroustrup. The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition (Hardcover) http://www.amazon.com/C-Programming-Language-Special/dp/0201700735/ref=… I can't speak to it's ability to teach you the language as I had already learned C++ before ever picking up this book, but I think it's a book that every C++ programmer should peruse at some point, regardless of how much they think they know.

I am negging every post in this thread. Because I hated EECS 280 that much.

This is the book I learned from: C++ Primer Plus (5th Edition) by Stephen Prata (~$30 on Amazon). It's the only one I ever read, so I can't speak to its relative quality, but it was very helpful to me (a noob). A lot is probably redundant if you already are conversant in c#, but I don't think there's any way around that.

I'm in ENG 101 at Michigan right now and we use this (free!) book: http://www.umich.edu/~engr101/Bielajew/book.pdf

Just so that you know, you will probably get frustrated with C++ coming from C#. You are going backward in that language's evolution and a lot of things that you take for granted in C# you will need to do yourself in C++. O'Reilly is usually the best, so I would suggest them.

I tell you people... I'm a Public Relations major. If I have to hear one more story from one of my computer engineer friends about how they failed a whole class of Freshman when they were a Senior T/A, because they hard coded the results of a scalable array into a program instead of actually learning and demonstrating it, my head will explode! Your new program is nothing, NOTHING without ME there to find the right people to deliver the message to, and to deliver it the right way. MUHAHAHA! /PR Major trying to make himself feel some worth.