On May 10, 5:56 pm, Tom Impelluso <impel...@attila.sdsu.eduwrote:
But now i want to try again, and I am hoping that 10 years having
passed... there might be (assuming the problem was not my intellectual
density), a clearer, better-written book.
Hi Tom. I'm also a mechanical engineer. I use c++ for writing tools
for my team of project engineers. My favorite c++ books are
"Accelerated C++", "The C++ Standard Library", and "C++ Coding
Standards". These books were all easy to understand despite my having
no formal education in programming. I also use "www.cppreference.com"
extensively as a quick reference. See their FAQ to download all of
the website content.
I recommend that you start writing some command-line programs to solve
real problems in your field. Code that is personally important to you
will keep your attention like toy examples can't.
After finishing a few programs, go back and refactor your own code
with techniques you've learned along the way.
Good luck.
James